Request: option for range test for sonoff or other zigbee repeaters in the driver

kahn-hubitat · June 26, 2023, 2:52am

the aeon and ring extenders/repeaters have this option and it comes in usefull .. wish there was the same option for some of the zigbee repeaters such as the sonoff (running the ikea tradfri driver).

rlithgow1 · June 26, 2023, 11:26am

I would assume it would have to actually be built into the firmware. I don't know if the zigbee ones have the same capability. What do you think @kkossev? Is it possible with sonoff/xiaomi or Tuya?

kkossev · June 26, 2023, 3:58pm

As per my knowledge, for Zigbee routers, there is no equivalent of the Z-wave Range Test and Power Test functionalities/.

kkossev · June 27, 2023, 3:56am

I was thinking if an small app and a simple ping driver for Zigbee and Z-wave devices will be of a practical help to diagnose any connectivity issues…

Ping the device every 5 seconds for a period of 10 minutes and measure and display the ‘round-trip-time’ (the time in millisecond between sending a harmless command and receiving the response). The app could calculate the average time, minimum and maximum time, the standard deviation, etc..

Moving the repeater/router to deferent positions in between the hub and the end device and comparing the results would allow to find the optimal placement.

kkossev · June 27, 2023, 4:07am

I am reposting the results of an experiment that I did more than a year ago - torturing my Z-wave network with frequent polling of Z-wave FLiRS devices ( DON'T DO THIS AT YOUR HOME! ) :

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I have started collecting the RTT measurements data. I have not changed anything in my test z-wave devices setup for now, these are the results from the existing configuration.