I’ve finally using up the last of my Iris 3320-L contact sensors I bought a while ago. I’ve got 25 and they work great. But as part of another project, think I’d like to get 15 more contact switch for use on some windows and to measure temperature. Does anyone have a good recommendation for inexp…

Even better – I contacted the place and they switched to selling lots of 10. So everyone can just buy directly. I bought 3 lots and shipping ended up being $25. Makes them $5.87 each! 10 for $49.99. [image] Lot of 10 IRIS 3320-L White Contact Door Sensors For Sale New Lot of 100 IRIS…

[image] saosinx88: Ikea plugs are my go to. The Tradfri?

I have the SmartThings hub in the middle of my ~900 sqft apartment. Is there a limit of how many Zigbee devices can connect to the hub? Would I need a repeater to even out the coverage if they’re all somewhat near the hub?

Yes sir! 10 bucks is a great deal for such a solid repeater.

From the links above, the v2 hub can handle 32 directly connection Zigbee devices. The v3 apparently can do 64. Max range for Zigbee is something on the order of 40’. So depending upon your hub and the number of Zigbee devices, you are probably fine. I have a 3200 sq.ft. house on 3 floors, so my …

[image] saosinx88: Yes sir! 10 bucks is a great deal for such a solid repeater. Any idea how many devices it can repeat for? E.g., from this investigation , the Iris can do 13.

I currently have one with 5 devices routing through it but have definitely seen more in the past. Probably upwards of 10. I have a ton of routing devices, and just added a new device a few days ago, so my mesh is still in the process of figuring itself out. They also work really well for the cheap a…

Mine generally connects 5. I have a few of the Tradfri plugs.

How are you guys figuring out which devices are routing through the mesh? I’d be really interested to see how my network is running.

Login to IDE at https://account.smartthings.com/ and go to your devices. When you select a zigbee or zwave device, you can see the route it takes.

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Any idea how many devices it can repeat for? E.g., from this investigation, the Iris can do 13.

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