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Smart Home Mode

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Smart Home Mode adds your WVC base station to your home WiFi network and ...exposes it to smart-home ecosystems (Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and any other Matter controller) so you can control volume and read live device data from voice assistants, scenes, and automations.

Smart Home Mode in the AuralSync app is for commissioning and managing the WVC's smart-home pairing. Day-to-day voice control happens in your smart home app once setup is done.

Note

Smart Home Mode requires WVC firmware 3.9.0 or newer on both CPU1 and CPU2. If the Smart Home subtab doesn't appear in Device Settings > DEVICE, update your WVC's firmware. See Firmware Updates.

Before You Start

You'll need:

  • A 2.4 GHz WiFi network with internet access. The WVC commissions and operates on 2.4 GHz; the same network used for over-the-air firmware updates works.
  • A smart home hub that supports Matter:
    • Apple Home: an iPhone or iPad on iOS 16+ and a Home Hub (HomePod mini, HomePod 2nd-gen, Apple TV 4K from late 2021 onward).
    • Google Home: an Android phone or iPhone with the Google Home app, plus a Matter-capable Google Nest hub (Nest Hub 2nd-gen, Nest Hub Max, Nest Wifi Pro, etc.).
    • Samsung SmartThings: a SmartThings account and a SmartThings hub or compatible device.
  • WiFi credentials saved to the WVC. If you haven't entered them yet, do so in Device Settings > DEVICE > WiFi. See Device Settings.

Opening Smart Home Mode

  1. Connect to your WVC in the AuralSync app.
  2. Tap the gear icon to open Device Settings.
  3. Switch to the DEVICE tab.
  4. Tap the home icon in the subtab row.

The Smart Home subtab shows the current state of Home Mode and Matter pairing.

Step 1: Enable Home Mode (Connect to Your WiFi)

If Home Mode is currently off, flip the Smart Home Mode switch to on. A confirmation dialog summarizes the trade-offs (slightly reduced WiFi range, ESP-NOW channel hopping locked to the router's channel, 2.4 GHz WiFi required). Tap Enable to proceed. The WVC connects to your saved WiFi network. You'll see one of these states:

State Meaning
Off Home Mode is disabled. The WVC is not on WiFi.
Connecting... The WVC is connecting to your home network. Takes a few seconds.
Connected The WVC is online and ready to be commissioned to a smart home.
Reconnecting... The link dropped temporarily. The WVC will retry automatically.
Failed Could not reach your WiFi network. Verify credentials and that the network is up.
Note

Home Mode shares the WVC's 2.4 GHz radio with your wireless mesh. Enabling it slightly reduces WiFi range and locks the ESP-NOW channel-hopping behavior to the router's channel. Your knobs, RTC, and paired secondary WVC units continue to work; mesh control is unaffected.

Step 2: Commission to a Smart Home

Once Home Mode is Connected, the Smart Home subtab shows a Matter pairing code. This is the code your smart home app needs to add the WVC.

The app displays:

  • A QR code containing the pairing payload (the easy path).
  • The 11-digit pairing code as text (for the rare case where you can't scan).
  • Long-press the pairing code to copy it to your phone clipboard (a "Pairing code copied" confirmation appears).

Apple Home

  1. Open the Apple Home app on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Tap + > Add Accessory.
  3. Point your camera at the QR code shown in the AuralSync app, or tap More options... and enter the 11-digit code.
  4. Follow the on-screen prompts to choose a room and name the accessory.

Google Home

  1. Open the Google Home app.
  2. Tap + > Set up device > New device > Matter-enabled device.
  3. Scan the QR code in the AuralSync app, or tap Set up without QR code and enter the 11-digit code.
  4. Choose a home and room.

Samsung SmartThings

  1. Open SmartThings.
  2. Tap + > Add device > Scan nearby, or tap Partner devices > Matter.
  3. Scan the QR code or enter the 11-digit code when prompted.

What Happens After Pairing

Once commissioned, the WVC appears in your smart-home app as a Matter device. You can:

  • Set or read its volume from the smart-home app.
  • Add it to scenes and automations (for example, "When my morning routine starts, set volume to 30%").
  • Use voice commands through Apple Siri, Google Assistant, or Samsung Bixby.

The Smart Home subtab in AuralSync shows the name of the smart home you're commissioned to.

Management Actions

The Smart Home subtab also has buttons for:

  • Turn Home Mode Off: disconnects the WVC from your home WiFi. The Matter pairing stays valid so you can re-enable later without re-commissioning, but the WVC won't respond to smart-home commands while Home Mode is off.
  • Remove from Smart Home: decommissions the WVC from its current smart home. The WVC drops out of your Apple Home / Google Home / SmartThings inventory and stops responding to smart-home commands. After removal, Home Mode stays on and the WVC automatically returns to awaiting-commission, displaying a fresh pairing code so you can add it to another smart home.
  • Re-pair: only appears when channel groups have changed since pairing (group-change-pending state). Tapping it decommissions the device; once decommissioned, the WVC re-enters awaiting-commission and shows a new pairing code automatically. Use Remove from Smart Home instead to manually move the device between smart homes.

Removing the device from a Smart Home opens a confirmation dialog with Cancel and a Remove from Smart Home button. Disabling Home Mode (turning off the Smart Home Mode switch) does not require confirmation.

Troubleshooting

Problem Solution
Home Mode stays at "Connecting..." Open Device Settings > DEVICE > WiFi and verify the SSID and password. WiFi network must be 2.4 GHz with internet access.
Apple Home says "Accessory not supported" Make sure your iPhone is on iOS 16 or newer and a Home Hub is signed in to the same iCloud account.
QR code won't scan Use the 11-digit text code instead. Some camera apps have trouble with high-density Matter QR codes.
Pairing succeeds in smart-home app but WVC doesn't show up Check the AuralSync app's Smart Home subtab. If it shows a smart home name, pairing worked; reload the smart-home app. If it doesn't, tap Re-pair and try again.
Need to move the WVC to a different smart home Tap Remove from Smart Home. The WVC returns to the awaiting-commission state and shows a fresh pairing code, which you can scan with the new smart-home app. Home Mode stays on; you don't need to re-enable it.