Wireless after the first Puck? Wired to what?
I'm not understanding the "wireless after the first Puck" description in the Does Flair Work With Mitsubishi portion of the FAQ. Wired to what? Does one Puck have to be wired to its mini-split but the other Pucks don't have to be wired to their mini-splits? Does one Puck have to be wired directly into the router? If so, what a waste since my Router is in a room that won't have a mini-split.
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Hey Jim,
The Flair puck only works on wifi - no cables to the router.
The pucks need to be powered by two AAA batteries OR the included USB cable.
Pucks that you plug into the wall with the USB cable are considered "wired". You need at least one puck plugged in.
All other pucks can be either plugged in OR AAA batteries (i.e. wireless).
Flair calls wired pucks "gateways". The wired pucks a) connect to wifi and b) broadcast the low-frequency flair network for vents and pucks set up as sensors*.
"Sensor" pucks ONLY communicate with the low-frequency network made by a gateway puck. This saves battery.
You need at least one gateway puck, while all others can be sensor pucks so long as they are within range of the gateway.
Therefore, if you have a large home, you may need to have two gateway pucks to get proper low-frequency range. (I'd guess that one puck covers about 1000 sq ft)
*technically, you can have a wired puck and set it as a "sensor" puck via the puck display. However, the opposite it not possible (i.e. setting a battery powered puck as gateway does not work) -
The main puck is wired as in plugged in to a wall outlet via a USB cable. No other wires.
The Flair system actually connects to your WiFi once on the main "Gateway" puck then talks over its own separate wireless network, in an FCC-unregulated 915Mhz frequency. If you do have other smart devices you might need to look at their frequencies used to make sure they don't overlap. But, that unregulated channel probably saves a lot of power, and it keeps all those pucks off your WiFi - smart design if you ask me.
It looks like you can plug in all your vents and pucks if you really want to, to avoid batteries in exchange for more electrical to run.
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