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Research profile · verified 2026-09-17 · sources re-checked 2026-11-02, unchangedFanimation fanSync AC Motor WiFi Receiver (WFR50)
⚠ Similar names, different products: Fanimation sells two visually similar fanSync canopy receivers that are not interchangeable and are told apart only by the motor they drive: the WFR50 in this record is the AC-motor receiver, and the fanSync DC WiFi receivers (WFR8159, WFR8530, WFR8531) are separate parts for DC-motor fans. Fanimation also sells a Bluetooth fanSync line (BTCR9 receiver, BTT9 transmitter) whose name differs by one word and which has no WiFi and no voice-assistant path at all.
Compatibility at a glance
Does it work with your home?
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Before you buy
What do you need to make it work?
Apple Home, HomeKit and Siri appear nowhere in any of Fanimation's three own documents for this product. That absence is evidenced rather than guessed at: the app guide devotes a titled section to the question 'How do I link my fanSync WiFi control with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT?', lists the Connections menu, then goes further and names the platforms you can reach indirectly — 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' Apple is in neither list, direct or indirect. We record this as a no on the strength of a maker describing its whole control surface and leaving Apple out of it, not on an outright 'not supported' statement — which Fanimation does not make. The reason sits in the hardware as well as the paperwork: the receiver only speaks Wi-Fi, to Fanimation's own cloud service, and Fanimation names no HomeKit or Matter support anywhere, so Apple Home has nothing to connect to.[5]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Fanimation fanSync AC Motor WiFi Receiver (WFR50)
- SwitchFanimation fanSync AC Motor WiFi Receiver (WFR50)
- Wi-FiWi-Fi routerYour home network
- InternetCloud serviceInternet connection required
- Account linkGoogle HomePlatform control
What you gainReach the device through the documented cloud connection.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-08-16
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-17
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
The same sentence and the same Connections menu name Google Home alongside Amazon Echo, with Fanimation linking to Google's own account-linking help page. Same two limits as the Alexa cell: cloud-routed, and no published command list.[2][4]
The equipment list for this platform is not fully specified here. Use the documented setup above; an empty list does not mean no equipment is needed.
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Fanimation fanSync AC Motor WiFi Receiver (WFR50)
- SwitchFanimation fanSync AC Motor WiFi Receiver (WFR50)
- Wi-FiWi-Fi routerYour home network
- InternetCloud serviceInternet connection required
- Alexa skillAmazon AlexaPlatform control
What you gainReach the device through the documented cloud connection.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-08-16
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-17
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Fanimation documents the link in its own app guide and instruction sheet — 'Link with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT', performed inside the fanSync WiFi app under Settings > Connections — and points to Amazon's own help article for the account-linking step. Two limits worth knowing before you buy for voice: the route is an account link through Fanimation's cloud, so it stops when your internet does, and Fanimation publishes no list of what Alexa can actually say to the fan, so speed steps, direction and light behaviour through voice are undocumented.[2][4]
The equipment list for this platform is not fully specified here. Use the documented setup above; an empty list does not mean no equipment is needed.
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Fanimation fanSync AC Motor WiFi Receiver (WFR50)
- SwitchFanimation fanSync AC Motor WiFi Receiver (WFR50)
- Wi-FiWi-Fi routerYour home network
- InternetCloud serviceInternet connection required
- Account linkSmartThingsPlatform control
What you gainReach the device through the documented cloud connection.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-08-16
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-17
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Reachable, but only the long way round, and Fanimation says so itself: 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' That means the fan is not a SmartThings device — it is a fanSync device that IFTTT can pass commands to, so it does not appear in SmartThings as a fan with speed control, automations route through a third company's service, and IFTTT's own account tiers govern how many of them you can run and how fast they fire. That is why we call it partial rather than supported. Fanimation publishes no SmartThings setup article, and Samsung's own materials do not name this product.[2][4]
The equipment list for this platform is not fully specified here. Use the documented setup above; an empty list does not mean no equipment is needed.
SwitchHome Assistant
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Home Assistant publishes no Fanimation or fanSync integration, and Fanimation names Home Assistant nowhere in its own materials — so there is no supported route from either side. The nearest documented workaround is the IFTTT relay described under SmartThings, which is not a Home Assistant integration and gives you no local control. We record this as a no rather than as unknown because we checked it properly: neither of the two pages such an integration would live at exists, and we separately searched Home Assistant's complete list of integrations for both brand names and found nothing.[6]
One device can provide more than one role. These are setup requirements, not a shopping list of separate purchases.
What could you do with this?
Put its functions to use.
Start with a documented control or event. The selected connection shows what is confirmed for that platform.
Apple Home · Doesn't work
On/off
This device supports on/off.
- Control
- Doesn't work
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
Apple Home, HomeKit and Siri appear nowhere in any of Fanimation's three own documents for this product. That absence is evidenced rather than guessed at: the app guide devotes a titled section to the question 'How do I link my fanSync WiFi control with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT?', lists the Connections menu, then goes further and names the platforms you can reach indirectly — 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' Apple is in neither list, direct or indirect. We record this as a no on the strength of a maker describing its whole control surface and leaving Apple out of it, not on an outright 'not supported' statement — which Fanimation does not make. The reason sits in the hardware as well as the paperwork: the receiver only speaks Wi-Fi, to Fanimation's own cloud service, and Fanimation names no HomeKit or Matter support anywhere, so Apple Home has nothing to connect to.
Connection documentation: [5]
Device documentation: [10] [11] [17] [20]
fanimation.com · checked 2026-10-27
fanimation.com · checked 2026-09-17
Google Home · Works
On/off
This device supports on/off.
- Control
- Not stated
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
The same sentence and the same Connections menu name Google Home alongside Amazon Echo, with Fanimation linking to Google's own account-linking help page. Same two limits as the Alexa cell: cloud-routed, and no published command list.
Connection documentation: [2] [4]
Device documentation: [10] [11] [17] [20]
fanimation.com · checked 2026-10-27
fanimation.com · checked 2026-08-16
fanimation.com · checked 2026-09-17
Alexa · Works
On/off
This device supports on/off.
- Control
- Not stated
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
Fanimation documents the link in its own app guide and instruction sheet — 'Link with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT', performed inside the fanSync WiFi app under Settings > Connections — and points to Amazon's own help article for the account-linking step. Two limits worth knowing before you buy for voice: the route is an account link through Fanimation's cloud, so it stops when your internet does, and Fanimation publishes no list of what Alexa can actually say to the fan, so speed steps, direction and light behaviour through voice are undocumented.
Connection documentation: [2] [4]
Device documentation: [10] [11] [17] [20]
fanimation.com · checked 2026-10-27
fanimation.com · checked 2026-08-16
fanimation.com · checked 2026-09-17
SmartThings · Partial
On/off
This device supports on/off.
- Control
- Not stated
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
Reachable, but only the long way round, and Fanimation says so itself: 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' That means the fan is not a SmartThings device — it is a fanSync device that IFTTT can pass commands to, so it does not appear in SmartThings as a fan with speed control, automations route through a third company's service, and IFTTT's own account tiers govern how many of them you can run and how fast they fire. That is why we call it partial rather than supported. Fanimation publishes no SmartThings setup article, and Samsung's own materials do not name this product.
Connection documentation: [2] [4]
Device documentation: [10] [11] [17] [20]
fanimation.com · checked 2026-10-27
fanimation.com · checked 2026-08-16
fanimation.com · checked 2026-09-17
Home Assistant · Doesn't work
On/off
This device supports on/off.
- Control
- Doesn't work
- Automation
- —
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Setup and sources
Home Assistant publishes no Fanimation or fanSync integration, and Fanimation names Home Assistant nowhere in its own materials — so there is no supported route from either side. The nearest documented workaround is the IFTTT relay described under SmartThings, which is not a Home Assistant integration and gives you no local control. We record this as a no rather than as unknown because we checked it properly: neither of the two pages such an integration would live at exists, and we separately searched Home Assistant's complete list of integrations for both brand names and found nothing.
Connection documentation: [6]
Device documentation: [10] [11] [17] [20]
fanimation.com · checked 2026-10-27
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-08-16
A documented control or event is one part of a setup. It does not by itself establish a complete automation.
A platform connection does not confirm every function. Controls and reported events are shown separately from what an automation can use.
- Controls
- 3 documented
- Reported events
- Not established from vendor documentation
Compare all five platforms. On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways.
| Device function | Apple HomeDoesn't work[5] | Google HomeWorks[2][4] | AlexaWorks[2][4] | SmartThingsPartial[2][4] | Home AssistantDoesn't work[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On/offDevice control | Control Doesn't work | Control Not stated | Control Not stated | Control Not stated | Control Doesn't work |
| Fan modeDevice control | Control Doesn't work | Control Not stated | Control Not stated | Control Not stated | Control Doesn't work |
| Fan directionDevice control | Control Doesn't work | Control Not stated | Control Not stated | Control Not stated | Control Doesn't work |
Automation availability for this model is not established.
✓ Documented for this connection. × A stated limit. ◐ A partial function. ? Not established. A listed device function does not establish a complete routine, its other equipment or any plan requirements.
Setup and sources
Apple Home
Apple Home, HomeKit and Siri appear nowhere in any of Fanimation's three own documents for this product. That absence is evidenced rather than guessed at: the app guide devotes a titled section to the question 'How do I link my fanSync WiFi control with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT?', lists the Connections menu, then goes further and names the platforms you can reach indirectly — 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' Apple is in neither list, direct or indirect. We record this as a no on the strength of a maker describing its whole control surface and leaving Apple out of it, not on an outright 'not supported' statement — which Fanimation does not make. The reason sits in the hardware as well as the paperwork: the receiver only speaks Wi-Fi, to Fanimation's own cloud service, and Fanimation names no HomeKit or Matter support anywhere, so Apple Home has nothing to connect to.[5]
Google Home
The same sentence and the same Connections menu name Google Home alongside Amazon Echo, with Fanimation linking to Google's own account-linking help page. Same two limits as the Alexa cell: cloud-routed, and no published command list.[2][4]
Alexa
Fanimation documents the link in its own app guide and instruction sheet — 'Link with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT', performed inside the fanSync WiFi app under Settings > Connections — and points to Amazon's own help article for the account-linking step. Two limits worth knowing before you buy for voice: the route is an account link through Fanimation's cloud, so it stops when your internet does, and Fanimation publishes no list of what Alexa can actually say to the fan, so speed steps, direction and light behaviour through voice are undocumented.[2][4]
SmartThings
Reachable, but only the long way round, and Fanimation says so itself: 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' That means the fan is not a SmartThings device — it is a fanSync device that IFTTT can pass commands to, so it does not appear in SmartThings as a fan with speed control, automations route through a third company's service, and IFTTT's own account tiers govern how many of them you can run and how fast they fire. That is why we call it partial rather than supported. Fanimation publishes no SmartThings setup article, and Samsung's own materials do not name this product.[2][4]
Home Assistant
Home Assistant publishes no Fanimation or fanSync integration, and Fanimation names Home Assistant nowhere in its own materials — so there is no supported route from either side. The nearest documented workaround is the IFTTT relay described under SmartThings, which is not a Home Assistant integration and gives you no local control. We record this as a no rather than as unknown because we checked it properly: neither of the two pages such an integration would live at exists, and we separately searched Home Assistant's complete list of integrations for both brand names and found nothing.[6]
Platform documentation:
fanimation.com · checked 2026-09-17
fanimation.com · checked 2026-08-16
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-08-16
Listed device functions are established from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished, not necessarily absent.
Connection details and setup sources
| Ecosystem | Support | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Alexa | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][4] | Fanimation documents the link in its own app guide and instruction sheet — 'Link with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT', performed inside the fanSync WiFi app under Settings > Connections — and points to Amazon's own help article for the account-linking step. Two limits worth knowing before you buy for voice: the route is an account link through Fanimation's cloud, so it stops when your internet does, and Fanimation publishes no list of what Alexa can actually say to the fan, so speed steps, direction and light behaviour through voice are undocumented. |
| Google Home | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][4] | The same sentence and the same Connections menu name Google Home alongside Amazon Echo, with Fanimation linking to Google's own account-linking help page. Same two limits as the Alexa cell: cloud-routed, and no published command list. |
| Apple Home | Doesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[5] | Apple Home, HomeKit and Siri appear nowhere in any of Fanimation's three own documents for this product. That absence is evidenced rather than guessed at: the app guide devotes a titled section to the question 'How do I link my fanSync WiFi control with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT?', lists the Connections menu, then goes further and names the platforms you can reach indirectly — 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' Apple is in neither list, direct or indirect. We record this as a no on the strength of a maker describing its whole control surface and leaving Apple out of it, not on an outright 'not supported' statement — which Fanimation does not make. The reason sits in the hardware as well as the paperwork: the receiver only speaks Wi-Fi, to Fanimation's own cloud service, and Fanimation names no HomeKit or Matter support anywhere, so Apple Home has nothing to connect to. |
| SmartThings | PartialPartial support — see the catch[2][4] | Reachable, but only the long way round, and Fanimation says so itself: 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. ... you must connect via IFTTT.' That means the fan is not a SmartThings device — it is a fanSync device that IFTTT can pass commands to, so it does not appear in SmartThings as a fan with speed control, automations route through a third company's service, and IFTTT's own account tiers govern how many of them you can run and how fast they fire. That is why we call it partial rather than supported. Fanimation publishes no SmartThings setup article, and Samsung's own materials do not name this product. |
| Home Assistant | Doesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[6] | Home Assistant publishes no Fanimation or fanSync integration, and Fanimation names Home Assistant nowhere in its own materials — so there is no supported route from either side. The nearest documented workaround is the IFTTT relay described under SmartThings, which is not a Home Assistant integration and gives you no local control. We record this as a no rather than as unknown because we checked it properly: neither of the two pages such an integration would live at exists, and we separately searched Home Assistant's complete list of integrations for both brand names and found nothing. |
Plans and ongoing costs[4]
✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.
Vendor account required: Yes — you must create a vendor account to use it.[4]
No plan, paid tier or recurring charge is named anywhere across Fanimation's three own documents for this product — the product page, the WFR50 instruction sheet and the fanSync WiFi app guide — including in the sections that set up scheduling and voice assistants, which are the obvious candidates for a paywall and are presented as included. We record no subscription on that basis; the honest limit is that this is the absence of paywall language across three documents rather than an explicit 'no subscription' statement. Note that the IFTTT-mediated routes described under SmartThings depend on IFTTT's own account tiers, which are a third party's pricing and not Fanimation's.
Maintenance and offline use[2]
- Works without the internet: Not established — we have not sourced this yet. It does not mean the product fails without the internet.
- Installs inside the ceiling fan's hanger bracket and canopy rather than in a wall box. Electrical specification as published: '120 Volts, 60 Hertz, Fan 1.0 amp'. Five-wire connection at the canopy — BLACK (AC IN L) to black supply, WHITE (AC IN N) to white supply, WHITE (TO MOTOR N) to the white fan wire, BLACK (TO MOTOR L) to the black fan wire, BLUE (FOR LIGHT DOWN) to the blue light wire. A separate WiFi antenna wire is supplied and Fanimation states it must be left connected and not cut; it can be screwed to the ceiling if range is poor. Two commissioning conditions that are easy to miss and will make a working install look broken: the wall switch feeding the fan 'cannot have a dimming function of any kind', and after installation 'Ceiling fan must be set at HIGH speed and light kit (If any) at the ON position'. The receiver carries 32 DIP-switch code combinations for use alongside the TR500 handheld remote, and Fanimation's factory setting (all switches up) is explicitly the one position not to use. Radio: 2.4 GHz only — the app guide devotes four pages to this, stating flatly 'Fanimation fanSync WiFi Controls must pair to a 2.4GHz WiFi network' and walking through selectable-band, separate-network-name and simultaneous dual-band routers, including the specific instruction to temporarily pause 5 GHz on Eero. It depends entirely on Fanimation's servers: every control route the company documents runs through a Fanimation account — the app requires an account created and confirmed by email before a fan can be added, and the voice-assistant links are made inside the app under Settings > Connections. Fanimation documents no way to control it on your own network alone.
- Security updates: No security-update support date is on record for this model yet. We haven't yet checked whether fanSync publishes one, so this is a gap in our research — not a statement about the manufacturer.
Who it's for
A household with an existing AC-motor ceiling fan that wants app and voice control without replacing the fan or the wall switch, is comfortable working inside the canopy with the breaker off, and lives in Alexa or Google Home. It suits a fan on a single switch loop where running new wiring for a smart wall control is not practical. Look elsewhere if the fan has a DC motor, if the household is Apple Home or Home Assistant, if the switch feeding the fan is a dimmer that cannot be changed, if only a 5 GHz network is available, or if control that survives an internet outage matters.
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Sources & method
Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →
21 numbered sources· read them in the source's own words
- [1] fanimation.com WFR50 product page 'fanSync AC Motor WiFi' — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-17Backs: Product identity, Price, Protocols, Market availabilitypage unchanged as of 2026-11-02
- [2] Fanimation, WFR50 AC WIFI Receiver Specification and Instruction Sheet (first-party PDF on fanimation.com) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-16Backs: Works without the internet, Installation, Required hub or bridge, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility
- [3] Fanimation's own 'WFR50 AC WIFI Receiver SPECIFICATION and INSTRUCTION SHEET' PDF, re-read 2026-09-17. Unchanged verbatim: 'ELECTRICAL SPECS: 120 Volts, 60 Hertz, Fan 1.0 amp'; the five-wire canopy connection list; the antenna instruction 'and do not cut' with the optional external WIFI antenna at Figure 4; the wall switch not being allowed to 'have a dimming function on of any kind'; 'Ceiling fan must be set at HIGH speed and light kit (If any)' at ON after installation; 'The remote unit has 32 different code' combinations set by DIP switch; and the platform line 'Link with Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT' with 'In order to connect with NEST, ECOBEE, Samsung Smart things, wink, etc. that you must connect via IFTTT.' — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-17
- [4] Fanimation, How to Set Up the fanSync WiFi APP (first-party PDF on fanimation.com) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-17Backs: App platforms, Vendor account required, Subscription, Protocols, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility
- [5] Fanimation, How to Set Up the fanSync WiFi APP (first-party PDF on fanimation.com) — the same 2026-08-16 read recorded in full on this record's entry for that guide, cited here for what it omits rather than what it states. The guide names its direct platforms and then its IFTTT-only platforms, and Apple Home, HomeKit and Siri appear in neither list; Apple is likewise absent from Fanimation's WFR50 instruction sheet and product page, the other two first-party documents this record cites. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-17Backs: Apple Home compatibility
- [6] home-assistant.io integration documentation (absent) plus the parsed home-assistant.io/integrations/ index — Read the platform's own documentation, verified 2026-08-16Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
- [7] Record created 2026-08-16 from Fanimation's own site (product page plus two first-party PDFs), with the Home Assistant answer settled from Home Assistant's own side — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-17Backs: Research status
- [8] Fanimation WFR50 AC WIFI Receiver instruction sheet (12/25/18) — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-17Backs: Power source
- [9] fanimation.com, WFR50 AC Receiver specification/instruction sheet and the fanSync App guide PDF, both re-read 2026-08-18 — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-18
- [10] fanimation.com's fanSync AC Motor WiFi receiver page, read 2026-08-20, listing the control set as "3 fan speeds, timer, schedule, favorites list, family sharing, powering on/off, and fresh air, reverse, home away, safe exit modes", and describing the receiver as letting you "control fan power, adjust speeds, operate the light, and access additional smart settings" from a smartphone or tablet. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-20Backs: Capabilitiespage unchanged as of 2026-11-02
- [11] fanimation.com's fanSync AC Motor WiFi receiver page — the same read that STOPPED this record in batch 10 — listing the control set as "3 fan speeds, timer, schedule, favorites list, family sharing, powering on/off, and fresh air, reverse, home away, safe exit modes", with the receiver letting you "control fan power, adjust speeds, operate the light, and access additional smart settings" from a phone or tablet. Fanimation's own support answer documents the platform route: "Open the fanSync WiFi app, in the upper left hand corner, click 'Settings', under 'Connections', choose the platform", naming Amazon Echo, Google Home and IFTTT. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-17Backs: Capabilitiespage unchanged as of 2026-11-02
- [12] No source was read for this entry. It records how this record's existing evidence for its no-support ecosystem cells was classified, so a later pass reads the classification instead of working it out again. — Re-checked this against its sources, verified 2026-08-22
- [13] Both Fanimation PDFs downloaded again on 2026-09-02 under our reading rules for this site, at their www. addresses, and served in full (1,043,071 and 758,631 bytes); their text was extracted and confirms every sentence this record quotes from them., verified 2026-09-02
- [14] the record's own customer-facing prose fields as they stood before 2026-09-05 (no new external read), verified 2026-09-05
- [15] the record's own customer-facing prose fields as they stood before 2026-09-11 (no new external read), verified 2026-09-11
- [16] Record-keeping entry: this record's existing answer that Apple Home is not supported now names the platform rule its reason rests on, 2026-09-15, verified 2026-09-15
- [17] Fanimation's WFR50 product page, read in full on 2026-10-09. Verbatim: "SKU: WFR50" · "allowing you to control fan power, adjust speeds, operate the light, and access additional smart settings all from your smartphone or tablet" · "3 fan speeds, timer, schedule, favorites list, family sharing, powering on/off, and fresh air, reverse, home away, safe exit modes" · "Control Fan and Light Speed 3 Speed Pairing WiFi Motor Compatibility AC Motor". The price block prints its labels with no figures: "MSRP: Was: Now: Was: Now: (You save )". — Re-checked this against its sources, verified 2026-10-09Backs: Product identity, Protocols, Price, Market availability, Capabilitiespage unchanged as of 2026-11-02
- [18] Home Assistant's documentation address for a Fanimation integration, https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/fanimation/, served the site's not-found page on 2026-10-09 (status read). — Re-checked this against its sources, verified 2026-10-09
- [19] This record's own entries for the pages that name the route., verified 2026-09-17
- [20] Fanimation's WFR50 product page, read in full on 2026-10-27 through tools/page-read.mjs. Verbatim: "MSRP: Was: Now: Was: Now: (You save )" · "SKU: WFR50" · "This easy-to-install receiver integrates Wi-Fi technology into your ceiling fan, allowing you to control fan power, adjust speeds, operate the light, and access additional smart settings all from your smartphone or tablet." · "Simply wire the receiver into your fan" · "download the free fanSync Wi-Fi app from the App Store or Google Play, and follow the step-by-step setup instructions." · "3 fan speeds, timer, schedule, favorites list, family sharing, powering on/off, and fresh air, reverse, home away, safe exit modes" · "Control Fan and Light Speed 3 Speed Pairing WiFi Motor Compatibility AC Motor" — Re-checked this against its sources, verified 2026-10-27Backs: Product identity, Protocols, Price, Market availability, Capabilities, App platforms, Installationpage unchanged as of 2026-11-02
- [21] Home Assistant's documentation repository on GitHub, read on 2026-10-27 through tools/page-read.mjs (status read): there is no source file at the address a Fanimation integration page would be built from, and GitHub answered "Not Found"., verified 2026-10-27
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