White Series (Thread/Matter) Smart Dimmer setup help with Echo Show 15

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Hello,

I bought the White Series (Thread/Matter) Smart Dimmer with the goal of using it in a room with 5 smart bulbs. I’m running Home Assistant and also have a bunch of Amazon devices that should be compatible, like the Echo Show 15.

I can’t get the switch connected following the instructions on the Inovelli website for configuring with Amazon Echo. White Series Dimmer (2-1) Switch • Setup Instructions • Amazon Echo | Inovelli Help Center

In the Amazon app, it gets to the part where it asks me to “Connect device to a Thread Network” but the only network listed is under Other Networks called “NEST-PAN-4D58” and when I select that one it asks me for a key that I have no idea what it is. Is this the Thread network that would be created by my Echo Show 15?

I tried adding the switch directly to Home Assistant using the app but I had no luck there either. (I think I need a dongle for this method, that I don’t have) White Series Dimmer (2-1) Switch • Setup Instructions • Home Assistant | Inovelli Help Center

Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?

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Good morning

The NEST-PAN-4D58 network is not the one you need; that’s being created by an unrelated device.
To my knowledge, the Echo Show 15 does not have Thread support, which is what you need to connect the white series.
You are correct that you likely need the dongle to get Home Assistant to work. What Home Assistant hardware do you have?
To my knowledge, these are the Echo devices that support Thread:
4th gen Echo
Echo Hub
Echo Studio
3rd gen Echo Show 10
Echo Show 8

Good luck!

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