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Thinka | HomeKit for Z-Wave with Apple Home App

Product Recognition

Certification Number

ZC12-21080304

Name

Thinka for Z-Wave

Short Description

Thinka is the first officially Apple HomeKit certified Z-Wave™ Controller, adding over 3000 Z-Wave devices to the HomeKit ecosystem. Thinka opens up all HomeKit functionalities to your Z-Wave home, and let you control your home via Apple Home.

Long Description

Thinka is the first officially Apple HomeKit certified Z-Wave™ Controller, adding over 3000 Z-Wave devices to the HomeKit ecosystem overnight. Thinka controls the state of your home and opens up HomeKit smart home functionality to your Z-Wave devices. Thinka allows you to take control of your home with the Home App of Apple. Powerful and simple. Thinka is officially certified by Apple. Thinka does not allow for work-arounds. Apple certification demands that the Thinka is equipped with an authentication chip (MFI). This chip makes communication between Thinka and your iPhone totally safe. Also when you leave the house, and control your home remotely or install geofencing, Thinka makes sure your home stays secure and private. Thinka features a strong Rasberry Pi CM4 module and totally works onsite. It does not need the cloud for computing power. In this way all user data stays in your home on your Thinka. We believe that no one should have access to the user data but the homeowner. Not us, and it should certainly not live in the cloud. Thinka brings all Z-Wave products and Apple HomeKit certified products together, and offers you full control of your smart home with ONE APP – one interface on all your iPhones, iPads and Smartwatches, from the couch or remote, via touch or voice or fully automated based on the scenes you define. Next to Apple HomeKit and Siri, Thinka works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT and Olisto.

Brand

Thinka

Product Identifier

HKV1.2.Z

Product Line

Z-Wave

OEM Version

HW: 1 FW: 7.14:07.14:02.03

Hardware Platform

ZGM130

Z-Wave Version

7.14.1

Library Type

CONTROLLER_BRIDGE

Device Type

Gateway

Role Type

ROLE_TYPE_CONTROLLER_CENTRAL_STATIC

Manufacturer ID

0x043C

Product Type ID

0x0009

Product ID

0x0001

User Icon

0x0500

Installer Icon

0x0500

Frequency Plans

KR: 920.90MHz, 921.70MHz, 923.10MHz, EU: 869.85MHz, 868.40MHz, RU: 869.00MHz, IN: 865.20MHz, CN: 868.40MHz, HK: 919.80MHz, 919.80MHz, US: 916.00MHz, 908.40MHz, IL: 916.00MHz, JP: 922.50MHz, 923.90MHz, 926.30MHz, ANZ: 919.80MHz, 921.40MHz

Categories

All Controllers, Gateway Controller

Countries / Regions

India, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Russian Federation, Australia, Japan, China, European Union, South Africa, Chile, Republic of Korea, Israel, Taiwan, United States of America, Hong Kong, Colombia, Thailand

Supported Command Classes

Controlled Command Classes

S2 Classes

S2_UNAUTHENTICATED, S2_AUTHENTICATED, S2_ACCESS_CONTROL

Documents

Features

Association Groups

Texts

ID	Description	Value
23	Controller Classic Inclusion	Manually Alternatively you can add the device yourself from the Overview page of this Thinka. Click 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. Depending on the device you may have to provide a 5 number pin code and choose to grant security levels. The device has been added successfully. After setting you the name and the room, the device is ready to use.
24	Controller Classic Exclusion	Remove a device You remove a device from the Overview page of this Thinka. Click the Remove device 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. Remove a failed device When a device is not working properly anymore you can remove it from the network. When removing normally (see Remove a device) above does not work, please go to the details page of the device and go to the 'Z-Wave' tab. Click the Remove failed device.
25	Controller Provisioning List	SmartStart Provisioning Instead of scanning the QR code, you can enter the same information manually. Besides the SmartStart QR code, you'll find a 40 digit number (the DSK) on the box and/or device. This number can be added to the provisioning list on the 'Manage Provisioning List' section under Z-Wave settings. Provide the DSK and select the grants that you want supported. You can provide a Name and Room for the device. Thinka will recognise your device and add it automatically within 10 minutes after it is turned on.
9	Capability Rediscovery	Rediscover a troubled device When a device is showing incorrect or incomplete information, you can ask Thinka to interview the device again and rediscover its capabilities. Rediscover takes a while and your device needs to be awake. When your device works on batteries you need to wake it up manually. Interviewing will try to rediscover the product information, such as manufacturer and product name, as well as its capabilities and instances. In case this does not work, you may try to 'Add' this device again, without 'Removing' it. You can perform the rediscovery process, by clicking 'Update device' on the 'Z-Wave' tab of the details page of the device.
3	Controller Learn Mode	Make sure you know how to include your (new) device. Read the product manual. Most often it requires triple clicking a button on the device you are going to include to put it in inclusion mode. Your device will be included securely if it is supported.
5	Factory Reset Procedure	Reset Thinka to Factory Settings Make sure you have a backup and you are certain that you want to reset the Thinka, as this is an action that can not be undone. Resetting to factory settings is typically done when moving or selling your Thinka. In order to reset a Thinka to its factory settings, press the button on the Thinka for about ten seconds until the LEDs start flashing orange. Release the button and press it again for about ten seconds until the LEDs turn off. The Thinka will reboot and reset to factory settings. If this controller is the primary controller for your network, resetting it will result in the nodes in your network being orphaned and it will be necessary after the reset to exclude and re-include all of the nodes in the network.
11	Controller SmartStart Inclusion	SmartStart QR code If you have bought a device that supports SmartStart, you'll find a QR code on the box and/or device. Download Thinka Setup app available from the AppStore. Open it on your iPhone or iPad, select your Thinka, and choose Add a SmartStart device. Scan the QR code on the box and/or device by the application. Thinka will recognise your device and add it automatically within 10 minutes after it is turned on. New device will then appear on Thinka Web Client UI. Besides being recognised by the app, the device scanned is put in the 'Provisioning list'. This is list available on the 'Manage Provisioning List' section under the Z-Wave settings. Here the entry can be edited or deleted.
10	Controller Replication	Copying network information to another controller Controller Replication is the process of updating (copying) network information from a primary controller to secondary controllers, such as node list and routing information. These steps are usually not required unless you have a multiple controller network. To initiate this process, start the ‘Add device’ on this Thinka and the Learn Mode on the secondary controller. All Z-Wave network relevant information will be copied to the secondary controller. If your secondary controller is a Thinka, please refer to ‘Join an existing Z-Wave network’ on the settings page of that Thinka for further instructions. If your secondary controller is not a Thinka, please refer to the documentation of the secondary controller on how to initiate its ‘Learn Mode’.
8	Where to find S2 DSK on product	Location S2 DSK: Product UI = setup.thinka.eu Pincode, DSK string and QR code are provided In order to join as secundary controller, put the primary controller of the existing network in inclusion (add device) mode first. In order to become primary controller, put the primary controller of the existing network in "migrate" mode first. Then click the button and use PIN 12345 when asked for it. Check that the remainder of the DSK presented is -12345-12345-12345-12345-12345-12345-12345 and verify the grants. If the primary controller is a Thinka you can use SmartStart and scan this QR code with the Thinka Setup app. You can only join when there are no devices on the Thinka yet.
6	Other Special Features	Pair with Apple HomeKit To pair your Thinka with Apple Homekit download the Thinka Setup app, open it on your smartphone, select your Thinka, tap choose a home then select the home you'd like to add the Thinka to and you're all set. A device or instance will not show up in homekit unless both name and location are set. Device/instance name and location can be set either during inclusion, under the information tab or using the Thinka setup app if adding your device with SmartStart. Pair with Alexa Go to the webclient of your Thinka (setup.thinka.eu and enable Thinka Cloud. Thinka Cloud allows you to securely connect to Amazon. It is necessary if you want to use Amazon as smart home assistants. Click the enable button below and wait until the indicator above goes green and says "enabled". Now Thinka has set up a connection to Amazon via the secured Thinka cloud you can click the "pair" button and copy the generated token. Next find the Thinka skill on the Alexa site. We advise you to use the web page instead of the app. That way you can easily paste the pairing token that your Thinka generated. When this is done you can add your Thinka devices via "DISCOVER DEVICES". Pair with Google Go to the webclient of your Thinka (setup.thinka.eu and enable Thinka Cloud. Thinka Cloud allows you to securely connect to Google. It is necessary if you want to use Google as smart home assistants. Click the enable button below and wait until the indicator above goes green and says "enabled". Now Thinka has set up a connection to Google via the secured Thinka cloud you can click the "pair" button and copy the generated token. On your smartphone, start the Google Home app, create a Home, and click on add. Next choose "Set up device" and choose "Works with Google ''. Find "Thinka '' in the list of devices and select it. Then use the generated token to pair with Google Home.

Supported / Controlled Meter Types

Supports NWI

Yes

Supports Explorer Frames

Yes

Supports SmartStart

Yes