Find and manage your devices

Find a device

Devices shows the physical hardware ALYT can see in your home. Service items such as music libraries and presence-only phone records do not appear in this device list.

1. Open Devices.
2. If your home has more than 6 devices, use the search field to find a device by its name or by its room.
3. Browse the room sections, or open Not connected at the bottom to review devices the house cannot reach right now.
4. Select the device you want to open.

On iPhone, iPad, and Android, Devices is grouped by room, with a separate Not connected section for devices that are offline or have never answered. On the web, Devices also shows your home's physical devices and a separate Not connected section.

Open a device and read its status

The device page shows only the controls and details that this device actually supports. A sensor is read-only. A camera opens its own camera view or camera stage instead of acting like a simple toggle.

1. Open the device from Devices or from Home.
2. Read the device name, its current summary, and its live status label such as online, offline, or not heard from.
3. If a command notice appears, read it before sending the same action again.

• Waiting for the device means the request is still waiting on the device.
• Change not confirmed means the final outcome is still unknown.
• Change rejected means the request was refused.
• Unknown is not Off.

A hub-delivered change keeps the last reported value while ALYT waits for confirmation. Do not repeat a lock, curtain, brew, or other consequential action as a connectivity test.

Rename a device

You can rename a device from its device page when your home permissions allow it.

1. Open the device page.
2. Select the device name to edit it.
3. Type the new name.
4. Select Save the name.Save the name
5. If you do not want to keep your edit, cancel instead. Keep the old name cancels the name edit.

Move a device to a room

If room assignment is available for your device and your permissions allow it, you can change its room from the device page.

1. Open the device page.
2. Find Room.
3. Choose a room, or choose Not in a room if that option is shown.
4. Wait while ALYT shows Moving.
5. Confirm that ALYT shows Moved.

Pin a device to your dashboard

If your home allows dashboard changes, you can pin a device from its device page.

1. Open the device page.
2. Select Pin to dashboard.Pin to dashboard
3. Return to your dashboard or Home and confirm the device now appears there.

Use available device settings

Some device pages include settings beyond normal controls. These settings depend on the device and your permissions.

• Enabled or Disabled can deliberately take an endpoint out of room actions and suppress its offline notice while it is unplugged or put away.
• Some endpoints can be presented as Light or Switch.
• Some devices show configuration items such as Doorbell announcement only when that device exposes that setting.

These settings are separate from ordinary power or control actions. Wait for the saved result before leaving the page.

Check connection and device details

The device page can also show connection facts and hardware details. Open Details when you need more information about the device itself.

1. Open the device page.
2. Open Details.
3. Review the connection section, identifiers, firmware, and Last state if they are shown.
4. If your device shows connection actions in Details, use Reconnect only when that action is shown for your device.

For eligible Zigbee devices, the details can show the last verified radio contact. A sleeping battery device can also show that it is overdue.

Manage an eligible Zigbee device

Some Zigbee devices support recovery actions on their device page. These actions keep everyday control separate from repair and removal.

1. Open the eligible Zigbee device page.
2. Review its radio and connection information, including last verified radio contact if shown.
3. If ALYT offers Reconnect, follow the on-screen instructions for your model and wait for the device to report again.
4. If ALYT offers removal, read the effects first before you choose Delete device.
5. If you do not want to remove it, choose Keep device.

Reconnect keeps the device identity, name, room, routine references, and Home Security membership while ALYT waits for a real report and restores configuration. It does not operate the device.

Delete device removes the device and its owned references only after you confirm. Keep device cancels.

Open a device from a notification

A device notification opens the saved device only after ALYT checks the signed-in account and your current access to that home.

• If you still have access, ALYT selects that home and opens the device.
• If your access was removed, or a different account is signed in, ALYT explains that it cannot open the device.
• Opening the notification never authorizes access and never sends a device command by itself.

Troubleshooting

• If a device stays in Not connected, check its power and network first.
• If a command says Waiting for the device or Change not confirmed, do not send the same consequential action again just to test connectivity.
• If a room or settings change does not save, the page should show that nothing changed.
• If a name change does not save, reopen the device page and try again.
• If a camera, lock, curtain, or coffee action remains unavailable, use only the actions currently shown for that device.
• If a configuration restriction blocks what you need, ordinary controls and configuration permissions are separate, so you may need the home's owner or installation partner for that setting.
• If the device still remains unavailable, contact Support and include the room name, device name, and any visible error message.