LF Audio | Help Center

Smart Home Integration (Home Mode)

advanced

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

Smart Home Mode is available on the WVC family (WVC, WVC-LITE, WVC-PRO, WVC-PRO 6) when the base station's main processor is on firmware 3.9.0 or newer. The wireless knob and RTC act as display and control surfaces; the base station owns the WiFi connection and Matter commissioning. 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. Open the device's settings, switch to the DEVICE tab, and tap the WiFi subtab icon. Enter your home WiFi network name and password and save.
  3. Switch to the Smart Home subtab (home icon).
  4. Flip the Smart Home Mode switch 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.

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

Tip

The WVC keeps running your wireless knobs and RTC 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: for example, 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 and RTC

Both the wireless knob and the RTC have a dedicated Smart Home menu that mirrors the base station's current state. The available rows are dynamic and only appear when relevant:

  • Home WiFi: shown at all times. The value next to it (Off / Connecting... / Connected / Reconnecting... / Failed) reflects the current Home Mode WiFi state. Selecting it toggles Home Mode on or off.
  • Issue: shown only when Home Mode WiFi has failed; the value explains the reason (Set WiFi in app, Network not found, Wrong password, Connection timed out, Unknown).
  • Retry: shown only when Home WiFi is in the Failed state. Retries the connection.
  • Pairing Code: shown when the base station is awaiting Matter commissioning. Enter this 11-digit code in your smart home app.
  • Re-pair: shown only when channel groups have changed since pairing (group-change-pending Matter state). Decommissions the device so it re-enters awaiting-commission with a fresh pairing code.
  • Remove from Smart Home: shown only after the base station has been commissioned. Decommissions the device from all smart home apps and returns it to awaiting-commission so you can pair it to a different smart home.

Selecting Decommission or Re-pair from either the knob or RTC opens a confirmation screen first so the action cannot be triggered accidentally.

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. Matter commissioning typically uses Bluetooth between your phone and the WVC for the initial pairing handshake. Make sure your phone has Bluetooth enabled and that you are close enough to the WVC for the smart home app to discover it. After commissioning is complete, your phone and the WVC need to be on the same WiFi network for ongoing smart home control. If pairing fails, try the Retry option from the knob's or RTC's Smart Home menu. If that doesn't help, Decommission the WVC 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, open the device's settings, switch to the DEVICE tab, and open the Smart Home subtab. Flip the Smart Home Mode switch off. You can also toggle Home Mode off directly from the Smart Home menu on the knob or RTC. The WVC returns to the standard wireless-knob-only configuration. Existing Matter pairings stay registered and will re-activate the next time you enable Home Mode.

Get the WVC

Smart Home / Matter integration is available across the WVC family (WVC, WVC-LITE, WVC-PRO, WVC-PRO 6) when the base station's main processor is on firmware 3.9.0 or later.