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Instructing the Home App on your iPhone to pair a HomeSpan device to HomeKit by manually typing its 9-digit *Setup Code* generally involves the following: Instructing the Home App on your iPhone to pair a HomeSpan device to HomeKit by manually typing its 9-digit *Setup Code* generally involves the following:
1. The Home App searches your local network for unpaired HomeKit accessory devices 1. The Home App searches your local network for unpaired HomeKit accessory devices
2. Available devices are displayed as small tiles along with their name and an icon reflecting its category (e.g. light, faucet, door) 2. Each device available to be paired is displayed as a small tile along with its name and icon reflecting its category (e.g. light, faucet, door)
3. **You** select the device you want to pair to HomeKit 3. **You** select the device you want to pair to HomeKit
4. **You** provide the Home App with the device's *Setup Code* 4. **You** provide the Home App with the device's *Setup Code*
5. The Home App connects to the device you selected and tries to pair using that *Setup Code* 5. The Home App connects to the device you selected and tries to pair using that *Setup Code*
If instead you use the Home App to scan the device's *Setup Code* from a printed tag, step #4 occurs first, followed by the Home App searching for unpaired devices and then asking you to select one for pairing. In either case, your input is required twice: once to select the device you want to pair, and once to type (or scan) the *Setup Code*. If instead you use the Home App to scan the device's *Setup Code* from a printed tag, step #4 occurs first, followed by the Home App searching for unpaired devices and then asking you to select one for pairing. In either case, your input is required twice: once to select the device you want to pair, and once to type (or scan) the *Setup Code*.
Pairing using a *QR Code* as an alternative to using a *Setup Code* combines all of these steps into a single user-action. You scan the *QR Code*, confirm you'd like to proceed, and the Home App does the rest. This works because the *QR Code* contains not only the *Setup Code*, as well as the device category, but also a new *Setup ID* that tells the Home App the "ID" of the device to pair. The specific steps are as follows: Pairing using a *QR Code* as an alternative to using a *Setup Code* results in a simplified series of steps:
1. *You* scan the *QR Code* 1. *You* scan the *QR Code*
2. The Home App displays an icon showing you the category of the device indicated by the *QR Code*; the Home App does **not** show you the name of the device 2. The Home App validates the code and displays an icon showing you the category of the device it intends to pair (but **not** the name of the device)
3. *You* confirm you'd like to continue the process 3. *You* confirm you'd like to continue the process
4. The Home App searches your local network for an unpaired HomeKit accessory device that is broadcasting the same *Setup ID* as provided in the *QR Code* 4. The Home App searches your local network for a "matching" device, and if found pairs the device*
5. If it finds such device, it attempts to pair using the *Setup Code* as provided in the *QR Code*
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