To make sure only you can add your lights to your system, there is a special procedure to perform to make the lights “discoverable” at the moment you decide to add them to your Home. We call “pairing mode” the special modes in which the lights can be discovered and added to your home.
Pairing modes can be divided in two categories:
- Smart pairing, in which you can add multiple lights at once, and usually without much to do at all
- Manual pairing, which is more of a fallback, and only lets you add lights one after other
Smart pairing
1. Automatic start of smart pairing
If your light has never been paired before, then it will simply enter pairing mode when you power it on.
To avoid creating disturbances, the light will not give any visual feedback (such as blinking or pulsing). But it will be available for smart pairing starting from 5-10s after power on.
This will also be triggered in the following conditions:
- If the light has been paired before, but it has been deleted from WiZ application
- If the light is currently paired in a home, but cannot find its Wi-Fi network at power on
- If the light is currently paired in a home, finds the Wi-Fi network but fails to connect to it (for example because your Wi-Fi password has changed)
2. Manual triggering smart pairing
If needed, all lights can be forced into smart pairing mode manually.
- For lights with onboard buttons or control panels (such as Mobile, Squire, Hero...), start by turning off the light with the onboard controller. Then,
- If your light has an ON/OFF button, press and hold it for 10s, then release once the light starts pulsing
- If your light has separate buttons for ON and OFF, press and hold both of them for 10s, then release once the light starts pulsing
- For all lights, you can always turn ON your light repeatedly with the power switch, with 1-2 seconds between each ON. It will take either 3 times or 5 times ON to enter pairing mode.
When you trigger smart pairing manually, the lights will provide visual feedback, enabling you to confirm that they are indeed in pairing mode:
- Color lights will gently pulse in blue / cool white
- Adjustable white lights will gently pulse in cool white
- Dimmable white lights will pulse
You can refer to the image below for a visual reference. If your light pulses like this, it is currently in Smart pairing mode and ready to be added in the WiZ app.
Manual pairing (access point pairing)
Manual pairing is a fallback method in which the light uses its Wi-Fi chip to emit a dedicated Wi-Fi network. You will then connect your phone directly to the Wi-Fi network coming from the light, and use this link to transmit information to the light (among which the credentials of your Wi-Fi network). This direct link is usually quite stable and reliable, but also slower. This method only allows to install one light at a time.
To put the light in manual pairing mode:
- Start by forcing the light into smart pairing (blue/cool white pulse), by following the method described above. After one minute, you will notice a change in the pulsing pattern:
- Color lights will start "double pulsing", in purple
- Adjustable white lights will start double pulsing in cool white
- DImmable white lights will start double pulsing
This purple double pulse indicates that the light is now in manual pairing mode. If you open the list of available networks on your phone, you will find a network in the form WiZConfig_xxxx, which is the one originating from the light.
If you need to force the light to enter manual pairing quicker, you can do so by following the instructions below. First, force the light into smart pairing mode (blue pulse). Then:
- For lights with an ON/OFF button, short press the button once while the light is pulsing in Smart pairing
- For all lights, power off and back on quickly one more time (off for 1-2s)
If you need to confirm that the light is indeed in Manual pairing, open the list of avaible Wi-Fi networks on your phone, and you will find a network in the form WiZConfig_xxxx, which is the one originating from the light.