Scott_Barton:
Technically the garage isn’t that far at 150’, and I have a small barn in-between. I have a bunch of Z-Wave Plus devices that should easily reach, however furthest it reaches outside is not even 50’ from closest Z-Wave Plus device in my house. And then it’s spotty and inconsistent. Have no idea why it won’t reach.
The zwave plus is still subject to signal degradation from physical objects. With the barn in between you’re going through at least four walls. And rain is not good for Z wave Transmission.
New to wave. I have the Hub in my living room and the smart switch in the Animal barn about 100’ away. There is one wall and a Plexi Window between the two. When I plug in a Light that is on an Extension cord that is coiled up next to the strip, it seems like the Strip stops responding to commands. When its not connected its much better, though the status of the outlets is not always right even after a refresh.
I’m not sure if its a Distance or wire interference or?
There is a Shed that is marginally closer than the barn, though not by much. Nothing really to Automate in there, though the ‘Extenders’ don’t really have good reviews.
Any Suggestions?
I’m still looking to move the Excess extension cord to the Light side vs the power strip side to see if that helps.
New to the forum and new to the home automation world. I picked up a smart things hub and some z-wave switches and sensors. I have a couple wemo light switches, but i wanted to use the Z-wave hoping to get more stability than with the wemo wifi switches. They are a bit buggy at best. My real concern is distances.
I just built a new Pole Barn Man cave and I wanted to start my fourey into home automation out there just to make it easy. I am in the finishing stages of the building, so wiring is easy. My real concern is that I was planning on having the hub out in the barn and then expanding to the house. I have Wifi and a router out in the barn and also in the house. Everything is on the same network and I can control my devices from inside the house now. I don’t know if when I am r…