Hey, friends! I have a C-7 currently, and it's doing everything I need at the moment. Still, the C-8 has me curious. My current setup uses a PoE splitter to power the C-7 and supply ethernet from a PoE switch in a pretty crowded cabinet. I'm curious if the C-8 requires significantly more power, since I'd like to explore continuing to power it via PoE using one of these.
Does anyone know the answer?
That's the one I use on my c8, works fine.
It comes with a supply with the same specs as the C-7. It is 5v and 1 amp. It might draw slightly more power but it won’t exceed the included supply. I am still using my trusty old iPhone block since it fits nice on a power strip.
I'm currently powering mine from the 5V 3.4A shared USB power source on my power bar.
I should look into a POE setup to reduce the wall wort clutter I currently have going on under the TV stand powering a C7, C8, Aeotec V3, and a Raspberry Pi.
I just found this Thread.....
I have a C8.
So which POE splitter is good to go with ?
Thankyou in advance
Thankyou!
@ogiewon
I bought the one you suggested. It didn't work...so I'm returning it. Maybe I got a defective one?
Will search for an alternative
disregard my last post. In doing more research, I guess I need a POE Ethernet Switch. The Dlink ethernet switch I have is not POE. Not returning at all....Operator error for right now
I also bought the Uctronics because The same one, but not USB-C, was working with my C7, so I bought it, but with the C8, my Z-wave network didn't work. It's advertised as 5V/2.4A, so it clearly meets the 5V/1A power requirement. Maybe I have a defective unit...
Does your C-8 z-wave network work if you use the power supply the hub was sold with?
Mine has been working without issue on a C8 hub since May. It is connected to a port on a Ubiquiti USW-Lite-16-POE (45W) switch. Check if your POE switch has enough power to support the POE adapter.
Are you using a unifi switch?
Thats a rarity. We found the poe adapters on a unifi affect the c8 z-wave... Still not entirely sure why.
Absolutely zero issues with mine. There should be no reason a Ubiquiti Unifi POE switch is different than any other.
I think the issue, with any POE switch, is that the switch is not putting out enough POE power if it is loaded with many POE devices.
I am using a Unifi switch. Strange. It was no problem with C7. So it’s not the POE adapter. I was just about to send it back to Amazon. Guess that’s not really fair if the adapter isn’t the issue.
Mine is a USW-16-POE. I’m currently using 11.5-42w. That’s with 2APs, 1 R-Pi, and 1 VoIP cordless phone base.
Yes, it works fine with the supplied adapter. That is what I did while waiting for the PoE adapter, and what I’m doing now. I really wish Hubitat had exercised the wisdom of including solid, on-board PoE support… I absolutely would’ve taken PoE in lieu of WiFi.
No the issue cropped up in beta with those and c8's (c7 was fine).
There shouldn't be, but during beta and initial public release showed a correlation between those POE adapters on the c8 while connected to a unifi switch with the C8 (c7 was fine) causing issues with z-wave. No one has been able to explain it but in every case when that was eliminated from the mix things were fine. I mean I use one with my c8 but I have cisco catalyst switches. It's not a matter of power but somehow some kind of weird interference I suspect.
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