A baffling issue with my echo ("close garage door" doesn't work)

[chris2vic (Chris Fichter)]

On my garage door I have a dry contact switch ZFM-80US. I have it included on to my Amazon echo. I also have it set up in groups in echo " open garage door" and " close garage door". Obviously keep in mind I relay only knows two things. open contact close contact. With either command the light on the relay will flash but will only activate door when saying open garage door. The thing I don’t understand is if the light is flashing it’s getting the command.

[JDRoberts]

Some other people have reported a similar issue. It may be that “close garage door” is a reserved phrase for Amazon. It does have some quirks like that.

Amazon Echo

@chrisb I have a momentary virtual switch set up for my garage door. When experimenting with alexa I would say " Alexa, open the kitchen lights" lights turn on, I then say “Alexa, close the kitchen lights’ again the lights turn on. I figured this is perfect for the momentary virtual switch. I say” Alexa, open the garage door" the door opens that part works great and sounds natural. However for some reason if I say "Alexa, close the garage door’ she adds it to my todo list

@bamarayne or @Mike_Maxwell may know more.

[chris2vic (Chris Fichter)]

This is a different issue. I have had that issue before. The command is being sent in this case.

[ShawnDobie (Shawn)]

I have a MyQ in my ST set up at work, connected through an Echo. Only the Close command works for some reason. Haven’t done any digging though to find out why.