Smartthings Wifi Smart Plug 7A-PL-W-A1

This thread is about a smartthings WiFi plug, so it cannot function as a repeater for your battery-powered zigbee sensors. And as discussed in the thread, it cannot pair with hubitat at all.

You may want to start a new thread to get some help if you’re having a problem with zigbee sensors.

Samsung has several smart things devices that use zigbee (motion, multisensor, water) and their old plugs appear on the compatible device list. Their new wifi plug (which is somehow cheaper) appears to no longer have that functionality. As a HE noob, i researched the first 3 devices.... then not the plugs since amazon has them in the same purchase window :frowning:

Unfortunately WiFi and zigbee are different protocols. But there are many non-Samsung zigbee devices that you could use to serve as repeaters for your sensors.

I suggest either taking another look through the compatibility list, or starting a new thread to ask for help specific to your situation.

Thanks, though my course is clear, return my plugs, I'm trying to help the next overzealous noob who jumps in and starts ordering samsung devices which are all the same amazon page even though not all the devices are compatible with HE. Not even sure why Amazon does this... combines not only multiple protocols, but also all the reviews and questions together too. its dumb and misleading. I am not the first or last to make this mistake.

Likely because enough people do not return them, for Amazon to still make a profit !

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