On one end of my pool deck, there's a door in the pool cage with steps to the side yard. When the house was built, I had a floodlight mounted to illuminate the area, with a wall switch below it. That all worked fine.
I finally got around to installing a Lutron switch at that location. Much to my dismay, it turns out that it's out of range of my repeater. The distance isn't that far, but there are multiple reinforced concrete walls in between, at an angle. So the signal just won't reach. I temporarily relocated the repeater closer to to the switch, and it did work. But that involved an ethernet cable through a bedroom and adjoining bath. It might be possible to relocate the repeater to the room above, but that's not going to be easy either.
So I'm looking for alternatives to the Lutron switch out there. While I'm at it, I'd like to add a motion sensor as well. I'm open to swapping out the light fixture if needed. Maybe a combo fixture with sensor that can also be controlled by the switch (and Indigo).
I can probably get a Z-wave signal over there, with another repeater or two. How many hops max for Z-wave? I'll go Wifi if I have to, I think the Wifi signal there is OK. If not, I can definitely improve it.
Suggestions?