New Tradfri repeater

[jo-me]

Hi
Ikea has listed a new Tradfri device that enhances the signal. See here https://m2.ikea.com/de/de/p/tradfri-signalverstaerker-10400408/

Sounds interesting for the price.
The effectiveness has to be evaluated though..

[00lex]

you can use a bulb or a socket for the same price as extender

[ebaauw]

I think they created it for their smart blinds.

[AntiHeld889]

[ebaauw]

Cool. I don't think there's anything useful to expose through the REST API?

Did you buy this one separately, or did it come with the smart blinds?

[AntiHeld889]

I have buy it separately, i don‘t think there‘s anything usefull for Rest API too

[szoller]

@AntiHeld889
How did you pair your tradfri repeater? mines aren't visible in DeConz (see #1258 )

[AntiHeld889]

Start light or sensor search and nearby reset the repeater

[szoller]

I guess with reset you mean pressing the reset-button for 5 sec?

Thank you, i'll try again tonight

[smingoli]

Went to Ikea today to take a look at a new desk and saw the repeater..... didn't even know it came out so I forgot the desk and grabbed one of those instead..... Seems to work like a charm...

[SeraphimSerapis]

A little late to the party. Is this only for the deconz application or also for the Phoscon web interface? I did the reset, ran both sensor and light search and the repeater does not appear.

I tried with two devices to make sure it's not a hardware defect.

[ebaauw]

It does (or rather should) show in the deCONZ GUI, see #1258 (comment). It doesn't have any functionality to to expose, so no REST API resource is created for it. Consequently, it's invisible to apps (incl. Phoscon).

[SeraphimSerapis]

I understand. A number of people -- including myself -- run deCONZ headless. That way I don't have access to the GUI and can't check if it paired correctly. Maybe some of this information could be exposed without a fully fledged implementation in Phoscon?

[manup]

Jep, I think it makes sense to show it in the app perhaps with a icon and reachable status. I've put it on the todo list.