Alexa "Middleman" Issue

[agenovese820 (Anthony Genovese)]

I’m trying to use the Alexa middleman technique from this thread to get a Koogeek lightstrip working with Smartthings:

Using Contact and Motion Sensors to Trigger Alexa Routines (DTH in post 97) (Official Amazon Feature)

I combined two device handlers into one, so that the device can be triggered like a switch (I used it to turn the switch on when I arrive home, and off when I leave), but is also recognized in alexa as a contact sensor so that it can trigger an alexa routine. I only put this together as a proof of concept, so the code can probably be cleaned up, but it appears to be working. The two device handlers I combined were the simulated switch: and joshualyon’s simulated contact sensor: Result: /** * Copyright 2015 SmartThings * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by a…

It works fine for turning the lightstrip off, but when I try to turn it on, it just sets the brightness to 100% but doesn’t turn it on. Has anyone else had this problem or are there just some devices it won’t work with?

[JDRoberts]

The first step would be to create an Alexa routine which sets the light the way you want it just from an echo voice trigger. If you can get it to do that, then you can just substitute the virtual sensor for the trigger.

[agenovese820 (Anthony Genovese)]

Just tried it, same result it only adjusts the brightness without turning the device on.

[JDRoberts]

@agenovese820

Just tried it, same result it only adjusts the brightness without turning the device on.

Then you’ll need to get it working in the Amazon app before you can do anything with SmartThings. So I’d suggest getting in touch with Amazon support and see what they say.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202016320