# Aeotec Range Extender Zi **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-pro\ **Created:** [June 22, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889 "2023-06-22T14:03:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leif\_And](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/leif_and/32/78853_2.png) [@Leif\_And](https://community.homey.app/u/Leif_And)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/1 "2023-06-22T14:03:39Z")
Hi! How can I check that the Range Extender is working from where I put it? Homey treats it as ok and functioning once it’s added, even if I unplugg it. I’m trying to use it to put Aqara thermometer/hygrometer futher away from my Homey Pro (2023). Regards Leif ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/2 "2023-06-22T14:05:39Z")
Isn’t the Aeotec device a Z-Wave device and the Aqara device a Zigbee device? ---
**Author:** ![Leif\_And](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/leif_and/32/78853_2.png) [@Leif\_And](https://community.homey.app/u/Leif_And)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/3 "2023-06-22T14:21:58Z")
Aeotec Extender Zi is Zigbee. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/4 "2023-06-22T14:45:42Z")
In that case, it may take some time before Homey sees it’s unplugged, until then it will show as functioning. As for how to check if it’s working, you can’t, at least not directly and in a functional way. The only things you can check is to run an interview on it from [Homey Developer Tools](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/zigbee) to see if it responds, and to add devices to your network and hope they get routed through the extender. But AFAIK the “routing table” for Zigbee is not functional (and will probably never will) so there’s no way to check the state of your Zigbee network with Homey. ---
**Author:** ![Leif\_And](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/leif_and/32/78853_2.png) [@Leif\_And](https://community.homey.app/u/Leif_And)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/5 "2023-06-22T15:06:22Z")
Ok, thanks! Haven’t used Development Tools, how can I interview on it? Online is ?, Receive When Idle got a check mark. Leif ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/6 "2023-06-22T15:09:30Z")
> [@Leif\_And](#): > > Haven’t used Development Tools, how can I interview on it? I’m not sure, I don’t use Homey for Zigbee, but I would imagine you can select the device to interview in the aforementioned list and then you are presented with an “Interview” button. ---
**Author:** ![Leif\_And](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/leif_and/32/78853_2.png) [@Leif\_And](https://community.homey.app/u/Leif_And)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/7 "2023-06-22T15:14:44Z")
Great, I could ping it.Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/8 "2023-06-22T15:16:01Z")
Sounds like it’s working then 😃 And a tip: make sure to pair the Aqara device at or near the location where you want to use it (so don’t pair it next to Homey and then move it to its final location). ---
**Author:** ![Leif\_And](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/leif_and/32/78853_2.png) [@Leif\_And](https://community.homey.app/u/Leif_And)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/9 "2023-06-22T15:16:34Z")
I understand ping, what is interview? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/10 "2023-06-22T15:18:58Z")
See [this explanation](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-interview-action/34674). ---
**Author:** ![Leif\_And](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/leif_and/32/78853_2.png) [@Leif\_And](https://community.homey.app/u/Leif_And)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-range-extender-zi/82889/11 "2023-06-22T15:22:42Z")
Thanks!