Tendril OTL-8 ZigBee Smart Plug

[Tigerru (Kevin)]

Has anyone had any luck getting the Tendril OTL-8 ZigBee Smart Plug to work with Smartthings. I purchased this for a cheap repeater but I haven’t had any looking getting it to work. This is the only documentation I have been able to find.

TDL6192 US SMART PLUG User Manual Computime Limited

[Tyler]

This is a ZigBee Smart Energy device and is not compatible with SmartThings. I assume you’ve already tried pairing it and changing the Device Type Handler? If it doesn’t work with SmartPower Outlet you’ll probably need some custom code.

[Tigerru (Kevin)]

Thanks, I haven’t even had any luck getting it to pair.

[JDRoberts]

That’s using the SE profile. I doubt if it will work with SmartThings, but you can try.

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