I know there are a number of threads about smart meters, but I haven't found one that answers my problem. We have just had an electricty smart meter fitted. There should also have been a gas meter, but the gas meter failed to communicate with the electricity meter, presumably because of the distance - about 13m. Also the In-House-Display (IHD) failed to work , again because of distance. We live in a residential building where the electricity meters are all on the ground floor, and the gas meters are at various points around the outside of the building - not an unusual situation, but obviously one that the smart meter people failed to take account of. I believe that our meter is of the SMETS2 variety. The communication part is made by Toshiba - SKU1 Cellular, and the meter is by Landis/Gyr - M190120. What I am wondering is would it be possible to introduce some ZigBee range extenders. These things seem to be used for smart homes to allow operation of various appliances with your smart phone. The Home Area Network that links gas meter with the electricity meter and the electricity meter with the IHD is based on the 2.4Ghz ZigBee communications protocol - IEEE802.15.4.
Has anyone any experience of using the CC2531 or the CC2530 bare board ZigBee communication modules. Could they be used as range extenders, repeaters or routers - I am not sure of the correct description?
Has anyone any experience of using the CC2531 or the CC2530 bare board ZigBee communication modules. Could they be used as range extenders, repeaters or routers - I am not sure of the correct description?