lkjsaendlkje:
Thanks for the info!
So, in general, “my light switch will repeat Zwave signals the way I want it to” which is nice… but I’m not quite sure how to tell if the Centralite-made keypad is Zigbee or Zwave… is that documented somewhere? I can infer from the way you phrased the reply that it is a Zigbee device, but I want to be sure since my net outcome would seem to requite buying a new switch with Zigbee (which is ok).
It’s zigbee.
You can use most mains powered devices as a repeater.
The GE zigbee light switch will work as will the Iris smart plug.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-ZigBee-13-Amp-Single-Pole-3-Way-4-Way-Wireless-White-Indoor-Rocker-Light-Switch/1000097962
As far as telling what a device is, if you’re looking at the box, it should say ZHA 1.2 on the box. If you’re looking at the physical device, there should be a label with the FCC license and either a zigbee or Z wave logo. (Sometimes this is inside the battery compartment) it should also be listed in the user manual.
These are on sale right now at Lowes:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Iris-White-Security-Alarm-Keypad-Works-with-Iris/999925326
The Lowe’s IRIS Keypad is fully ZigBee HA 1.2 certi ed and will work with other open ZigBee HA 1.2-certifed systems.
Zigbee is always zigbee, but the standard allows for different "profiles,"including manufacturer proprietary ones.
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These are not all able to communicate with each other, they don’t even use the same addressing schemes.
SmartThings uses the Zigbee Home Automation profile (ZHA 1.2) and part of the Zigbee 3.0 profile. Devices using other zigbee profiles may be able to join to the network, but their communications may not be understood, or they may frequently drop off because they don’t receive a handshake message they are expecting.
There a lot of different ways to explain this, but I think one of the easiest is to think of zigbee as a post office and the different profiles as different languages. The outside envelope for different messages may look similar, have a specific format…