It would be great to have a zigbee network map for the Evelyn app on the phone or web interface on the PC
Indeed! You don’t have to start another thread on this forum. One is enough. Besides, this subject is not new. Use Search and you’ll find numerous posts regarding a Zigbee map.
but none related to the map for the application. they are maps for ihost and other other services. it would be good to have the architecture for the ZigBee network displayed directly in the ewelink application or ewelink web, if you have something like that, can you send me a link?
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Not true. I mentioned that at least twice some time ago. The answer from eWeLink was that they would consider that “in the future”. The future is about now. It looks like considering is a time consuming process 
I have to say this feature needs more effort from the zigbee gateways if we want to add it. So the vendors must append more codes in the firmware to throw route and related information in a timely manner. Some chipsets may not support this due to small ROM or limited performance.
It might be possible for -U, thus I’m turning it into a feature request.
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It would be great to have a zigbee network map for the ewelink app on the phone or web interface on the PC
Evelyn? You mean eWeLink, right? Yeah, that would be great to have a Zigbee tool. Any tool, including mapping.
yes, I am currently dealing with a weak signal and possible repeaters. network status information would be good. I am waiting for one repeater and it will be a trial and error method.
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It usually is. Maps and things won’t really help you that much.
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I think the map will help to determine the most advantageous location of the devices. It will be visible which device does not participate in signal amplification. I have unused sockets and I try to use them for amplification and it is quite difficult and time consuming to determine whether the signal is improving or not. I have devices that quite often lose the signal and I cannot understand why this happens. Either because of a bad connection, or because of the latest update of zb bredg pro.
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Take my word for it - it will not help.
It does not work as an amplifier. Nothing of the sort. The Zigbee network is a mesh network, so it’s not about amplifying the signal. It is self-healing and you have no control over how it is performed. Certainly the ZBBridge Pro firmware update has not affected this process.
ok, it doesn’t amplify, but extends - it is a transmitter. Before the last update of bridge pro all devices worked pretty well. And after the update everything became just awful. Maybe I have a limit on the number of devices connected to the bridge. It would be nice if information about this was somehow displayed in the settings.
It’s not. Doesn’t work this way.
Well, you’ve completely confused me. I’ve heard and read in many places that zb devices connected to a 220v network act as a repeater. They receive a zb signal and transmit it further until the signal reaches the bridge. What’s not true here?
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I would like the iHost map to show Mesh connections.
Currently it only shows connections with the coordinator.
If the map is implemented in the eWelink app, they could already implement it with this information!
Warning: It will be a bit long and boring in parts.
Any Zigbee network is a mesh capable network (self healing and self managed) of intermediate devices to reach more distant ones. Every network must have precisely one coordinator device (i.e. NSPanel Pro or ZBBridge of any flavour) as the most capable device. It stores information about the network and acts as the trust center that stores security keys.
Zigbee routers are typically mains-powered so they are always available on the network. They allow extending communication at the network level connecting directly, dynamically and non-hierarchically to as many other nodes as possible and cooperate independently with one another to efficiently route data to and from clients. This allows for every node to participate in the relay of information in the best possible way at the given time. Zigbee routers are incorrectly referred to as Zigbee repeaters or Zigbee range extenders. From a functional point of view, they extend the reach of the network but technically they do not repeat or enhance anything.
It is possible to have a Zigbee network consisting only of a coordinator and end devices. Of course, in such a situation, the network topology is different and you have to forget about the ability to autoconfigure and dynamically distribute loads. The immunity of such a network to failures and interference is practically nonexistent, for obvious reasons. So the more routers are wisely deployed, the higher the overall performance will be. By design, a Zigbee network is a low-power, low-bandwidth network. Actual coverage and performance is therefore not solely dependent on signal field strength or radio power.
Look for studies on the web and you will certainly learn a lot of interesting things. Because these explanations of mine are a simplification of a very interesting topic and barely touch the subject.
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Well, that’s right. That’s exactly how I imagined it. I have nothing to do with IT technologies, I’m not a programmer and I understand everything at the consumer level. For me, any device that receives a signal and transmits a signal is a transceiver. I understand that these devices not only receive and transmit a signal, but also retransmit their own signal. You didn’t specify how it would be correct to call such a device capability? A repeater, a router…
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No, they don’t transmit their own signal and they don’t translate coordinators’ signal. They’re not transceivers or repeaters as well. They’re Zigbee routers and act as repeaters.
In a Zigbee network, only coordinators and routers may act as repeaters. These devices have the capability to extend the range of the network by routing data between other devices that are not within direct communication range of each other.
I suggest you look for publications on Zigbee, such as this one. There are many interesting ones, at various levels of technical initiation. You will learn much more from them than from me. Besides, we’ve already filled up this forum enough
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