I have the following Item/command to arm my security and it works fine when rules are fired for various events. But this command is not doing anything when I try to use Alexa:
Items:
Rule fired through Alexa (Alexa, turn security system on):
rule "Security System ON"
when
Item Security changed from OFF to ON
then
sendCommand(armStay,ON)
end
In Alexa, I call the same command “armStay” and log says that it was sent but nothing happens in my security system:
2017-04-05 10:15:54.886 [ItemCommandEvent ] - Item 'Security' received command ON
2017-04-05 10:15:54.973 [ItemStateChangedEvent ] - Security changed from OFF to ON
2017-04-05 10:15:55.093 [ItemCommandEvent ] - Item 'armStay' received command ON
Btw, I can successfully turn on/off my TV & receiver by calling Alexa. Not sure what’s wrong.
And if you left your phone at home accidentally or on purpose?
This still is a 100% no-go area. Connecting an alarm system, door opener etc. to black boxes in the internet is highly risky. You may secure everything in your installation with a high-end setup, but do not know who at the hoster (or the software provider, a man-in-the-middle,…) may gain access, not even talking about them being hacked. The insurance company will be happy to hear you gave control over the alarm system to “someone running something somewhere” on the internet.
My opinion: Sometimes security must rule out comfort.
rule " Alexa, Entrance light;Hallway light ON "
when
Item HueItem_Entrance_light changed from OFF to ON Or HueItem_Hallway_light changed from OFF to ON
then
LightHallWay.sendCommand(ON)
End
rule " Alexa, Entrance light;Hallway light OFF "
when
Item HueItem_Entrance_light changed from ON to OFF Or HueItem_Hallway_light changed from ON to OFF
then
LightHallWay.sendCommand(ON)
End
Great work. I hope the current Temp and current Humidity become available soon.
I Setup a Thermostat and can set the target temperature and it also tells me the mode. I would like to set the thermostat to heat for a boost mode. But it seems like i cant set the thermostat mode via Alexa is that correct?
That just says limited Thermostat but doesn’t really say what it means. I built the Thermostat consisting targettemp, current temp and mode.
I was expecting that it wont tell me the current temp as this is clearly stated in the description. I can change the Target temp via Alexa and it will respond with the new target temp and the current mode. However i cannot change the current mode via Alexa. Is that expected? or what would be the phrase to change the thermostat mode. I would like to use the heat mode as a boost option.
Unfortunately right now the Alexa smart home API just supports reporting on those modes. I would hope that they add the ability to change them as well, just for reference these are the only temperature calls that are supported by their api
GetTemperatureReadingRequest * US only
GetTargetTemperatureRequest * US only
SetTargetTemperatureRequest
IncrementTargetTemperatureRequest
DecrementTargetTemperatureRequest
I am trying to control my Yamaha receiver through Alexa. I can make Alexa turn it on/off and change its input (HDMI1/Bluetooth etc). I have created separate items for each input:
Alexa turn TV on (turns receiver on, sets input to HDMI1 and volume to -40 Db) --> TV (item)
Alexa turn Music on (turns receiver on, sets input to AUDIO1 and volume to -30 DB) --> Music (item) and so on.
It works fine as long as I use Alexa to turn an item on and then off. But if I use my remote to turn receiver on, I am not able to make Alexa turn it off, as the value of that item changes from OFF to OFF, so no change is detected. As a workaround I have to ask Alexa to turn the receiver ON (though it is already playing) and then ask Alexa to turn it off. Is there a better way to change inputs through Alexa?
In your rule are using “Item xxx changed” or “Item xxx received command” ? If you use the later you should be able to respond to the Off command regardless of it changing state.
Is it possible to ask Alexa for the current thermostat temperature? Looking at the source code, I’d guess it should. However, when I ask “What is the temperature in Wohnzimmer?”, Alexa replies with “The command doesn’t work for item ‘Wohnzimmer Thermostat’”.
Changing the temperature does work though.
Here are my items:
Group WZThermostat "Wohnzimmer Thermostat" (gLivingRoom) [ "Thermostat" ]
Number Thermostat_WZ_SetTemp "Temperatur Wohnzimmer [%.1f °C]" <heating> (WZThermostat) ["TargetTemperature"] {channel="max:thermostat:KEQ0565677:KEQ0911327:set_temp"}
Number Thermostat_WZ_IsTemp "Ist-Temperatur [%.1f °C]" <heating> (WZThermostat) ["CurrentTemperature"] {channel="max:thermostat:KEQ0565677:KEQ0911327:actual_temp"}
In the Alexa configuration, I can only see the Group item, but I guess that’s normal.
@digitaldan, I can see you commited the CurrentTemperature feature last month. Is it possible that this is not yet included in the official Alexa skill? Any way to see which commits are included in the official, downloadable skill?
