How to register an appliance on the SmartThings app.

Last Update date : Nov 23. 2020

Registering an appliance in SmartThings.

 

1 Turn on the power of the appliance you want to register in SmartThings.
2 Run the SmartThings app on your smartphone.
3 Tap on + > Add device on the SmartThings home screen.
SmartThings Appliance Registration
4 Select an appliance from the Add device screen as follows.
  • Select device manually: Select the type of Samsung appliance you wish to register.
  • Auto detect: Tap Auto detect, then tap the appliance you wish to register from the list of Available devices.
SmartThings Aplliance Registration- Addimg Device

Select Smart Home Adapter: For air purifiers, refrigerators, or air conditioners, select Smart Home Adapter instead of the
product type.

 

Note: Certain appliances require an external adapter to be installed in order to connect to SmartThings. Please
refer to the manual provided with the appliance to check whether adapter installation is supported and for the exact installation location.

SmartThings Appliance Registration - Smart Home Adapter
5 From the Get started with your device screen, tap NEXT.
6 Select the correct location and room for the appliance and tap NEXT.
7 Configure the AP mode as shown below for the type of appliance. The display of the appliance will read AP and the connection will start.

 

Air purifier

- Models without a remote control: Press the FAN SPEED button or SPEED button for more than 5 seconds.

- Models with a remote control: Press the TIMER button for more than 5 seconds.

 

Refrigerator

- Press the FRIDGE button for more than 5 seconds.

- Products with freezers only: Press the FREEZER button for more than 5 seconds.

 

Air conditioner

- 2018 and later models: Press the BREEZE-FREE button for more than 5 seconds.

- Models before 2018: Press the RESERVATION or SLEEP RESERVATION button for more than 5 seconds.

 

Washers

- Models with LCD display: SETTINGS > EASY CONNECTION and press the SMART CONTROL button for more than 3 seconds.

- Models without LCD display: Press the SMART CONTROL button on the washer for more than 3 seconds. For FlexWash, press the

SMART CONTROL button of the front loading washer for more than 3 seconds.

 

AirDresser

- Press the SMART CONTROL button for more than 3 seconds.

SmartThings Appliance Registration - Configuration
8 The smartphone and the appliance are connected. Check the app for a message that the connection is complete and tap Done.
SmartThings Appliance Registration - Complete Screen

If your appliance isn't listed as an available appliance on the Add device screen.

Manually select the appliance from the Add device screen and finish registering it by following the instructions displayed on the screen.

SmartThings Appliance Registration - Adding a device

Note: If you manually select a refrigerator, you may be asked to input a PIN depending on the model. When the PIN input display appears on your smartphone, input the PIN shown on the refrigerator display and tap DONE.

SmartThings Registration- Confirming New Device

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