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Connect Your Smart Lighting
THE MANUAL TO THE WORLD OF STITCHY SMART LIGHTING

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  • Page 1 Connect Your Smart Lighting THE MANUAL TO THE WORLD OF STITCHY SMART LIGHTING...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    STEP 2 - Connecting Stitchy units to the Philips Hue Bridge STEP 3 - Required extra settings within Philips Hue Bridge STEP 4 - Which home automation device do you want to connect Stitchy to? Connecting Stitchy to Alexa Echo/Dot/Show (+ Philips Hue Bridge)
  • Page 3 To allow you to access the world of Stitchy smart lighting and other smart home products M-Elec have created this easy to understand manual. Follow this simple step by step process and you will be able to enjoy your smart home. Control your lights your way, choose from voice control, app control or switch contol.
  • Page 4: Stitchy Connection Options

    2 Stitchy connection options: You will need to purchase a Zigbee enabled hub or a voice control device with Zigbee built in (Zigbee operates as a mesh network and rather than each Zigbee-enabled device needing to connect to your home WiFi network, they communicate with a central hub instead.
  • Page 5 2. Amazon Alexa Echo Plus/Show 10 (2nd Gen) ONLY While this is the most direct method & the quickest way to connect up Stitchy, it does not allow for any Apple siri or Google home control and is ONLY available by using the Amazon Alexa Echo Plus or Show 10 (2nd generation) units which has Zigbee built in.
  • Page 6: Step 1 - Phillips Hue Bridge

    STEP 1 - Philips Hue Bridge Let’s connect the brain of your home automation system up. We suggest you follow the connection method as laid out below. You must connect to the Philips Hue Hub first before trying to connect to Apple HomeKit, Google Home or Alexa UNLESS you Charlie have an alternate Hub or Zigbee device (such as a Alexa Echo Plus).
  • Page 7: Step 2 - Connecting Stitchy Units To The Philips Hue Bridge

    Ensure all units or at least 1 unit is in ‘Search’ mode by either turning the light switch in the opposite direction 5 times or pushing the ‘Reset/Programming’ button on the front of the unit 5 times if Stitchy is accessible behind the light switch.
  • Page 8: Step 3 - Required Extra Settings Within Philips Hue Bridge

    STEP 3 - Required extra settings within Philips Hue Bridge Charlie Check Okay now there is some housekeeping to do... Renaming your Philips Hue Bridge Go to Settings Click Hue Bridges Click the i and rename your Philips Hue Hub to the location or an easy to recognise name such as Mobbs home Setting up “Out of home control”...
  • Page 9: Step 4 - Which Home Automation Device Do You Want To Connect Stitchy To

    STEP 4 - Which home automation device do you want to connect Stitchy to? Alexa Echo/Dot/Show + Philips Hue Bridge Go to pages 10-11... Google Home/Nest + Philips Hue Bridge Go to pages 12-13... Apple Home Pod + Philips Hue Bridge Go to pages 14-15...
  • Page 10: Connecting Stitchy To Alexa Echo/Dot/Show (+ Philips Hue Bridge)

    Test the lights operation by clicking on the light and checking its turning on/off Amazon invested over 24 Billion dollars into R/D last year. They are driven to lead the voice-controlled market and therefore we believe the best products to voice control Stitchy are Alexa units.
  • Page 11 Test your devices operation by asking alexa to turn your lights on and off You're all done, now go and enjoy the convinience of your smart lighting controlled with your voice via the alexa echo device or your phone via the alexa app... Quick watch: bit.ly/stitchyalexaapp STITCHY CONNECTION MANUAL | 11...
  • Page 12 Charlie Check This method utilizes the Philips Hue hub to connect Stitchy to the Google Home App. For connection of Google devices such as the Nest Mini see the next section.. With your phone/tablet on the same wifi network as the Philips Hue Hub open the Google Home App...
  • Page 13 Your first speaker should be ready now. Test her out by asking her to turn one of your installed devices on or off You're all done, now go and enjoy the convinience of your smart lighting controlled with your voice via the google home device or or your phone via the google home app... STITCHY CONNECTION MANUAL | 13...
  • Page 14: Connecting Stitchy To Apple Home Pod (+ Philips Hue Bridge)

    Quick watch: bit.ly/stitchyapple Connecting Stitchy to Apple Home Kit (+ Philips Hue Bridge) Apple HomeKit is what Siri will use to control your lights and other devices. Apple has the most stringent rules when it comes to integration and therefore is the most limited to other devices that works with it.
  • Page 15 Open the Apple Home Kit App on your iPad/iPhone which has Philips Hue App already connected and operating (see "Connecting Stitchy to Apple Home Kit" if you have not already done so) Bring the iPad/iPhone close to the Home Pod and a message should appear asking if you want to connect >...
  • Page 16 (No Philips Hue Bridge) Charlie This method of connection is the most direct way to connect to Stitchy because the Alexa Echo Check PLUS alreday hasZigbee built in. However it is limiited and does not allow for any Siri or Google home control and therefore is not a suggested method.
  • Page 17 Q. Can I still operate the lights via voice/app control if the wall switch is off? A. Unlike Philipps hue, Stitchy enables you to still operate your smart lights even if the switch is off on the wall. Q. Any smart light setting ideas? A.
  • Page 18 A little space to scribble your notes...
  • Page 19 STITCHY CONNECTION MANUAL | 19...
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