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December 19, 2018, 6:58pm
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regg00:
btw, any way to know for sure if a zigbee device is connected through another device? I can see the “parentID” (or something like that, can’t quite remembre) section while pairing the device, but I’m not a 100% sure that what this parameter is for.
The only way to do this is to use a Digital International XBee ZigBee module with their free XCTU configuration software that includes ZigBee Mesh Network mapping functionality. I use one myself, and it’s very helpful, considering the number of Zigbee devices I have.
See this thread for more helpful information on the XBee:
I have been suffering from losing devices on an off, general instability… having only about 3 days of uptime before something stopped working.
It annoyed me not knowing why… so i started to keep track of variables that were triggering it. The only thing i could pinpoint was if lots of people were in the house (with mobile phones), then bad stuff would happen.
So, lets get more scientific. I bought an £11 xbee (actually £11 for 2)) a £3 usb converter and booted up XCTU, sketched together some settings from lots of other posts on xbee and connected it as a thing.
I can now see my zigbee mesh… i can start to play. first thing i saw is lots of mobile devices = lots of intereference.
What i saw was a marginal mesh at best, very weak signal between the hub, and the outlet, and pathetic signa…
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