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Smart Home Integration (Home Mode)

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Home Mode lets your WVC connect to your home WiFi network so you can control volume, power, and channel groups from:

  • Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Apple Home (via Matter)
  • The AuralSync app on the same network
  • Any smart home app or automation that speaks Matter or REST
Note

Home Mode is available on WVC firmware 3.9.0 and newer. Requires a 2.4 GHz home WiFi network.

Turning Home Mode On

  1. Open the AuralSync app and connect to your WVC over Bluetooth.
  2. Go to Device Settings → Home Mode.
  3. Enter your home WiFi network name and password.
  4. Tap Enable Home Mode.

Your WVC will connect to the home network and begin advertising itself for smart home pairing. While connecting, the wireless knob shows a smart home status icon.

Tip

The WVC keeps running your wireless knobs and Pilot remote while Home Mode is active — you don't lose any existing functionality.

Pairing With Google Home, Alexa, or Apple Home

Once Home Mode is connected, pair your WVC with your smart home app of choice:

  1. Open Google Home, Alexa, or Apple Home.
  2. Choose Add Device → Matter device.
  3. When asked for a code, use the pairing code shown on your wireless knob (Smart Home menu) or in the AuralSync app (Device Settings → Home Mode).
  4. Complete the pairing flow in the smart home app.

After pairing, you can control volume and power with voice commands or scenes.

Controlling the WVC From Smart Home Apps

Depending on the app, you can:

  • Set volume — "Hey Google, set the living room speakers to 40 percent"
  • Turn on/off — "Alexa, turn off the WVC"
  • Add to routines and scenes — e.g. dim amp volume when movie playback starts

Channel groups appear as individual controllable devices in your smart home app, so you can manage each group independently.

Using the Smart Home Menu on the Knob

The wireless knob has a dedicated Smart Home menu (requires knob firmware 3.9.0 or newer):

  • Status — Shows current Home Mode and pairing state
  • Retry — Attempts to reconnect to home WiFi after a drop
  • Re-pair — Starts a new Matter pairing session (use if you need to pair with a second smart home app)
  • Decommission — Unpairs from all smart home apps and returns to factory state

Troubleshooting

Home Mode won't connect to WiFi. Check the network name and password in the AuralSync app. The WVC supports 2.4 GHz networks only — if your router broadcasts separate 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz networks, use the 2.4 GHz one. If it broadcasts a single combined network, most routers will hand the WVC to 2.4 GHz automatically.

Smart home app can't find the WVC during pairing. Make sure your phone and the WVC are on the same WiFi network. Try the Retry option from the knob's Smart Home menu. If that doesn't help, Decommission and start a fresh pairing session.

Lost connection after a router reboot. The WVC automatically reconnects when the network comes back. If it doesn't recover within a minute, use Retry from the knob's Smart Home menu.

Home Mode vs. wireless knob control. You can use both at the same time. Volume changes from Google Home, the AuralSync app, and the wireless knob all update each other in real time.

Turning Home Mode Off

In the AuralSync app, go to Device Settings → Home Mode and tap Disable Home Mode. The WVC returns to the standard wireless-knob-only configuration. Existing Matter pairings stay registered and will re-activate next time you enable Home Mode.

Get the WVC PRO

Smart Home / Matter integration requires the WVC PRO (firmware 3.9.0 or later).