Smartwings - Zigbee

Imagine you are sitting at the dining table. You and two friends are trying to have a conversation. The one friend is screaming at the top of their lungs. You and the second friend are trying to talk normally.

How easy can you and the second friend hear each other over the screaming one? Turning the Zigbee power too high is like your overly loud friend. If everyone talks at the same level, it all works out fine.

There are times where you might have to talk louder in certain noisy environments, but just cranking it up because more=better is a bad strategy.

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Interesting.

Would this ever be driver dependent? I only ask because the built in driver doesn't work at all for me...but the custom one is flawless.

Can you link the zigbee repeater that worked for you? Im trying to set up smartwings shades too but running into the same problem as OP

I've had good luck with the Third Reality Gen 2 power monitoring plugs. Specifically, numerous SmartWings shades are linked through them. Also a couple of Inovelli ZigBee switches. THIRDREALITY Zigbee Smart Plug with Real-time Power Monitoring,15A Smart Outlet, Zigbee Repeater, ETL Certified, ZigBee Hub Required,Work with Home Assistant,Compatible Echo Devices and SmartThing - Amazon.com

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I used one of these. THIRDREALITY Smart Plug 4 Pack, 15A Smart Outlet with Timer Function, Zigbee Repeater, ETL Certified, Requires ZigBee Hub, No Power Meter - Amazon.com

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Thanks!

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