Alexa Skill English AU - Devices unresponsive

[pjam73 (Paul)]

@pjam73

I’ve noticed that when I say “Alexa set the Zen thermostat heat to 18”, she responds with “hmm Zen thermostat is not responding”

Oh, it seems I’m not the first to see this, and it doesn’t appear to be AU related:

Zen Thermostat, SmartThings Classic, Alexa - not responding, but working in apps

Well, it is a SmartThings problem and not an Amazon problem. Alexa is working again with my Zen Thermostat. I had an old self published Zen Thermostat device from the repository. So I just edited my Zen Thermostat device and changed it’s device type from the SmartThings published one to this old repository one and now Alexa is giving me correct responses for the Zen Thermostat. I’m just going to keep this repository device type since it supports decimal temperatures which the integrated SmartThings Zen Thermostat device doesn’t. Update: I just checked and there’s a repository update to the old Zen Thermostat device handler I had so I updated it. Guess what, it broke Alexa again. So, I re-pasted the old device handler back and republished it and now Alexa is happy again. I found the link…