Hello, all...found this thread during the roller coaster ride of the last few days; how cool to see such a knowledgeable community!
So, while feeling a newbie's fear of somehow breaking the group's etiquette, I was hoping to seek some help on a project I've started:
I had the brilliant idea of trying to automate some of the hallway lighting of my condo building. (These halls have skylights or windows, and burning all the lights all the time seems a waste.) So, I have roughly 30 Cree Connected bulbs I'm trying to control, all in ceiling-mounted fixtures, from a Wink hub in my unit.
The most distant fixture is, no doubt, well beyond the range of my hub, but it's a continuous path of fixtures, with none being further than probably 15 or 20 feet, max, from the next. It's all line-of-sight, although in some cases there's a wooden hallway door in the middle.
At the risk of seeming massively ignorant...my understanding is that the bulbs should network with each other to allow control over an extended range, yes? To get right to the problem: It seems like I can only control bulbs that (I think) are within range of the hub.
(I won't get in the weeds sharing testing details, but a bulb in a portable lamp that has complete control near the hub won't work just a few feet past the most distant fixture that can be controlled.)
I've been trying to isolate any number of variables that could be causing this, but before I go nuts: Well, am I nuts? Am I wrong about how the mesh network functions? Is 20 feet (or a doorway) too much of an obstacle to forming the network?
I know that overall this may really be more of a Cree question, but...was hoping to tap the knowledge of this smart group.
I convinced our condo board just last week to spend about $500 for all this...and am hoping I don't have to go tell them I was an idiot.
Thanks for any comments!