Preferred mesh routes?

Configuration Zigbee
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Hi

i have a little problem with my sonoff humidity sensors when it comes to zigbee connectivity.

Example:
I have a humidity sensor in my bathroom and 3 tradfri lamps. Also a tradfri socket which is always on. Unfortunately i cant teach my familiy to not turn off the 3 tradfri lamps when they leave the room (oh god… i’ve tried…) and when they get offline, the sensor sometimes is not available until the lamps come back on.

Can i configure it somehow that my sensors always prefer the routes via the always-on devices? I am using the ZHA integration

thanks!

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I use these:

The radio portion can be moved using a USB extension cable to position into a good spot. And they are cheap. $15AU at the moment on special.

You can also use them to power a sensor using passthru.

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the problem isnt that i dont have a good signal, the power socket has perfekt connectivity. The sensor just insists it must use the tradfri bulbs and not the socket which is not possible because they are offline (1m next to the power socket… ) i also can repair the sensor via the power socket without any problems… it just decides from time to time that the bulb route would be better and goes unavailable with the bulbs

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You can’t

All you can do is one of:

  • Replace the bulbs with dumb bulbs and make the switch smart
  • Replace the bulbs with Sengled bulbs, since they don’t act as routers
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I have two zigbee networks to solve this: one network for devices that can be powered off and one for devices that aren’t. That way the sensors and remotes never lose their connection.

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Or what I did: exchange the button of a physical switch with a blind cover, so it can’t be toggled to off. And then place a battery-driven smart switch right next to it.

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Easy to switch back, when I move out of the rental again.

When I move to something more permanent, I would install something mains powered in the existing frame.