I've tried Enbrighten plugin dimmers for lamps and the dimmers randomly stop responding every few days (and this behavior has been confirmed by others).
I switched to Leviton, and at first they worked well, but recently started exhibiting the same behavior as the Enbrightens.
I'm currently trying 2 Sengled Zigbee 60w equivalent LED bulbs, but "smart bulbs" are very limited in lumen output for lamp bulbs.
I don't have any other mains-powered devices on this hub that randomly drop of the mesh.
Any suggestions?
System configuration:
Platform Version: 2.4.2.134
Hardware Version: C-8 Pro centered on 1st floor of ~3800sf square footprint 2-story wood frame & wallboard house.
Over 70 mains-powered Zigbee devices
7 Zigbee repeaters scattered throughout the house
Only 3 Zwave devices (2 of which, contact sensors for an outdoor shed, are Long Range types).
A non-zigbee option is Wiz tunable white or color WiFi 100w equal 1600 lumen, A21 E26. Completely local once setup, Hubtat wiz app. 2 yrs in I am very happy with six of their PAR38 floods and a small dimmable candelabra for a nightlight.
I have a house full of Leviton DG3HL-1BW plug in dimmers (12) that are all working pretty much flawlessly. They all show up as repeaters and many of them are actually functioning repeaters between non-repeating devices and my hub. So maybe your problem isn't related to the dimmer itself?
Adding: my installation is a lot like yours with 65 zigbee devices. Besides the leviton dimmers, I have 36 Inovelli blue dimmers with the rest being battery powered devices like humidity/temp sensors and on/off plug-in devices. My oldest leviton device has been active since April 2023. I'm running a C5 with 2.4.2.134. I have a very small z-wave implementation (1 thermostat). My house is a 2100 sq ft ranch with zigbee devices on the main and also the finished basement level.
Same here. built-in driver running on channel 20. Maybe they are sensitive to WiFi interference? Most of my WiFi devices are on 5GHZ. I have a Ubiquiti UDM that manages my home WiFi mesh.
Can you please elaborate on this?
I was under the impression that Hubitat (or perhaps all zigbee?) is limited to 32 zigbee devices. Is the reason yours works with 65 because 36 of yours are Inovelli's which are repeaters, and repeaters don't count against the 65 device limit? Do you have to do something in the setup to ensure the repeaters get added as repeaters and don't count against the 65 device limit? When you look at the Zigbee graph, is it only the green dots that count against the 32 device limit? If so, I guess the blue dots set themselves up as repeaters automatically?
Almost every mains powered zigbee device is a repeater and are automatically recognized as such when they are paired. The mesh also forms itself automatically but is static, not dynamic. That means its best to pair a new device when its in its intended spot. I have many devices that are neighbors with a repeater instead of the hub.
That is 32 direct connected devices. In other words, if you are looking at an atom, this would be similar to the first valence ring.
If any of those in that first "ring" are repeaters, you get 32 base plus 31 more. (one used up in the pairing between rings) If any of those in the second ring are repeaters, you add another set of devices.
Theoretically there is a 65,535 device limit with Zigbee, but practically speaking, that is likely quite a bit lower.
