Recommendations for a Zigbee relay?

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Hey,

I’ve got a couple of existing lamps and would like to switch them using Zigbee.

Ideal requirements:

  • Small, so it can be hidden e.g. behind the wall switch or so.
  • Supports ZHA 1.2 or Zigbee 3.0, so it can also relay signals from e.g. sensors. AFAIK the Zigbee Light Link protocol can only relay ZLL signals, which doesn’t support sensors.
  • Available in Europe.

Any pointers?
Thanks!

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Look at the Xiaomi ZigBee switch it is a socket type one so not sure if it is exactly what you want but it’s small, has physical control and combine it with zigbee2mqtt and you have a pretty cool smart switch.

Riley.

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Thanks for the tip!

Ideally I’d hide it inside the pattress box in the wall. Somewhere in here:

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So the smaller the better!
Something like this, but with Zigbee instead of Wifi would be awesome:
https://shelly.cloud/shelly1-open-source/

Maybe I can take apart the Xiaomi socket. Do you know which Zigbee protocol it speaks? ZLL, ZHA, 3.0?

Thanks!

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Any new insights?
I’m also planning a new house but still need to chose if I want WiFi, ZigBee or zwave…

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I bought a couple of switches, repeaters, but still haven’t had time to try them.
I bought these so far:

IKEA TRÅDFRI Repeater:
https://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/10400408/
Should talk Zigbee 3.0 according to the Zigbee database:
https://www.zigbee.org/zigbee-products-2/#zigbeecertifiedproducts/productdetails3/5b7fa4224bd17f2c8c2eb114/

Bitron Relay:
http://bvsite.smabit.eu/index.php/produkte/smart-home-produkte/uaktor-schalten/
Should talk ZHA 1.2 according to the product specs.

Innr Smart Plug:
https://shop.innrlighting.com/en/shop/113/smart-plug
Should talk Zigbee 3.0 according to the Zigbee database:
https://www.zigbee.org/zigbee-products-2/#zigbeecertifiedproducts/productdetails3/5c4037b27c4f7a275b26c6ce/

Osram Smart+ Plug:
https://smartplus.ledvance.de/produkte/innenbeleuchtung/index.jsp
Not sure which exact model mine is. It might be ZLL 1.0 or Zigbee 3.0:
https://www.zigbee.org/zigbee-products-2/#zigbeecertifiedproducts/productdetails3/5a5f10ecc3d9745f90e49b4d/
https://www.zigbee.org/zigbee-products-2/#zigbeecertifiedproducts/productdetails3/5b97255ba84ba23900c1ba99/

When I have time, I want to add them one by one to my Zigbee network based on the ConBee stick and just try out if they relay ZHA signals (e.g. Xiaomi temperature sensor) and how far.

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Sorry for reviving this old topic but did you get any good results with any of these? I’m looking to expand the range of my network too.

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Il you want to truely expand a zigbee network :

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Yes, actually I found that all wired devices that I own repeat signals just fine.
I was a little worried about ZLL vs. ZHA, but I didn’t see any difference, actually.
I’m using sockets from IKEA, Osram, Innr, Bitron, and Xiaomi, a bulb from Osram, a dimmer from Paulmann, and in-wall relays from Xiaomi and Bitron.

Bottom line: Don’t worry too much. You might need a couple though to build a dense mesh network, especially if your home is large.

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