SmartThings Hub V2 now available for pre-order

[JDRoberts]

@drake0508

@Ben - has the presence sensor shown much better performance when a zigbee repeater is added to the front of the house? I’d really like to use the presence sensors more but it acts so crazy I’m afraid.i don’t have a plug yet but I would buy one if I knew it would be a significant difference.

I’m sure that’s frustrating! There are a lot of things that can help, including a zigbee repeater, but it depends on the exact problem you’re having. Support@smartthings.com can help review your setup and may have some suggestions.

You might also find the following topic interesting, there’s a lot of discussion of different things people have done that made presence more reliable in their particular situation:

SmartThings Presence Sensor Device--Working Well for Anyone?

Continuing the discussion from Introduce Yourself!: @camanokid , Welcome to the forums! I pulled out the presence sensor question because I’m sure it will generate a lot of comments. One my favorite sayings is “all home automation is local.” Which means what works at my house might not work at yours and certainly what I would like to see work at my house might not be what you would like to see work at yours. The smart things Zigbee presence sensor works very well for some people, not at all for others, and somewhere in the middle for still others. It’s using a different technology than a phone presence sensor, which can be good or bad depending on the exact set up at your house. RANGE: 500 FEET MINIMUM OR 50 FEET MAXIMUM? The most obvious difference, is range. Because the ph…