# MagicHome Basics

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [October 21, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603 "2019-10-21T21:23:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Waele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/waele/32/16792_2.png) [@Waele](https://community.homey.app/u/Waele)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603/1 "2019-10-21T21:23:51Z")

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Hi everybody,  
I am using the MagicHome app with MagicHome bulbs and LED stripes without problem. Now I found the Hormey app and I would like to try it. So downloaded it, did reset one of the bulbs but didn’t work. Hormey-SetupXXXX is not showing up so also tried the standard one from the LEDnet-xxxxx I used to set it up with the MagicHome app but no success. Then I found on apps.homey the MagicHome WIFI app and thought that it might need this one but when I try to install it it says "no device found. I am a bit lost here and any help is appreciated.  
Thanks and regards from Switzerland,  
Waele

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**Author:** ![Waele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/waele/32/16792_2.png) [@Waele](https://community.homey.app/u/Waele)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603/3 "2019-10-22T06:32:52Z")

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No, not yet. I first want to try out the app with my existing MagicHome devices and if I like it we will see…

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603/4 "2019-10-22T07:06:59Z")

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So you want to install an app on a device you don’t have? Not sure how that would work, but I can tell you, it won’t, it is like riding in a car without the car itself.  
Homey is a hardware platform, not just software.

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**Author:** ![Waele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/waele/32/16792_2.png) [@Waele](https://community.homey.app/u/Waele)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603/5 "2019-10-22T07:21:49Z")

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Thank you for the feedback and I understand now that the app is only for Homey devices but I would appreciate if you also have some feedback for my main problem and this is how to control/link my MagicHome devices with the Homey app…

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603/6 "2019-10-22T07:59:46Z")

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> [@Waele](#):
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> and this is how to control/link my MagicHome devices with the Homey app

Start by buying a Homey.

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**Author:** ![Waele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/waele/32/16792_2.png) [@Waele](https://community.homey.app/u/Waele)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/magichome-basics/19603/7 "2019-10-22T09:04:34Z")

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Oh, thanks and got it! Thought that it is possible just with the app and without a Homey device. So I will continue using the MagicHome app.