Update: I've now had 6 of these running for a week now. All seems well as far as I can tell. LQI is still at 255 for all of them. Fast and responsive. Replaced my last 3 Peanut plugs with these. This is on a C5 with 100+ other things on it (variations of Zigbee, Z-Wave, custom drivers/apps, etc)
They automatically connected for me, but I had to change the device type to "Generic Zigbee Outlet" (as suggested in this thread), save and configure before they actually started working
I added a bunch of these to my house trying to strengthen my mesh because the price was so good on Amazon. Has anyone noticed them going into a weird “disconnected” state where the green light blinks as if it can’t talk to the hub?
I can get the green light to be solid again simply by hitting “refresh” in Hubitat or by toggling power on and off. They respond immediately even when in the green blinking light state. It’s weird.
I’m not sure how to debug further to really see if they are dropping out of the mesh when they go into this blinking green light state.
I’m thinking about writing a little automation rule to cycle through them and call refresh periodically to see if that prevents them from having the blinking green light. But without knowing more about the mesh state I don’t know what that would accomplish.
Does anyone know of a very good tool and guide for analyzing the zigbee mesh?
At least one of mine (the one which is visible) does this also. Seems to work fine still and as you said, if I turn it on/off it stops for a while.
I have observed the same behavior with the blinking but no obvious change in operation.
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I bought one as a test. It works fine as an outlet as stated by other comments. For the price, it sure would be nice to use it to monitor power. I think I'll buy more to support my Zigbee mesh.
Final update: I added up to 8 of these. My mesh started getting iffy after I added my 7th and 8th plug. Some lights wouldn't turn on occasionally, etc. Today I replaced all 8 with Third Reality zigbee plugs that were similarly priced and, I believe, are officially supported. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KNDM4VV/
It's a bummer to have 8 plugs collecting dust in a drawer now, but hopefully, this gets my mesh fully stable.
Next time also consider Sengled Zigbee plugs - they are a little more expensive than Third Reality, fully supported, are good repeaters, and the Sengled provide power reporting, if that is desired.
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I had 5 S31 Zigbee plugs and sold them on EBay for about $5 each.
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One of mine I have noticed some issues recently where I can turn it on but then when I go to turn it off I have to press my off button like 10 times for it to work. If it keeps going downhill might have to replace my two also.
How have the thirdreality plugs been? Any issues routing?
They (thirdreality) have been working perfectly for me.
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I have been phasing out my Sonoff S31 Lite outlets with Sengled E1C-NB7 plug-in‘s. I find they are much more reliable. I now have 17 of them and have not had a single issue. Note. I don’t have any of the S40s but I will not buy anymore sonoff.
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I use the Sengled plugs as well as thridreality and they seem to play well with each other.
No issues with routing, but they're a bit chatty. Even when not being used they're pinging the hub every 3 minutes. Details on another user with the same 'issue' Third Reality Plug Logging Every 3 minutes - #8 by zerosum74
Hopefully a firmware update from Third Reality someday will resolve this.
can these be used for a power trigger? for example...when whatever is plugged in turns on it senses it and does something else
S40 Lite does not have power reporting which is what you need to have to know if the device turns on and starts drawing more power.
Do you have a recommendation for one?
The only ones I have are the Sengled G2 Zigbee (make sure they are not Wifi or Bluetooth). They have worked good and I use one to monitor how often my sump pump runs. Price has gone up about $20 since I got them 
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https://www.amazon.com/Sengled-Compatible-Required-Appliances-Certified/dp/B08FJ5LHSN/?th=1
Yes the price has gone up and Amazon.ca version of the Sengled store doesn’t have any available. I haven’t found any other place that sells them.
