I have 5 toggle switches in 3 different attics that I want to upgrade to Zigbee 3.0 switches in order to create a stable Zigbee 3.0 backbone in the house. The majority of my Zigbee devices are either non repeaters or plug in devices which is not an ideal configuration for a robust network. This will also allow me to swap some zwave devices for zigbee to reduce zwave network congestion thus increasing performance (and hopefully getting rid of recurring zwave issues!). The issue is that the only suitable switch appears to be this one which is not yet available:
Does anyone know when it will become available or whether there is some other alternative? I imagine there isnāt as I reviewed the entire list of Zigbee 3.0 certified products and it was the only one.
I know there is an HA 1.2 alternative from Jasco/GE but I donāt want my backbone to be based on an old standard being replaced by Zigbee 3.0
Unlike the Z wave alliance, The zigbee alliance isnāt very good about keeping their product list current on their website. So there are probably a number of devices out there that arenāt on the list yet.
No idea when the Leviton will be out, but we are seeing more and more Zigbee Devices sold for the DIY market, probably because of the popularity of the Phillips hue bridge and the Amazon echo plus.
Right now gledopto, Nue, Zemismart all have fairly inexpensive zigbee 3.0 in wall micros you could consider. Of this group, gledopto appears to be the best engineered, but there are community members using all of these so you can check the forums. ( this form is a little bit better for the manufacturers since they can be sold in multiple countries.)
Sunricher and ubisys also have well engineered micro models, typically smaller than the previous group, but they seem to be harder to find in retail channels. And they tend to be very expensive when sold one at a time, unlike the previous brands I listed. I think these are intended more for office buildings and to be sold through wholesale channels.
The switches I want to replace power the lights in the 3 attics and the 2 HVAC systems in the top attic. The latter will have a toggle switch in series to the Zigbee switch so that there is no chance of something/someone turning it on when it is being serviced. I do not foresee needing to turn the HVAC systems on/off remotely but I like the idea of being able to do soā¦ Iāll decide later if it is actually worth doing or not. If the new zigbee 3.0 switches also have energy reporting like the Jasco/GE HA 1.2 switches, then I might do it just for that.
That said, I prefer the actual decora style switch than the āmicro modelsā. I am itching to replace these last few switches and hate to wait . I figured that it might take a few months from certification (February 2019) for production to be availableā¦ considering we are now 4 months after certification, I hope the wait is not much longer.
I believe this switch will soon be available on Amazon.com and Home Depot at the very least. It appears it is branded as part of their Lumina ecosystem so they are not making much of a fuss that it is Zigbee 3.0 and can be used with other systems too. I believe that is the same approach they took with their zwave Vizia line of productsā¦
EDIT: I guess I am wrong as the model number on the zigbee alliance product page does not match the model number of the Lumina versionā¦ Back to waitingā¦
The lumina series is available now and uses zigbee ZHA 1.2 , not zigbee 3.0 Theyāve been on the official āworks with SmartThingsā list for about a year and a half. .
The new certification is for A zigbee 3.0 switch and it looks like it will be part of the regular consumer line. My guess is it will be marketed to the echo plus audience.
When I wrote my post above Zigbee.org was downā¦ I then sadly found out the same thing. I am tired of waiting for the zigbee 3.0 versionā¦ I feel like a little kid waiting for bday to arrive
Hi I ordered 1,2 and 3 gangs switch from Zemismart all work well with DH and SmartApp they provide. About the repeater functionality, Iām not sure how to check. On the box of 2 gang, it said ZibBee 3.0 while on 3 gangs said ZigBee-ZHA/ZLL. The data on the switch shown as a router.
As Zigbee switch execution location is local. As Zigbee multi switch, execution location is cloud. Is there any way to recognize 3 gang switch and execute local?
This might be more of the Aqara products, not sure as it is all filed under Lumi United Technology Co., Ltd and I did not take time to look at the user manuals or other parts of the filing that reveal the brand.
It aināt prettyā¦ The dual load device has a manual that I found, but it doesnāt give the color of the wires coming out of the device. I assume based on the pictures that black and brown are the hot wires (like my super old Leviton dual load device). The dual load device also shows a neutral although @Automated_House described it as no neutral. I wonder if thereās another version weāre missing.
. I figured that it might take a few months from certification (February 2019) for production to be availableā¦ considering we are now 4 months after certification, I hope the wait is not much longer.
Back to waitingā¦
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