# Way to determine if a device supports "Beaming" **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices & Integrations\ **Created:** [February 7, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/way-to-determine-if-a-device-supports-beaming/10798 "2015-02-07T00:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hdonis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/hdonis/32/14442_2.png) [@hdonis](https://community.smartthings.com/u/hdonis)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/way-to-determine-if-a-device-supports-beaming/10798/1 "2015-02-07T00:24:19Z")
Does anybody know if there is a way, through SmartThings, to determine if a device has beaming capabilities? While searching the web I found this information but it seems to apply only to Vera and how it identifies the devices that connect to it. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/original/2X/d/daa5a5dc0a8c7f6ed724179c16ad0cc37312a83c.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/way-to-determine-if-a-device-supports-beaming/10798/2 "2015-02-07T01:44:01Z")
If it’s a certified device, you can check the zwave alliance “implementation conformance statement.” I believe all the GE hard wired switches and plug in receptacles that are zwave do now support beaming (secure Communucation). I know the dimmer outlet 12718 does, it’s the one I’m using as a repeater to my zwave door lock. [http://products.z-wavealliance.org/products/1097](http://products.z-wavealliance.org/products/1097) ---
**Author:** ![hdonis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/hdonis/32/14442_2.png) [@hdonis](https://community.smartthings.com/u/hdonis)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/way-to-determine-if-a-device-supports-beaming/10798/3 "2015-02-07T02:14:33Z")
Thanks JDRoberts, I should have asked this question earlier it would have saved me countless hours trying to find something on the internet that confirmed that the wall switches I have actually support Beaming functionality. ---
**Author:** ![SBDOBRESCU](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/sbdobrescu/32/30067_2.png) [@SBDOBRESCU](https://community.smartthings.com/u/SBDOBRESCU)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/way-to-determine-if-a-device-supports-beaming/10798/4 "2016-04-05T12:12:17Z")
My recent bad experience with one of my locks forced me to do research on which of my outlets support the beam command. It turned out that the closest outlet does. I am using Leviton DZPA1 [http://www.leviton.com/OA\_HTML/ProductDetail.jsp?partnumber=DZPA1-1LW§ion=66154](http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ProductDetail.jsp?partnumber=DZPA1-1LW§ion=66154) ---
**Author:** ![deminicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@deminicus](https://community.smartthings.com/u/deminicus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/way-to-determine-if-a-device-supports-beaming/10798/5 "2017-03-22T01:52:02Z")
@SBDOBRESCU I too got here since I got annoyed enough with my lock to start digging. I believe I saw you all over the kwikset lock issues in regards to batter reporting. I was wondering what did you eventually end up doing. I just sent kwikset an email discussing that perhaps my unit is defective. While that convo is in progress I also took a look at this repeater business. I am looking at Leviton DZPA1-2BW since it has beaming but was wondering if that did the trick for you or did you end up cutting bait and buying a different lock. I have the kwikset 916 and the v2 hub.