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plugwise
Plugwise Circles
Question.
At this moment plugwise Circles (plugs) are only supported via stretch and can't be directly controled true homey for me a sub optimal solution because 1. i don't have a strech and 2. from what i read this setup has some drawbacks.
The plugwise plugs use zigbee but they have changed the protocol a bit. Zigbee support is expected in version 1.4. Will homey be able to controll these plugs directly since these plugs aren't 100% zigbee compatible?
I ask this because i have a few of these plugs still laying around and most important, these plugs seem to be the only plugs on the market that have a 3600+ watt rating and have power mesurement capability.
All the Zwave plugs i have seen arount have a 1500 (Neo cheap stuff), 2500 (Fibaro), 3000 (everspring and phillo) powerrating and can't be reliably used with a washingmachine, or stove without getting into overload protection now and then. There are a lot 3500 watt (zwave) plugs but they can't measure power usage this is no problem for stable power users like lamps but since the power usage of these devices fluctuate true the washing program / cooking program the plug needs active measurement to be of any use.
At this moment plugwise Circles (plugs) are only supported via stretch and can't be directly controled true homey for me a sub optimal solution because 1. i don't have a strech and 2. from what i read this setup has some drawbacks.
The plugwise plugs use zigbee but they have changed the protocol a bit. Zigbee support is expected in version 1.4. Will homey be able to controll these plugs directly since these plugs aren't 100% zigbee compatible?
I ask this because i have a few of these plugs still laying around and most important, these plugs seem to be the only plugs on the market that have a 3600+ watt rating and have power mesurement capability.
All the Zwave plugs i have seen arount have a 1500 (Neo cheap stuff), 2500 (Fibaro), 3000 (everspring and phillo) powerrating and can't be reliably used with a washingmachine, or stove without getting into overload protection now and then. There are a lot 3500 watt (zwave) plugs but they can't measure power usage this is no problem for stable power users like lamps but since the power usage of these devices fluctuate true the washing program / cooking program the plug needs active measurement to be of any use.
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but that has more to do with the too open specifications zigbee certified manufacturers needs to hold on to.
which is a very very (too) open protocol.
this is a benefit for manufacturers, as they can do whatever they want,
but a big troublesome matter for hubs like homey that need to take all of these changes into consideration
good example is the big update ikea lighting must do to be able to be controlled by the hue bridge, even though they both use the light link class.
but if it is using the zigbee protocol, then homey should be able to handle them.
but to be really sure, we will have to wait until it is fully implemented,
and maybe not from the start, there will always be some start-up bugs.
http://www.maartendamen.com/category/plugwise-unleashed/
http://domoticx.com/plugwise-naslagwerken-en-handleidingen/
I see openhab had some issues which sound familiar, so I'm confident native PW-support will be possible.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/openhab/DuwV7t7H4XA/ppwfMv7Rjn0J
But to be honest, I gave up and bought a stretch...
De POP is een Z-Wave tussenstekker schakelaar met een gunstige prijs/kwaliteits verhouding. Maximaal vermogen: 3500Watt. Edit: sorry this one has no current measurement, I have a different one, with power measurement.
waiting for m.ruiter untill he's implementing this units into the popp.app https://apps.athom.com/app/com.popp
https://www.robbshop.nl/zwave-tussenstekker-schakelaar-met-stroommeting 3000W
https://www.robbshop.nl/z-wave-me-tussenstekker-met-stroommeting 3500W
PW with USBstick on Raspberry-py works great https://apps.athom.com/app/com.gruijter.plugwise2py
http://www.domotica-blog.nl/post/aeon-labs-heavy-duty-smart-switch-gen5-review