Zigbee Repeater Not Working?

[Busthead]

My Zigbee repeater isn't displayed in the graph. Does that mean it isn't working?

Other Zigbee devices are also missing from the graph:

[rlithgow1]

Notice the 27 out of 35 devices? Let that page sit for 24 hours and it will eventually show.

[Busthead]

Okay, is it normal that the Zigbee repeater has no Last Activity time?

[rlithgow1]

If it's not repeating anything. It just hasn't checked in yet.

[Busthead]

Ideally, it's repeating at least four contact sensors that are further away from the hub than the repeater.

How do I know if my Zigbee repeater is communicating with my hub?

How do I know if my Zigbee repeater is repeating for other Zigbee devices?

[rlithgow1]

Go to the device page of and look at events and see the last time it checked in

[Busthead]

Looks like it has disconnected from my hub?

[rlithgow1]

Yep... Simply reset it and then re pair it. It will slot back into it's old location.

[kkossev]

@Busthead

How do I know if my Zigbee repeater is communicating with my hub?

You can try a custom driver which polls periodically the repeater and shows the online/offline to the hub status.

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Look for the link in the 'Zigbee Repeaters' section in the second post.

@Busthead

How do I know if my Zigbee repeater is repeating for other Zigbee devices?

If any battery-powered end device uses ut as a router, you will see it on the map - in my case it is just one device.

@Busthead

Other Zigbee devices are also missing from the graph:

Sort the Zigbee details page by 'Msgs' column - if your hub is running for more than 3 hours, all devices showing Msgs = 0 are suspicious for being offline for some reason.

[Busthead]

@kkossev Many thanks for your super helpful post.

You're suggesting I use the Zigbee - Generic Repeater (w/ healthStatus) driver for my repeater correct?

I'm currently using the Ikea TRADFRI and have no info under Current States:

[kkossev]

Yes, you can try the modified version w/ healthStatus of Markus’s driver.

You can use this driver together with the [RELEASE] Device Activity Check - Get notifications for “inactive” devices

[Busthead]

The Zigbee - Generic Repeater (w/ healthStatus) driver populates the Current States:

and my repeater is shown in the graph now:

but it's not repeating for the devices that are further from the hub.

[rlithgow1]

If it's a c8 you can click rebuild zigbee mesh. Otherwise shutdown and unplug power for 30 mins. That will throw them into panic mode. Power backup and they will rebuild...