[SOLVED] Complete list of ALL supported english/german voice commands of "Official Alexa Smart Home Skill for OH2"?

I use Alexa in german.

The following voice commands are running: My item has label “Wand Thermostat”.

Alexa stelle Wand Thermostat auf 22 Grad.
Alexa reduziere Wand Thermostat um 2 Grad
Alexa erhöhe Wand Thermostat um 1 Grad
Alexa reduziere Wand Thermostat.
Alexa wie ist Wand Thermostat eingestellt?
Alexa wie ist Wand Thermostat Temperatur?

Question:
How do I tell Alexa in german: OFF, HEAT, COOL, AUTO, heat-cool for a [ “Thermostat” ].

I tried:

AUS, OFF = OFF, nothing happend
HEIZEN, HITZE, WARM, WAERME, WAERMER, HEAT = HEAT, nothing happend
KUEHLEN, KUEHLER, KALT, KAELTE, COOL = COOL, nothing happend
AUTO, AUTOMATISCH, AUTOMATIK = AUTO, --> Alexa set Temperature to 1 (OK?? AUTO = 1 ??)

I also tried: BOOST, KOMFORT, MANUELL, MANU, ECO, ECONOMIE, MODE 0,1,2,3, MODUS 0,1,2,3: nothing happend

What do I have to tell Alexa in german? Are the english commands executed at all??

Or do I have to tell: 0,1,2,3 ??

Where do I get a complete list of ALL supported german commands of “Official Alexa Smart Home Skill for OH2”?

Is there also a complete list for english commands at all?

Yes, but not really as a list.
Please see my post at

@hmerk

Thank yoru very much. This reference is unfortunately not up to date and partially wrong.

https://developer.amazon.com/de/docs/archive/shv2-smart-home-skill-api-reference.html#temperature-control-and-query-messages

GetTemperatureReadingRequest * US and UK
GetTemperatureReadingResponse * US and UK
GetTargetTemperatureRequest * US and UK
GetTargetTemperatureResponse * US and UK
SetTargetTemperatureRequest
SetTargetTemperatureConfirmation
IncrementTargetTemperatureRequest
IncrementTargetTemperatureConfirmation
DecrementTargetTemperatureRequest
DecrementTargetTemperatureConfirmation

But this * is running also in german!

Here is a summary of reference for “Temperature Control and Query Messages”:


Utterances: “Alexa, what is the temperature of device name?”
german: “Alexa, wie ist die Temperatur von Gerätename?”

Alexa Response: “According to device name, it’s 70 degrees”
german: Die Temperatur von Gerätename ist 21 Komma 4 Grad"


Utterances: “Alexa, what is the device name set to?"
german: “Wie ist Gerätename eingestellt?”

Alexa Response: “The heat is set to 72 degrees”
german: “Die Temperatur von Gerätename ist 21 Komma 4 Grad”


Utterances: “Alexa, set the room name to number degrees”
german: “Alexa, stelle Gerätename auf Anzahl Grad”

Alexa Response: The room name heat is set to number degrees
german: “Gerätename ist im automatischen Modus. Die Solltemperatur ist Anzahl Grad.”


Utterances: “Alexa, increase the device name by number degrees”
german: “Alexa, erhöhe Gerätename um Anzahl Grad”

Alexa Response: “OK”
german: “Gerätename ist im automatischen Modus. Die Solltemperatur ist Anzahl Grad.”


Utterances: “Alexa, decrease device name by number degrees”
german: “Alexa, reduziere Gerätename um Anzahl Grad”

Alexa Response: “OK”
german: “Gerätename ist im automatischen Modus. Die Solltemperatur ist Anzahl Grad.”

If Amazons own documentation is not up to date, somebody should ask Amazon for an update…

Here is a summary of all voice commands: Link

Discovery Messages


DiscoverAppliancesRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, discover my smart home devices”
german: “Alexa, finde meine smarten Geräte”

DiscoverAppliancesResponse
Alexa Response: N/A


Door Lock Control and Query Messages

GetLockStateRequest
Utterances: “Alexa, is lock name locked/unlocked?”

GetLockStateResponse
Alexa Reponse: “The front door is locked”


SetLockStateRequest
Utterances: “Alexa, lock the lock name

SetLockStateConfirmation
Alexa Response: “The front door is now locked”


On/Off Messages


TurnOnRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, turn on the device name
german: “Alexa, schalte Gerätename ein”

TurnOnConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “OK”


TurnOffRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, turn off the device name
german: “Alexa, schalte Gerätename aus”

TurnOffConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “OK”


Percentage Messages


IncrementPercentageRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, increase device name by number percent”
german: “Alexa, erhöhe Gerätename um Anzahl Prozent”

IncrementPercentageConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “OK”


DecrementPercentageRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, decrease device name by number percent”
german: “Alexa, reduziere Gerätename um Anzahl Prozent”

DecrementPercentageConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “OK”


Smart Home Camera Messages


RetrieveCameraStreamUriRequest
Utterance: “Alexa, show me the camera name

RetrieveCameraStreamUriResponse
Alexa response: “OK. Getting camera name


Temperature Control and Query Messages


GetTemperatureReadingRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, what is the temperature of device name?”
german: “Alexa, wie ist die Temperatur von Gerätename?”

GetTemperatureReadingResponse [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “According to device name, it’s 70 degrees”
german: Die Temperatur von Gerätename ist 21 Komma 4 Grad"


GetTargetTemperatureRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, what is the device name set to?"
german: “Wie ist Gerätename eingestellt?”

GetTargetTemperatureResponse [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “The heat is set to 72 degrees”
german: “Die Temperatur von Gerätename ist 21 Komma 4 Grad”


SetTargetTemperatureRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, set the room name to number degrees”
german: “Alexa, stelle Gerätename auf Anzahl Grad”

SetTargetTemperatureConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: The room name heat is set to number degrees
german: “Gerätename ist im automatischen Modus. Die Solltemperatur ist Anzahl Grad.”


IncrementTargetTemperatureRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, increase the device name by number degrees”
german: “Alexa, erhöhe Gerätename um Anzahl Grad”

IncrementTargetTemperatureConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “OK”
german: “Gerätename ist im automatischen Modus. Die Solltemperatur ist Anzahl Grad.”


DecrementTargetTemperatureRequest [supported in OH2]
Utterances: “Alexa, decrease device name by number degrees”
german: “Alexa, reduziere Gerätename um Anzahl Grad”

DecrementTargetTemperatureConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “OK”
german: “Gerätename ist im automatischen Modus. Die Solltemperatur ist Anzahl Grad.”


Tunable Lighting Control Messages


SetColorRequest [supported in OH2]

Utterances: “Alexa, set the device name to color
“Alexa, set the bedroom light to red”
“Alexa, change the kitchen to the color blue”
german: “Alexa setze Wohnzimmerlicht auf rosa

SetColorConfirmation [supported in OH2]
Alexa Response: “OK”


SetColorTemperatureRequest
Utterances: “Alexa, change the device name to shade of white
“Alexa, make the living room warm white”
“Alexa, set the kitchen to daylight”
german: “Alexa, schalte Schlafzimmerlicht auf warmes Weiß

SetColorTemperatureConfirmation
Alexa Response: “OK”


IncrementColorTemperatureRequest
Utterances: “Alexa, set the device name cooler/whiter
“Alexa, set the dining room cooler”
“Alexa, make the living room light whiter”

IncrementColorTemperatureConfirmation
Alexa Response: “OK”


DecrementColorTemperatureRequest
Utterances: “Alexa, set the device name warmer/softer
“Alexa, set the dining room softer”
“Alexa, make the living room warmer”

DecrementColorTemperatureConfirmation
Alexa Response: “OK”


Please report here , if the utterances are correct and running with OH2. Thanks a lot!

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Thanks for this. I recently noticed that Alexa can now control my OH2 Switch devices using “open” and “close” voice commands, whereas before it only worked with “turn on” and “turn off”. This is excellent, as it’s a lot more logical for my garage door. Do you know where / when this functionality was added?

Sorry. I don’t know this.

Thanks for pointing this out.

“Alexa, Open the Garage Door” & “Alexa, Close the Garage Door” work great with the Chamberlain MYQ binding now!

@michaeldavie @RichP I updated above list…, thanx for reporting!

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Do you know if this ‘Open’ and ‘Close’ functionality just in the U.S. or in Europe (Germany) too?

If in German, please could you(or someone else) please explain the Item type and tag type used?

I couldn’t get it to work.

Thanks.

It seems to have stopped working in English as well, at least for me. I’m back to “turn on” and “turn off” again.

It seems that open/close was thrown out by Amazon in V2. See here:
https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/archive/shv2-smart-home-skill-api-reference#turnonrequest

There also is a new API verson = V3 of Amazon Smart Home Skill . There also “open/close” is gone.

That’s a shame. I guess I’ll have to go the clumsy 0 or 100% way to operate shutters.

Right now I have a variety of smarthome technology in my house (Insteon, Phillips hue, MagicHome, TP-Link). One frustrating thing that we’ve found is that while Alexa integrates directly with all of these, the understanding of colors is different for different skills - i.e. the Hue skill understands “salmon” as a color, but the MagicHome one doesn’t. So this means that if you ask alexa to set “Zoey’s Room” (hue bulb) to “salmon” it works, but if you ask it to set “Bookcase” to “salmon”, it says it doesn’t know how to do that.

I’m moving toward OpenHAB to integrate all my disparate technologies (and open up some other options), and one of the things I’d like to do is understand what colors are available.

Is there a list of colors the OpenHAB Alexa skill understands? You reference “tunable” colors in your post. Can this list be expanded/customized so that it’s uniform across all different color light technologies?

Thanks,

Bruce

Hello, Amazon Alexa has been in beta testing in Italy in the last few months.
Will the Amazon Alexa Skill for Openhab2 be available on Amazon Italy any time soon?

Thanks

Hi!

Is there a way to create more natural commands for triggering scenes?
It is just strange to say something like: “good night on” for triggering the switch that fires a rule …

thank you!

You can use create Routines using the Alexa App and use any voice command you want (though some voice commands are more successful than others).

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Thanks a lot! That’s exactly, what i was looking for. Working great so far!

This list should somehow get integrated in the documentation page. It took me a while to find it here.

Any reason not to simply copy it over to the Alexa page?