Sylvania Smart Plug— is it a repeater?

[JDRoberts]

@tuffloud1

With all the links that have been given to me to educate myself on the subject, I am under the assumption that anything that plugs in or is hardwired that is Zigbee, is indeed a Zigbee repeater with the exception of smoke alarms.

So how do I know if it is a repeater or not?

I know it’s a lot to keep up with, but I never said that all hardwired zigbee devices are repeaters. I said most are, but it’s up to the individual manufacturer. And I gave as an example Smoke alarms, which typically are not repeaters, and also the Sengled element bulbs.

With zigbee, the only way to be absolutely sure is to contact the manufacturer and ask. Or, as @GavinCampbell Suggested, you can buy an additional device and map your zigbee network.

FAQ: Mapping your ZigBee network with Digi's XCTU

I have had several request about how I map my ZigBee network with Digi’s XCTU software so I thought I would share a quick how to: Caution: This is not a Digi supported procedure if something goes wrong during the firmware upgrade you could brick your Digi USB xStick and have to send it back to Digi to be recovered. What is this and why would you want to do it? ZigBee mesh networks are self configuring and self healing and in larger networks it helps to know what nodes are routing who’s information. You can’t really control the network configuration but it helps to see the relationship between your nodes if your troubleshooting a connection problem. The screen capture below is how my SmartThings ZigBee network looks when it is mapped out by the XCTU software. The SmartThings hub is th…

With Z wave, you can look up the official conformance statement for any certified device:

https://products.z-wavealliance.org