kemotsysinc
September 29, 2021, 1:41pm
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I have a zwave fan working with Alexa where I can ask her to set the fan to a certain percentage, but I can’t ask her to turn it “off”.
I’ve added Metadata for the “powerlevel”:
it correctly appears in the Alexa devices:
Asking Alexa “Turn on Office Fan 50%” works perfect. I can also say “turn on Office Fan 0%” to stop the blades from spinning, but I would prefer to ask her to “turn off”.
I’ve added Metadata for the “endpoint.switch”:
which also appears in Alexa devices:
If I ask Alexa to “Turn off Office Fan”, she says that “Office Fan doesn’t support that”.
jeshab
September 29, 2021, 6:44pm
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So, you can’t easy do this with the current skill implementation without adding a proxy item and some rules to control the on/off.
However, a new metadata syntax for the skill will be released shortly, including new fan capabilities that will match your setup. Feel free to join the beta test.
We are planning to release a complete rework of the openHAB skill for Amazon Alexa which introduces a new device-centric metadata syntax in line with the other voice assistant integrations, and simplifies the configuration of basic functionalities, while staying backward compatible to ease the transition.
The new skill has now been deployed in beta test and we are looking for testers interested in upgrading early and providing some feedback. It doesn’t matter which OH version you are running.
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kemotsysinc
October 12, 2021, 2:09pm
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That looks awesome. Is there a way to receive notifications when it is ready for release?
jeshab
October 12, 2021, 2:17pm
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You can track the announcements category. An announcement will be posted once it is released to the live official skill.
system
November 23, 2021, 6:18am
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