A:AnswerOkay - so I replaced the Smart device v2 with this. All issues are gone and works flawlessly. It does not have dB monitor if anyone is interested to know....
A:AnswerIt has 3 fan channels. Each channel can support up to 3 fan connections. However, you can daisy chain the fans with each other to get one connector at the end. So, it should work. Obviously never tried those many.