# Homey SDK v3: BLE device returns “Not paired” **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Tags:** bluetooth-le-ble, homey-pro-2023\ **Created:** [October 19, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-sdk-v3-ble-device-returns-not-paired/161083 "2026-10-19T19:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gicro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gicro/32/80553_2.png) [@Gicro](https://community.homey.app/u/Gicro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-sdk-v3-ble-device-returns-not-paired/161083/1 "2026-10-19T19:13:24Z")
Hello everyone, I’m developing a Homey app (SDK v3, TypeScript) to connect the iLuv SmartShaker3, a Bluetooth LE vibrating cushion, to Homey Pro (Early 2023). My goal is to use the cushion to alert or wake up deaf and hard-of-hearing people through vibrations when a home alarm is triggered. The problem: Device discovery and connection work correctly. GATT writes to characteristic 0000ffd1-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb fail with Not paired. Notifications on FFD2 fail with the same error. The same device works on macOS using Python bleak, which handles pairing and encryption automatically. I can’t find any pairing or bonding method in the Homey SDK v3 BLE API. The official Homey BLE developer tool returns the same error. My question: Is there a way to initiate BLE pairing/bonding through the Homey SDK v3? If not, is this functionality planned? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-sdk-v3-ble-device-returns-not-paired/161083/2 "2026-10-19T19:30:51Z")
No, you cannot bond/pair a device in the Homey Apps SDK. This means that it isn’t possible to build a Homey app for the device