I don't know why but one of my outdoor lamp using zigbee cant reach the hubitat hub. Its not too far from the hub.. around 10 meters.... so how can i extend or boost zigbee signal? i already read on other review website that the signal strengh of the hubitat is very poor even for the 7 version

You will want to look at the ZigBee signal strength via the ZigBee table and then assess whether you need to incorporate additional ZigBee repeaters. I will need to get the url for the ZigBee table on my PC when the Men's Tennis Final is finished :slightly_smiling_face:

[image] totallyfreak: Its not too far from the hub.. around 10 meters.... so how can i extend or boost zigbee signal? How many walls in between? What are they made of? How many zigbee repeaters in your network?

[image] aaiyar: zigbee repeaters I would start by looking further into this before hacking the hub’s antenna as also suggested above (although that may be a valid option depending on the specifics of your situation and your tinkering skills with respect to circuit boards).

A decent repeater near the hub should account for any of the hub's Zigbee antenna shortcomings. That should be all the boost you need. You won't notice any added latency (Zigbee data rate is always 250kbps) and with good RF links Zigbee routing works well. Z-Wave's mesh routing (and iffy NWI/NWE)…

While the Hub signals may be lower that other hubs. I would think once you successfully reach a repeater the hub signal level is irrelevant. So what you might look for is a repeated with good signal level. DrHaas *** has created a thingshield replacement using a TI cc2530 Zigbee module. This m…

Yeah, the range is pretty good. Just remember that you have to do a little soldering to move one resistor on the board (described in the documentation) to enable the external antenna port (and disable the internal).

well only one wall of stone but the lamp is front of a aluminium door so the signal can pass by the window of the door i guess... and i dont have a zigbee signal repeater... dont know wich one works with hubitat

well they are at the 7 version and still no external antenna port... dont know what they wait for to make it since the hubitat was always review for their POOR signal strenght

[image] totallyfreak: i dont have a zigbee signal repeater. Please read this document; while it is specific to zigbee meshes, there's a similar document that applies to z-wave meshes. I've had large zigbee and z-wave meshes that were fast, responsive, and stable. Invariably, the claims of "po…

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thebearmay January 30, 2022, 12:54pm 2

External Antenna 📢 Feedback

While I am no antenna expert, my experience with Radio Frequency (RF) from CB to millimeter wave, is that the antenna being used is hugely important. And bigger antennas are almost always better. From what I have read, the HE is considered to have a weak and not great antenna. When you take apart your HE C7 hub, you will find a bit of foil on the bottom of the case that acts as the antenna. One for Z-Wave and one for Zigbee. I have voided my warranty and added an external antenna to my HE (…

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