# 1-wire gateway to Homey alternatives

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/1-wire-gateway-to-homey-alternatives/101552>\
**Category:** Devices\
**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/1-wire-gateway-to-homey-alternatives/101552 "2024-01-18T13:09:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![TorT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tort/32/79845_2.png) [@TorT](https://community.homey.app/u/TorT)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/1-wire-gateway-to-homey-alternatives/101552/1 "2024-01-18T13:09:44Z")

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Hi,

I already have a few Fibaro Smart Implant to which I connect a pile of DS1820 1-wire temperature sensors.

However the Smart Implant in Homey can only connect 6 sensors, and I cannot rename the sensors, - however the most annoying (for me) is the max cable length restriction of 3 meters.

Anyone here who uses og know about a more ‘general’ 1-wire bus to z-wave gateway so I can connect ‘conventional’ 1-wire bus lengths and any number of 1-wire devices?

Thanks for comments on this…

best regards Tor

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**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/1-wire-gateway-to-homey-alternatives/101552/2 "2024-01-18T19:48:57Z")

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> [@TorT](#):
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> DS1820

It is not a limitation of Homey. And not even of Smart Implant. 3 m will be the limitation when jou connect the sensors in a star. When you really make a bus, it can be more. See for example [picprojects.net | DS1820 1-Wire Temperature Sensor](http://www.picprojects.net/ds1820/) or even better [Guidelines for Reliable Long Line 1-Wire Networks | Analog Devices](https://www.analog.com/en/technical-articles/guidelines-for-reliable-long-line-1wire-networks.html)