ma10
October 23, 2015, 6:09pm
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Just wanted to mention some good news about these bulbs. In the main Osram Lightify thread, someone got a response from Osram confirming that these light bulbs supposedly do act as generic zigbee repeaters:
I am very new to SmartThings and was also interested in the Osram Lightify bulbs, so I contacted their engineering group for clarification. I have no idea why the bulbs would repeat for some people and not others, but according to their engineers, the current intended behavior is to repeat all Zigbee ZHA signals. For reference, the following is my question and their response:
Hi. I am interested in your smart connected lights, specifically the Lightify tunable white bulb, the Lightify color RGBW bulb, and the color RGBW LED Flex Strip. I have a question. When connected to a Zigbee ZHA network hub, do your smart connected lights “repeat” signals from all other zigbee devices, or just from other Osram bulbs? I searched for this info online and I found one person that said your bulbs DO rep…
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