# Microbot Push "Make Dumb Devices Smart" **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [January 19, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385 "2019-01-19T13:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 21, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/21 "2019-01-21T21:06:31Z")
This is what Wikipedia says about Z-Wave: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/a/aabad9525b490d88d7ccf3eed32a18d88b87872c.png) I’m pretty sure that _no one_ is getting that range with their Homey, not even close 😉 And I don’t think that the rewrite will have any effect on its range, they need to rewrite it because the current implementation simply doesn’t support all BLE features. ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/22 "2019-01-21T21:09:45Z")
> [@robertklep](#): > > This is what Wikipedia says about Z-Wave: Yes, agree. Zwave’s power however is limited to something in mW. Whereas BLE’s power is limited to 0,5 or 1W or something. Should/Could be a clear indication of the to-be-expected range. Probably BLE is way better than zWave. ---
**Author:** ![Jorden](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jorden/32/8856_2.png) [@Jorden](https://community.homey.app/u/Jorden)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/23 "2019-01-22T09:05:39Z")
> [@Jan\_Peeters](#): > > Hi, > Wouldn’t it make more sense to implent the hub? Avoiding Bluetooth? > Br, > Gert You don’t need to implement the hub, since you can connect that to IFTTT and connect IFTTT to Homey. But I think it would be nice to be able to use the Microbots without hub. My hub is in the closet just 1.5 meters away from Homey so I would use the direct approach myself. ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/24 "2019-01-22T11:24:48Z")
Cool. However, have you been able to order one somewhere in Europe? ---
**Author:** ![Jorden](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jorden/32/8856_2.png) [@Jorden](https://community.homey.app/u/Jorden)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/25 "2019-01-22T11:47:51Z")
I ordered them from their Kickstarter. And had to pay import rights, which made them really expensive… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/m_a_r_c_o/32/146_2.png) [@M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://community.homey.app/u/M_a_r_c_o)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/26 "2019-12-19T19:56:51Z")
> [@Jan\_Peeters](#): > > However, have you been able to order one somewhere in Europe? For example you can use: [https://www.myus.com/nl/](https://www.myus.com/nl/) what is called a huifkar service in Dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 9:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/27 "2019-12-22T09:36:41Z")
Perfect! Good to know, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![peltsi51](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peltsi51/32/12564_2.png) [@peltsi51](https://community.homey.app/u/peltsi51)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/28 "2020-12-02T15:53:36Z")
Any news on making the app @robertklep? Or is it ditched? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/29 "2020-12-02T16:44:21Z")
It’s ditched. At the time I wasn’t able to get the device working at all; at the moment, there are some open source libraries that should support it, but I have since given up on Homey (development) so it won’t be me implementing support for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/30 "2020-12-02T20:38:20Z")
It’s near impossible to buy in europe i believe ---
**Author:** ![Jorden](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jorden/32/8856_2.png) [@Jorden](https://community.homey.app/u/Jorden)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/31 "2020-12-03T13:39:39Z")
It was possible to order them through the website, but they were not cheap, shipping costs were high and I also had to pay customs. Currently there is no available app for your smartphone and their Prota system that used to be able to control the bots, is down. It seems the company went bankrupt and a new company has taken it over, they sent out an email that news is coming soon. I doubt the old microbots will still work. Currently all of them are worthless. I’ve already thrown away the Prota box since it didn’t work. Got some microbots laying around but I think they are also useless. ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/32 "2020-12-03T21:27:10Z")
I really liked the design though. It was the best one out there. Well thought through… ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/33 "2020-12-04T14:46:55Z")
Is this the one you mean? > **[SwitchBot Smart Switch Button Pusher, Geen Bedrading, Draadloze App of Timer...](https://www.amazon.nl/SwitchBot-Bedrading-Draadloze-Control-compatibel/dp/B07B7NXV4R)** ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/34 "2020-12-04T16:17:55Z")
Nope. Switchbot is crappy design ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/35 "2020-12-14T17:21:54Z")
But works very well with Homey via IFTTT ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/36 "2020-12-14T18:23:04Z")
Yes, but: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/4/041d19f6e5e7c0d26b0bd30d8d26a9744bfbc85a.jpeg) So many things are wrong with this picture… ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385/37 "2020-12-14T18:42:17Z")
Yeah, looks like shit, but makes great coffee. Smart home is not always nice, but it is often useful. 😜 ![16079712773735826876025715619389](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/2/627f43f49f69760c20e6195846fe2b4194d1c5b5.jpeg) [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/microbot-push-make-dumb-devices-smart/7385.md?page=1)