HomeKit
Z-Wave
Voice assistants
Works with
To pair your Thinka with HomeKit you first need to install the Thinka Companion app on your iOS device. When you first open the app, iOS 14 and higher will ask for permission: "Thinka" would like to find and connect to devices on your local network. HomeKit setup only works through the local network. You can verify that the Thinka Companion app has Local Network access in the iOS Settings app:
Settings appSearchLocal Network
You can add the device yourself from the web UI of your Thinka. Click "Add Device" at the top of the page, and follow the instructions. You can see the screenshots of the instructions for a sample device as follows. These steps might differ from device to device.
Click "Start" Button
Now turn Z-Wave device in to inclusion mode and then wait for Thinka finding device
Press "Submit" button
For secure Z-Wave devices it needs to be entered PIN which is the first 5 digit of DSK. Otherwise this screen will not appear.
Now device has been added successfully. Now you can set the name and room by typing "Set name and room" button or just keep the name and room as default by clicking "Done" button
There are two things that should be connected. One is power adapter and the other one is a network cable.
You can remove a device from the web UI of this Thinka. Click the "Device -" icon which means removing device that is at the top of the page, and follow the instructions. The manual that is available for this device will have instructions on how to exclude this device. Most of the time you will have to triple click the "B" button. Here is the images for help to show removing a device
Click "-" to start removing device
Click "Start" button
Set your device in to learn(exclusion) mode and wait it to be excluded.
Removing Z-Wave device has been completed
To pair your Thinka with HomeKit you first need to install the Thinka Companion app on your iOS device. Make sure you grant local network access when you first open it.
The Thinka Companion app lists available Thinka's for pairing. First select your Thinka, then select Choose a Home and pick the HomeKit Home you want to pair with. Enter the PIN number from the Thinka device
Note: a device will only show up in HomeKit when it has both a name and a location These can be set either during inclusion on the information tab or when using the Smart Start option of the Thinka Companion app.
The Thinka Companion app lists the Thinka's it found on the network that are not yet paired to HomeKit.
We have examples
We have examples for:
Thinka supports SmartStart, which means devices are added automatically to network without having to manually configure a new device.
You can add devices by scanning their QR code with the Thinka Setup App. When you eventually power the devices they will be included into the Z-Wave network within 10 minutes.
These devices are shown in the list below. Notice that you can add and delete these SmartStart devices to and from the list too. Deleting will not delete them from the network, just from the provisioning list.
To add to the provisioning list manually, you'll need to add at least the DSK (Device Specific Key) of the device.
The provisioning list is currently empty, scan a SmartStart device or click on the button below to add a device to the list.
You can go to provisioning list by "Settings" -> "Z-Wave" tab. Here is the provisioning list part of Thinka web app;
If you have bought a device that supports SmartStart, you'll find a QR code on the box and/or the device. Download Thinka Setup app available from the AppStore or Thinka Setup app for Android devices.
Open it on your device, select your Thinka and enter the password if required. Then follow these steps;
Click the QR scan icon and scan the QR code on the box and/or the device. Then you can name the device and put it in a room
Choose "Add a SmartStart device" and scan the QR code on the box and/or device by the application. Then name the device and put it in a room
You can go configuration page by clicking on a device. You will see the pages below;
Information tab contains some basic information and you can control devices with regards to the command classes here. Also you can view the information from metering values to notifications with regards to command classes again.
You can set the configuration values for the device here in this tab. After you made all the changes for the configuration you will click "save changes" button.
You can view and associate the device(s) with the groups of Z-Wave device. After you have finished association, you will "save changes" to get it affected
In the last tab you will see detail information with regards to command classes. You can also;
"Update device" : Which retrieves and set all the required data about the device again which is done at first.
"Remove failed device": Some devices can not be removed due to the some reasons. At that time this device can be removed by "Remove failed device" button
"Check node": Check if the device is alive or not
Matter Support is currently available in the Beta channel.
To activate it, please email support@thinka.eu and request Beta access for your Thinka.
Once the Thinka team has moved your device to the Beta channel, you will need to power-cycle the device to enable Matter Support.