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Our new user interface is ready and we are working on the FAQ's. Most of the logic remains the same. If you have any questions, please contact support@thinka.eu
In order to find your Thinka on your local network, use your browser to go to https://setup.thinka.eu and fill in the serial number of your Thinka. We will then redirect you to your Thinka on your local network. If your Thinka is protected by a password, provide it, and you will be directed to the Settings page, where you can manage your Thinka via this web interface.
It may be handy to bookmark the web interface of your Thinka, so you do not need to go to the setup.thinka.eu site again.
No, not necessarily. If you have an ETS project file, Thinka makes your configuration a lot easier, but you can also manually configure Thinka. Just go to the Configuration tab, create an Accessory (device), and add Services. At each service there will be fields to fill out with your group addresses.
See also How do I configure my devices?
Absolutely, Thinka is meant for visualisation using either HomeKit on an iPad, iPhone, Apple TV or AppleWatch. Or the Amazon or Google apps.Voice control is supported of course. Just use what you prefer.
For Remote access there are different options, see
- for Thinka support
- for System Integrator Web support
- for HomeKit
- via VPN (e.g. for ETS) - PRO version only
Thinka can read your existing configuration by reading your ETS (v4 or 5). ETS contains information about your devices, but it is somewhat limited. Start of by importing your ETS file and Thinka will get as much information as possible from it.
Thinka will try to derive the type of accessory, its group addresses and (based on language preference) to corresponding room. See this video on Thinka's video channel.
You can improve your ETS project such that Thinka can parse your information with absolute certainty. Read more about this in our tutorial.
First of all make sure that your devices are in the proper rooms in Thinka. Our ETS import helps you recognise devices and rooms. Alternatively you can do this manually. See this video on Thinka's video channel for more help configuring rooms.
When you are happy with your devices and rooms, you may use the Thinka Setup app from the Apple Appstore to synchronise your Thinka with HomeKit. This way you do not have to manually put all your devices in their rooms again in Apple's Home app.
Yes, you can with Google Home or Amazon Alexa. Both have an app available for Android.
- The Google app can be found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app&hl=en&gl=US
- The Alexa app is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.dee.app&hl=en&gl=US
Go to https://setup.thinka.eu/ and fill in the serial number (S/N) of your Thinka. We will redirect you to last known IP address on your LAN.
Thinka uses DHCP to obtain an IP address from your network. So there is no need for any configuration.
If you want to use a static address, you can use your router to do so.
No, Thinka uses DHCP to obtain an IP address from your LAN automatically. Thinka does not need to have internet access.
There are no incoming ports that need to be opened. So you would not need to open your firewall or router. Thinka will only use outgoing access to the Internet for use with:
A Window Covering is the general name HomeKit uses for (Venetian) Blinds, Shades and Curtains.
Yes, we do, you can control up and down as well as the angle of the blinds.
We have a beta channel for evaluation of new and experimental features. Please contact us via support@thinka.eu and we will further review your request (please mention your serial number (Z-Wave) or serial number (KNX)).
Once accepted you can put your Thinka on the beta channel yourself. Go to your Thinka's web interface and go to the Update Thinka page in the menu.
If you don't see the beta channel yet, please restart your Thinka first to get the updates.
Now you can switch your Thinka from stable to beta.
No, you can safely import ETS projects again. We will keep all current configuration and put new information in a special place called the "Review room". The review room is a place where you can keep accessories that are not visible in HomeKit (or Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant) and decide to move to a real room later.
If you do want to overwrite all current configuration and import ETS, then go to Settings -> System and click on "Reset configuration".
Don't forget to make a backup, better safe than sorry.
We only support ETS4, ETS5 and ETS6, we do not support prx, pr1, pr2, pr3, pr4 or pr5 formats. However you may send us your old ETS project file by wetransfer and we'll try to convert it.
Please address it to support@thinka.eu
No, Thinka VPN connections are temporary, and limited to 7 days. This is to protect the home owner's network. We think that 7 days is enough to install and configure a Thinka initially and that any additional maintenance should be done with the home owner's consent, meaning asking permission.
If you (as a system integrator) need to manage a unattended/remote Thinka, please drop us an email (support@thinka.eu) with a request to extend this period
You can make automations in HomeKit or triggers in Alexa. For HomeKit you need to configure a HomeKit hub.
The Thinka Companion app is the app that you use to configure HomeKit on your phone. It uses the devices and rooms on your Thinka to create your Home in HomeKit and to keep it in sync. Otherwise you would have to configure all devices one-by-one and put them in their rooms with Apple's Home App.
Furthermore the companion app can help you find your Thinka on the network and see its status. It can also help you enable remote access for support.
You can get the Thinka Companion App from the Appstore.
The Home App you will use to control your Home, so that's what you'll use probably daily. The Home App is preinstalled on your iPhone or iPad.
This is what we call "Installer support". In order to allow the KNX professional that manages your Thinka access, go to your Thinka's web interface and then to Settings -> Remote -> Remote web access.
Then start it by clicking "Start Remote Web Access" and use the Copy URL and share this link with your installer via e-mail, whatsapp or any other way that you trust.
With the link (URL) your installer has access to the web interface of your Thinka. If you have a password set on your Thinka, either remove it (see here) or share it too.
Be careful with sharing this URL and password, anyone that gets hold of it, can access your Thinka's web interface.
You can always decide to revoke the access again. After 14 days we automatically revoke access to protect you from forgetting to revoke it all together. The next time you grant access the URL will be different.
Go Settings -> Remote and click Start VPN Server button
Thinka has started the built-in VPN server and created client certificate. Download this certificate by clicking the Download VPN File button. This will download the certificate that you will use to connect later.
Install a VPN client if you haven't already done so.
Right click on the icon and choose Import file option
Select the client certificate that you have downloaded before
Open OpenVPN application again and select Connect option
Once the application connected to VPN server, application icon`s color turns in to the green
Now your computer connected to the VPN server and you are able to access Thinka device with IP addresses 10.8.0.1
Since Thinka device has built-in KNX IP interface (IP Interface should be enabled to use), you can use 10.8.0.1 in ETS to access knx network
The PRO upgrade for Thinka for KNX is a software upgrade. There is no need to replace the hardware. After successful payment, your Thinka is upgraded automatically.
The new features (IP Gateway and VPN Server) will become available the next day or after restart.
An Air Conditioning is actually a Thermostat in HomeKit.
The first thing you need to do when configuring your Air-conditioning is to select the type of Thermostat: heating, cooling, or heating and cooling. When an airconditioning is used for heating and cooling you also need to select whether switching between the heating mode or cooling mode is manual or automatic.
Next is the HVAC mode, it's either simple On/Off or the more advanced KNX modes HVAC (20.102) or HVAC control (20.1105).The 20.105 mode is mostly used for Air Conditioning and supports the Auto, Heat, Cool, Off modes. The 20.102 mode is mainly for thermostats and supports Comfort, StandBy, Economy and Building Protection modes.
The next configuration option determines how to adjust the airco setpoint. Either the airco's basic setpoint can be adjusted directly or the setpoint can be shifted. When shifting the setpoint you need to select whether the setpoint can be shifted by a temperature difference or by using a counter value. The counter value is multiplied by the setpoint shift steps in the KNX airco to determine the actual adjustment. Ensure that the step size matches the configuration in the KNX airco's parameters.
Next you can select the minimum and maximum target temperature. These values determine the available values in the Home app when adjusting the airco. They may differ from the allowed values in the airco.
After configuring all the parameters you can configure the group addresses used to control the KNX airco. The group addresses to configure depend on the selected parameters:
- Actual temperature is used to show the current temperature in the room;
- Basic setpoint (only when the Thermostat setpoint parameter is set to "Basic Setpoint") controls the basic setpoint of the thermostat;
- Setpoint shift (only when the Thermostat setpoint parameter is set to "Shift degrees" or "Shift counter") controls the setpoint shift of the airco;
- Actual setpoint is calculated by the airco based on the basic setpoint, setpoint shift, operating mode, and/or heating cooling;
- Heating message (optional; only when the Thermostat type parameter is set to "Heating only" or "Heating and cooling") is a 1-bit value that reports whether the heating is currently running or not. When you system is heating this will show in the Home app as "Heating to X°" and the icon will turn orange;
- Cooling message (optional; only when the Thermostat type parameter is set to "Cooling only" or "Heating and cooling") is a 1-bit value that reports whether the cooling is currently running or not. This will show in the Home app as "Cooling to X°" and the icon will turn blue;
- Mode 20.102 (optional) is used to control the 20.102 HVAC mode
- Mode 20.105 (optional) is used to control the 20.105 HVAC mode
- Heating/cooling mode (required when the Heating/cooling switchover parameter is set to "Manual") allows Thinka to switch between heating or cooling.
Thinka has multiple configuration options, mostly optional, for controlling thermostats. The most simple version of a thermostat is one where you can only set the target temperature. Use a temperature sensor when you only want to be able to read the actual temperature.
Note: This accessory is not available in Google.
Additionally you can add a Fan and Swing Arm as a separate service as in the above screen shot.
The PRO functionality is a software only feature. Upon shipment you will receive a mail with instructions on how to activate the Thinka PRO functionality. The email contains a link.
It will redirect you to your order history on your account at https://shop.thinka.eu/resellers/orders/history (resellers) or https://shop.thinka.eu/customer_accounts/orders/history (customers). Both links (Reseller and Customer) are reachable from the shop.
The new features (IP Gateway and VPN Server) will become available the next day or after restart.
Thinka uses Apple HomeKit's definition of up/down. Up is 100% (all light) and Down is 0% (no light). Therefor it is important to program your blinds in ETS correspondingly.
A valve has two objects that need to be configured. The first is called "Active" and is sort of Open/Close. It needs a listen and set address. The Datapoint Type is 1.001
The second object is called "In Use" which means there is actually a flow (of water). If you do not have anything that represents this, use the listen address of the "Active" above. The Datapoint Type is 1.002
You may want to change "Valve Type" parameter. Here are the options in the image below.
This option make device appearance like icons change on Home app.
From the "Inspiration" tab a few Thinka bundles are already available for you, allowing you to integrate with various other channels, such as the weather, your favorite football team, etc. See the Olisto website for more information.
Every Thinka PRO has a built-in IP Gateway, To enable it go to the web interface of your Thinka, and navigate to Settings (icon)-> KNX Tab -> IP Gateway
Enable Olisto from the settings page on your Thinka. Doing so you allow the Thinka to setup a connection to Olisto via the secured Thinka cloud.
Next check to see that your Thinka is connected to the Thinka Cloud:
Now click the “PAIR” button and copy the generated token.
On your smart phone, start the Olisto App (available for iOS and Android), log in with your account or create one, go to the "More" tab, select "Channels", select "Thinka" and press "Add channel". Next you will use the generated token to pair with Olisto.
Thinka published to time every 10 minutes on the KNX bus and has a configurable group address that can be read.
The Date and Time is published as a DataPoint Type 19.001
The DateTime server can be configured via the Thinka web interface under the KNX menu. Chooses your Time Zone and fill in a group address that you would like to use.
Use a Motion Sensor to detect motion in a room. Only one group address is needed. You can receive notifications when the sensor detects motion and create automations based on these notifications in the Home app. It can automatically turn on a light for example.
Note: This sensor is not available in Google.
Two group addresses can be configured for a CO2 sensor. CO2 detected and CO2 level. Both are optional, but you'll need to configure at least one to make this useful. When configuring CO2 detected you can receive notifications in HomeKit when levels are abnormal. You can create automations based on this notification in your HomeKit configuration, it can automatically turn on a fan for example.
Note: This sensor is not available in Alexa and Google.
A Contact Sensor is mostly used to detect if a door or window is opened. A single group address needs to be configured. You can receive notifications when the sensor makes contact and create automations based on these notifications in the Home app. It can automatically turn on a light for example.
Yes, we do support Excel. You can export and import a Thinka configuration to and from Excel.
Exporting is easy, just go the the web interface of Thinka, select "Backup and restore" from the menu and click on "Export to Excel". You will see that a file is downloaded to your browser.
The file is a CSV file that can be opened by Excel.
Importing is a little more work, you will need to create an Excel file with 11 columns.
Wnen you're finished save the Excel file, export it to CSV and then click on "Import CSV"
Download a sample file here.
No, you can buy or upgrade to a Thinka KNX Pro. It has a built-in IP gateway. See Smart Support for more info.
You can use this IP Gateway to manage your KNX network via ETS.
We strongly discourage opening this IP Gateway to the Internet, use our VPN Server for that.The current humidity can be displayed in the supported app like Apple Home, Google home, etc. One group address needs to be configured. The humidity is displayed in percentages.
Note: This sensor is not available in Alexa.
A Leak Sensor is used to detect broken water pipes or other leakage. When leakage is detected quick action can be taken to limit the damage. A single group address needs to be configured. You can receive notifications when the sensor detects a leak and create automations based on these notifications in the Home app. It can automatically turn off power or close a valve.
Note: This sensor is not available in Alexa. Google support for this sensor is available in the beta channel
The current light level can be displayed in the Home app. One group address needs to be configured. The light level is displayed in Lux.
Note: This sensor is not available in Alexa and Google.
Use the regular lightbulb service for switching or dimming a simple light (without color or color temperature control). You must provide the group addresses for switching and reporting the on/off state of the light. Optionally you can provide the group addresses for controlling the brightness of the light (0-100%). The group object for absolute dimming must be used, relative dimming is not supported.
Use the color lightbulb service for any light that can change color. Besides providing the group address for switching and reporting the on/off state of the light you must also provide the datapoint type used for color control and the switching and status addresses of the corresponding group addresses.
There are also other items that you can choose from Color Datapoint Type parameter;
You can choose one of the options according to how the device works. For instance, the device might accept the color value as Red/Green/Blue instead of Hue/Saturation/Brightness.
The images below shows the group objects with regards to the item selection
You should provide the group addresses for the Red/Green/Blue
Some devices also have white channel. If so, you choose Red/Green/Blue/White (4 or 6 bytes) from the options and enter the group addresses for both Set and Listen
The image above shows the group addresses for separate color channels. This means that all the colors are controlled by individual group addresses. So that you should provide all of the group addresses for RGB(W) channel
Use the tunable white lightbulb service for any non-colored light that can adjust the apparent color temperature (warm white to cool white). Besides providing the group address for switching and reporting the on/off state of the light you must also provide the group address to switch the brightness and color temperature and the group addresses of the brightness and color temperature state objects. You can set the parameters Minimum color temperature and Maximum color temperature separately according to the feature of the device.
There is another parameter named Color temperature group objects that you might want to change for Tunable White light bulbs. You can choose one of them from the options shown below
If the parameter is chosen as "separate color temperature in Kelvin (DPT 7.600)" or "separate color temperature in % (DPT 5.001)", then you should fill the group addresses for both Brightness and Color temperature (°K or %) individually
Use an Occupancy Sensor to detect presence in a room. Only one group address is needed. You can receive notifications when the sensor detects presence and create automations based on these notifications in the Home app. It can automatically turn on a light for example.
Note: This sensor is not available in Google.
You can activate KNX scenes with Thinka. You configure the scene group address and scene numbers. Optionally you can configure a second scene number for the Off scene as a parameter.
This scene is available in Alexa, Google and Olisto as a Scene, and in HomeKit as a Switch. In HomeKit the switch will trigger the On scene when switched on. Likewise, the (optional) Off scene will be triggered when switching off.
For devices using KNX Scene A/B (DPT 1.022), Thinka maps the A and B values to the HomeKit switch: switching On sends Scene A, and switching Off sends Scene B.
You can extend existing KNX scenes with HomeKit actions by adding automations to the switch in the Apple Home app. Open the Home App and select the Automation tab. Create a new automation that is activated when the scene switch turns on. Then you can select the scenes and accessories to automate. Once you've saved the automation it will be triggered whenever you activate the scene from Siri, the Home app, or from KNX.
A Smoke Sensor is used to quickly detect and alert in case of fire or smoke. A single group address needs to be configured to indicate an alarm.
You can receive notifications when the sensor detects smoke or fire and create automations based on these notifications in the Home app. It can automatically turn on all the lights for example.
Note: This sensor is not available in Alexa and it is available in Google for Beta users.
The current temperature can be displayed in the Apple Home, Google and Alexa. One group address needs to be configured. Useful for standalone temperature sensors, outside temperature sensors, or weather stations.
When you can also control the temperature with the device, use a Thermostat instead of a Temperature Sensor.
Yes, see built-in IP Gateway
The first thing you need to do when configuring your thermostat (or Air conditioning) is to select the type of thermostat: heating, cooling, or heating and cooling. When a thermostat is used for heating and cooling you also need to select whether switching between the heating mode or cooling mode is manual or automatic.
Next is the HVAC mode, it's either simple On/Off or the more advanced KNX modes HVAC (20.102) or HVAC control (20.1105). The 20.102 mode is mainly for thermostats and supports Comfort, StandBy, Economy and Building Protection modes. The 20.105 mode is mostly used for Airconditioning and supports the Auto, Heat, Cool, Off modes.
The next configuration option determines how to adjust the thermostat setpoint. Either the thermostat's basic setpoint can be adjusted directly or the setpoint can be shifted. When shifting the setpoint you need to select whether the setpoint can be shifted by a temperature difference or by using a counter value. The counter value is multiplied by the setpoint shift steps in the KNX thermostat to determine the actual adjustment. Ensure that the step size matches the configuration in the KNX thermostat's parameters.
Next you can select the minimum and maximum target temperature. These values determine the available values in the Home app when adjusting the thermostat. They may differ from the allowed values in the thermostat.
After configuring all the parameters you can configure the group addresses used to control the KNX thermostat. The group addresses to configure depend on the selected parameters:
- Actual temperature is used to show the current temperature in the room;
- Basic setpoint (only when the Thermostat setpoint parameter is set to "Basic Setpoint") controls the basic setpoint of the thermostat;
- Setpoint shift (only when the Thermostat setpoint parameter is set to "Shift degrees" or "Shift counter") controls the setpoint shift of the thermostat;
- Actual setpoint is calculated by the thermostat based on the basic setpoint, setpoint shift, operating mode, and/or heating cooling;
- Heating message (optional; only when the Thermostat type parameter is set to "Heating only" or "Heating and cooling") is a 1-bit value that reports whether the heating is currently running or not. When you system is heating this will show in the Home app as "Heating to X°" and the icon will turn orange;
- Cooling message (optional; only when the Thermostat type parameter is set to "Cooling only" or "Heating and cooling") is a 1-bit value that reports whether the cooling is currently running or not. This will show in the Home app as "Cooling to X°" and the icon will turn blue;
- Mode 20.102 (optional) is used to control the 20.102 HVAC mode
- Mode 20.105 (optional) is used to control the 20.105 HVAC mode
- Heating/cooling mode (required when the Heating/cooling switchover parameter is set to "Manual") allows Thinka to switch between heating or cooling.
Thinka has multiple configuration options, mostly optional, for controlling thermostats. The most simple version of a thermostat is one where you can only set the target temperature. Use a temperature sensor when you only want to be able to read the actual temperature.
For detailed information of the specific home apps, please see the links Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa
Note: window coverings are shown as a switch in Alexa. Turn the switch off (0%) to fully close the window covering. Turn the switch on (100%) to fully open. Window coverings can only be controlled by voice for Google Home, this is a limitation of the Google Home app. Slat position is currently not supported in Alexa and Google.
Use the window covering service for anything that covers the windows: blinds, shades, curtains, sun screens, etc. This service works best when your KNX actuator provides a status object for the window covering’s current position (0-100%).
Select "Absolute Position (0..100%)" for the "Current Position Status" parameter. Enter the group address of the current position status object and either the target position group object (1-byte, 0-100%) or the long move up/down (1-bit, up/down) group address. In the latter case you will only be able to fully open or close the window covering.
For blinds with slats you must also provide the current and target slat position (both 0-100%) group addresses.
When no postion status object is available you can still control the window covering from Thinka. However, you can only fully open or close the window covering. To configure this, select the "No status feedback" option for the "Current Position Status" parameter. Select the approximate time it takes to fully open or close the window covering for the "Time for up/down movement" parameter. This is the time the window covering will be considered in motion when opening or closing. Enter the group address of the long move up/down (1-bit, up/down) group address.
For blinds with slats you must also provide the current and target slat position (both 0-100%) group addresses.
Below you can find a short video of the window covering configuration. The video does not yet include the parameter selection options.
Yes, with the Thinka for KNX Pro version, you can use the built-in IP Gateway and VPN Server to do just that. Securely.
See connecting to the VPN server for details.
First of all we support 3 thermostat modes; Heating Only, Cooling Only, Heating and Cooling
As the name implies that this mode only supports Heating. Here is a screenshot which shows a basic configuration for Heating Only
Heating status is a 1-bit value that reports whether the heating is currently running or not.
As the name implies that this mode only supports Cooling. Here is a screenshot which shows a basic configuration for Cooling Only
New group object appears which is Cooling Status. It is again 1-bit value that reports whether the cooling is currently running or not.
This mode supports both Heating and Cooling. Here is a screenshot which shows a basic configuration for Heating and Cooling
You need to select whether switching between the heating mode or cooling mode is manual or automatic.
If Manual mode is selected then you should fill listen and set group addresses for the Heating/cooling mode group object.
You can also fill both Heating status and Cooling status.
We have 4 type of HVAC modes
It could be "None", "On, Off", "Comfort, StandBy, Economy, Building Protection" or "Auto, Heat, Cool, Off"
If it is chosen "On, Off" then you should fill the set and listen group addresses for On/Off group object. These group addresses are used for controlling turning on/off the thermostat. This is very basic/simple mode for the Thermostats
Besides "On, Off" mode, there are also two other more advanced modes we support "Comfort, StandBy, Economy, Building Protection (DPT 20.102)" or "Auto, Heat, Cool, Off (DPT 20.105)"
"Comfort, StandBy, Economy, Building Protection" mode is mainly for thermostats and supports Comfort, StandBy, Economy and Building Protection modes. You should fill the set and listen group addresses for the group object "Mode 20.102"
"20.105" mode is mostly used for Airconditioning and supports the Auto, Heat, Cool, Off modes. Since this mode already contains Off, Heat and Cool in itself, Thermostat Off and Heating/cooling switchover parameters become invisible so that you do not need set them anymore
This configuration option determines how to adjust the thermostat setpoint.
Either the thermostat's basic setpoint can be adjusted directly or the setpoint can be shifted. When shifting the setpoint you need to select whether the setpoint can be shifted by a temperature difference or by using a counter value. The counter value is multiplied by the setpoint shift steps in the KNX thermostat to determine the actual adjustment. Ensure that the step size matches the configuration in the KNX thermostat's parameters.
These values determine the available values in the Home app when adjusting the thermostat. They may differ from the allowed values in the thermostat.
Actual Temperature
It is used to show the current temperature in the room
Basic Setpoint
It controls the basic setpoint of the thermostat
Setpoint shift
It controls the setpoint shift of the thermostat
Actual setpoint
It is calculated by the thermostat based on the basic setpoint, setpoint shift, operating mode, and/or heating cooling
Heating message (optional)
It is a 1-bit value that reports whether the heating is currently running or not. When you system is heating this will show in the Home app as "Heating to X°" and the icon will turn orange.
Cooling message (optional)
It is a 1-bit value that reports whether the cooling is currently running or not. This will show in the Home app as "Cooling to X°" and the icon will turn blue.
Mode 20.102 (optional)
It is used to control the 20.102 HVAC mode
Mode 20.105 (optional)
It is used to control the 20.105 HVAC mode
Heating/cooling mode
It allows Thinka to switch between heating or cooling
On/Off
It allows to turn or off the thermostat
Notes
Thinka has multiple configuration options, mostly optional, for controlling thermostats. The most simple version of a thermostat is one where you can only set the target temperature. Use a temperature sensor when you only want to be able to read the actual temperature.
For detailed information of the specific home apps, please see the links Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa
A fan can be controlled in many ways.
First the speed can be controller continuous, airflow or in upto 4 steps (levels)
When your Fan supports continuous (0-100%) it needs a 5.001 DataPointType listen and set address:
Same for Airflow, you need a DPT 9.009 set and listen address. And you specify the minimum and maximum:
When you choose level, you can specify 1 to 4 levels. They can all be controlled by 1 byte (DPT 5.010):
Or by a bit (DPT 1.001) individually :
Another option is the mode:
When you choose anything other than "Not supported", you need to specify another two group addresses (DPT 1.001) for set and listen of the mode:
This way you can set the automatic mode from HomeKit, for instance.
In order to use a KNX garage door, you need to provide two group addresses.
First a set address for Open/Close, which has a DataPointType of 1.008
Second is the Up/down status listen address, which has a DataPointType of 5.001
Optionally you can provide a Listen address for Obstruction detection which has a DataPointType of 1.002
There are also two other options in Current position status parameter which are shown below
If this parameter is set as Two separate status objects (DPT 1.002 / DPT_Bool, 1 bit) then the group objects will be like this;
You should fill the group address for the Up/Down object, which helps us to move the window covering up or down. And you should also fill the group addresses for the status of Open and Closed
If this parameter is set to the Up/Down (0 = up, 1 = down, DPT 1.008, 1 bit), then you will see such a view below as group objects
You should again fill the group address for the Up/Down object as we did before. You should also fill the group address for Up/Down status to retrieve the status of the Up and Down
You have another parameter to be set is Position inversion;
Here we choose what value we get if the window covering is open or vice versa. This parameter differs from device to device
Download OpenVPN installer program here suitable for your computer
You can download installer for 32 bit Windows here or for 64 bit Windows here
Setup OpenVPN by installer. See the details about installing OpenVPN on Windows machines here
Once the OpenVPN is installed on your computer, launch OpenVPN
The application appears as tray icon on the bottom right of the screen. Right click on the icon and choose Import file option
Connecting to Thinka over the Matter protocol is now available on request on the Beta channel. This is particularly useful for Google Home and Amazon Alexa to operate independently from the cloud. For Apple Home we recommend to use Apple HomeKit, as also using Matter can lead to device duplication.
To participate in the beta, please first contact support.
This guide will explain how you can setup and use the Matter integration of Thinka.
Tap to Matter-enabled device option
QR Code
Scan the QR Code on Thinka UI.
Manual pairing code
Enter the pairing code from either the Thinka UI or the app that has already been commissioned (See the last section).
Follow these steps if the Thinka Matter Hub has already been commissioned by another Matter controller (such as Apple Home, SmartThings, Alexa, or another Matter app). In this case, you will need to share the Matter setup code from the first app to add it to Google Home.
Below show the procedure using Apple Home, but the same approach applies to other Matter controllers
To add the devices you’ve already set up in Apple Home to Google Home, open the Apple Home app and go to Home Settings → Home Hubs & Bridges → Matter Accessory, then tap Turn on Pairing Mode and then copy the code.
For the remaining steps, you can continue from Manual Pairing Code section above
Unfortunately, Thinka Gateway does not have a corresponding KNX (.knxprod) device datasheet.