My Homey 2023 seems to have very poor 433 Mhz reception. I have a bunch of Nexa LWST-605 buttons/transmitters, and Homey has trouble picking these up, even if they are within 3-4 meters of the Homey. I did not have these issues picking up the signals from the same transmitters with my Tellstick Duo, when using Home Assistant with telldus-core for local control.
Is this a known issue? Are there fixes? I’ve already had to move my Homey out from my “home lab” in the closet, to increase the range to not be completely unusable with these 433 switches.
Homey does not seem to have any issues (so far) with transmitting to receivers placed in the same room as the transmitters.
Is there any way to debug or enable logging for what Homey sees in the 433 range, besides the tool in Homey Developer Tools ?
Running telldus-core raw event streaming side by side to a log-instrumented version of the Nexa app (payloadToCommand e.g.) shows that Homey fails to receive events from the remote now and then, that are picked up by the Tellstick Duo.
Don’t know if this has to do with the timings and other signal data in the Nexa app that are off, or if the issue is on the HW or general 443 SW side of the Homey.
We recommend using sensors, buttons, and remotes, which send their commands to Homey, mainly in the same room Homey’s in, as their range is typically more limited.
And even rotating Homey can work some magic. But I found by moving my KAKU button it has some dead spots in the bedroom. Moving it an inch and it works.
Worth a shot, costs € 0,- :
I’ve read about a tado bridge’s range being extended, by placing it upwards, and placing a piece of alu foil at the side where signals aren’t transmitted/received
