To connect the Hub to a WiFi router, select the
Networks
tab and follow these instructions:
● Next to “WiFi access”, the SSIDs of WiFi access points visible to the Hub will populate a
drop-down menu. Look in this menu for the access point you want to connect to. If you
do not see it, press the “refresh” icon until it appears.
● Select the desired SSID, enter its passphrase (be aware that no verification is made to
ensure it is the correct one!), and press Select.
● You will be reminded that this will disconnect you from your Hub, and that you may need
to reload the page after the Hub has completed reconfiguring its WiFi access.
● Assuming the passphrase was correct, your Hub will connect to your WiFi LAN via the
access point you just selected. The LED light will turn green after approximately 10 to 20
seconds and start blinking. This indicates that connection to your WiFi LAN was
successful . To continue use of the Alloy SmartHome Hub Web application, you will
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need to configure your computer’s WiFi access to the same SSID you set for your Hub.
● If the LED light remains orange, then connecting to your WiFi LAN was unsuccessful,
possibly because you entered the wrong passphrase. If this happens, disconnect and
reconnect the power supply to restart the Hub, and then redo the procedure to connect
your computer to the Hub’s own access point (press the button under the steady orange
LED for 5 seconds). When completed, reload the Web application, login, press the
Networks
tab and try again connecting to your WiFi LAN.
● You may need to wait up to two minutes for your computer to “see” the Web application
over your WiFi LAN after switching your Hub to it.
● Windows computers need to have Apple Bonjour installed to see the Hub’s
srh<serial
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number>.local
domain
over your WiFi LAN . However, Bonjour is not needed if you
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know the IP address your WiFi router assigned to your Hub. You can then access the
Web application using the Hub’s IP address as follows:
https://<ip address>:4443
(for example, https://192.168.0.12:4443).
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The Alloy SmartHome Hub identifies itself using its LED when sent the Indicator Set command
from the Indicator command class with the Indicator ID 0x50 (identify).
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Note that if your LAN is not connected to the Internet, the Hub will reboot automatically after 15 minutes.
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https://support.apple.com/kb/DL999?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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The Alloy SmartHome Hub uses the mDNS protocol to make known its srh<serial number>.local domain
name over the local network. The Windows 10 and prior versions require Apple Bonjour installed to
properly understand the mDNS protocol.
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