I did an online chat support with Smarthings and the tech was fantastic. Turns out that, in my infinite ability to confuse things, I was logging in to the Smartthings app on the phone, but the Samsung account on my PC. Once I got on to the correct account, everything was beautiful.
It’s the simple things…which often eludes me. Things like this remind me of when I was a kid in the 50’s. My father had a sign in his workshop that said: THINK…there must be a harder way.
Thanks for your contribution. I’m not maintaining this DeviceType anymore but please feel free to offer the modified version on your GitHub. I just ran into issues before with merging in code which caused lots of errors on the platform side.
What is the latest device handler/smart app for this? I am planning on purchasing one to extend Z-Wave range as well as ZigBee range for my Iris keypad.
I’d recommend the SmartPower Outlet DTH for the ZigBee switch. I wouldn’t bother with a custom one. Plus the SmartThings one will run locally. On the other hand, I’d recommend my custom DTH for the Z-Wave repeater. Thanks for the shout out from @bne.
I purchased 3 of these and set up the zigbee portion under the SmartPower Outlet “Type” but the power consumption meters doesn’t work on any of them. Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong? I have an air purifier connected on one, TV, and coffee machine.
Open your SmartThings Classic App if it isn’t already.
On the Iris plug, hold in the button while plugging it into the wall socket.
The Iris Plug will blink, let go of the button. Should take only a second or two after plugging it in.
Click add new devices in the SmartThings Classic App. No new devices should appear but the Iris plug should rejoin the network in the background.
The power should now report correctly.
As a note if the Z-Wave Repeater was paired it will need to be fixed. Click on the Repeater in the App. Click on settings. Select Replace. Click the button on the Iris Plug 8+ times quickly. The Z-Wave device should be repaired.
FYI there is another DTH for these. I have tried several but recently installed this one in this thread.
I added a new plug just today to get a new Zigbee repeater to help with some other issues. It didn’t really help there it ended up being a power monitor for my TV (to help with KuKu harmony stuff)
After I installed this other DTH the plug hooked right up. It took a couple tries for the Z-wave repeater to be recognized. Long story short I didn’t have to do anything else. It is reading power without a hitch.
Just wanted to let you know there is another option in the sea of options.
The other DTH makes things easier because it includes the Iris fingerprint. Just be aware if it matters to you, the SmartPower Outlet runs locally while any custom code does not. I have some of these in local Smart Lighting rules so I prefer having them local.
One minor issue - when I originallly set up my plug, SmartThings just showed “nil” (or “null”? I forget) for the Energy used kWh until I manually reset the kWh. The installation might be missing something to reset the initial usage to zero?
Is it just me or the z-wave repeater doesn’t do anything?
I sprinkled these plugs all over my house hoping they’d extend my z-wave range. They were all added to ST without issue. But testing with my Aeotec minimotes the range is the same as without the plugs…
Did anyone else test the repeater function? Is there a way to debug what went wrong in my setup?
If the Z-Wave repeater of the Iris plug is participating in your network, you should see different results (no error message vs. a ‘failed to update mesh’ error; choose the ‘click to view progress’ when you initiate the repair from the hub utilities page) when the plug is ‘plugged in’ vs. not when you do a Z-Wave repair from the ST IDE. That’s probably the easiest way (aside from experiencing the benefits of a repeater) that you can tell if its functioning in your Z-Wave network.
That said, posters in the Iris user forums from a while back have mentioned a batch of faulty Z-Wave repeaters (I have one of these) that were shipped in some early lots.
Got my upgrade to the new smartthings app and all 3 of my Iris 3210-L plugs stopped working. I can see the repeaters but not the plug. Removed one of the devices and tried to repair it with the new app and just can’t get it to pair. Press and hold the front button till the blue light comes on and it blinks 3 times and that’s it.