YES! Thank you! I followed @blebson instructions at first and they are great. Then my outlets broke for whatever reason. I could not for the life of me get the zigbee switch to work again. I saw this. Removed the batteries… One of which had some corrosion, replaced and bam, syncing was easy again!
i guess i lied…it’s broke again
Had the exact same issue as metagray. Had no problem with seeing Z Wave Device and second that just said “thing”. no matter what I tried, couldn’t get thing to recognize as Zigbeeplug. Have Device Handler in and published, power downed the hub, etc. David_Van’s recommendation worked to get Thing to operate as a switch. Can definitely turn it on and off now. However, I am worried its not operating as a Zigbee Repeater which is the reason i got it. The few zigbee trouble sensors which required a repeater seem to be working ok but they are flaky to begin with. Sometimes working, sometimes not. Is there anyway to identify for sure if the Iris Smart Plug is now working as a Zigbee Repeater?
The on/off and power meter functionality is provided through ZigBee. If the Iris smart plug is working then it is also working as a ZigBee repeater.
Personally, I’d use the SmartPower Outlet DTH created by SmartThings that runs locally. It will provide you with all the functionality the Iris Smart Plug provides.
So are these naturally a Zigbee repeater?
I have one paired and wondering if it is also acting as a repeater.
I do not have any Iris smart plug apps installed. Just the standard default pairing method.
Once it joins your ZigBee network it will act as a repeater.
What is the difference between the iris plug and CentraLite 4257050 RZHAC.
It looks like the RZHAC doesn’t support the zwave extender like iris
Changing the device handler to eSmartPower Outlet’ devicetype worked like a charm!
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I was just getting ready to post the same exact question. Specifically I was wondering about this http://a.co/4en2BgH compared to the Iris outlet being discussed here. Anyone know?
It is more similar to the SmartThings SmartPower outlet, it doesn’t have the z-wave functionality that the Iris Smart Plug has from what I understand.
Yea it is a zigbee repeaters but not zwave. I got them 2 for 1 a while back so it’s good for zigbee mesh
@ArstenA asked in another thread if it has been verified that the second gen iris smart plug (3210-L) has a Z wave repeater. I can’t speak to how well it works, but it is definitely certified as one. Here’s the conformance statement from the official Z wave alliance site:
The Z-Wave repeater works well for me. I created a DTH for it to show online/offline status. It can be found here.
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Hello,
please help me to understand how… I am still lost…
Just a note to say thanks for this DTH. Works great!
Has there been any discussion on how often these report power?
I noticed that these send power events like 20 times a minute. I thought it was something messed up in my V1 setup so when I did my V2 migration I hoped it would go away, but it is still reporting a crap ton every minute.
Is there a way to slow down reporting but still use a Local Processing DTH?
Not that I know of, the outlet reports power consumption each time the value changes. Mine only reports once every 20 minutes or so. Sounds like whatever you have plugged in has a very variable power consumption.
Yup! A dehumidifier and a computer, it is crazy how much the power fluxes on those.
You can adjust the amount of power reporting with a custom DTH but unfortunately it will no longer be local.
Not home at the moment at see myself, but if I adjust it and then change back will it remember the settings or will it only soften the reporting when using the Iris DTH?