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Offline lksseven

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Re: Z-wave Dongle on an Almond3 mesh network
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2016, 10:18:07 pm »
No.  Camera left is a cloth covered office panel made of panel/press board.  Camera right is a metal door, but it's always open just as it is in the picture.

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Re: Z-wave Dongle on an Almond3 mesh network
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2016, 10:22:04 pm »
Weird that it does not work. No OBVIOUS interference sources or such. Maybe someday someone will have one of those Z-Wave network test units that you could borrow and "see" what the area looks like.
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Re: Z-wave Dongle on an Almond3 mesh network
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2016, 10:35:27 pm »
Well, all's well that ends well.  It works like a charm with the dongle dangling from the ceiling.   The next switch going in will be a zigbee - hopefully it'll be an easier install/connect.

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Re: Z-wave Dongle on an Almond3 mesh network
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2016, 10:20:28 am »
900 MHz is a wavelength of 33.3 cm, so one would expect some rather crude interference patterns, so you may have found yourself in a quiet zone.
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Re: Z-wave Dongle on an Almond3 mesh network
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2016, 11:05:25 am »
Anyone have any REALLY old cordless phones around there? :)
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Re: Z-wave Dongle on an Almond3 mesh network
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2016, 12:51:44 am »
Think i have an old 49mhz cordless phone somewhere around here. =)
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Re: Z-wave Dongle on an Almond3 mesh network
« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2016, 08:37:14 am »
Probably not it. That was even older than I though, as I was thinking one of the broad-range 900mhz style ones that were popular... I want to say mid-90s is when they came out.
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