Amazon Echo

[MichaelS (Micheal)]

Unless you are rather skilled in the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK), then no…there is a way. However, with my app, Alexa Helper you can ask for a “Garage Report” and if you have a compatible speaker (i.e. Sonos) it will tell you the garage status. However, this is not really using the Alexa except for triggering the report.

[RELEASE] Alexa Helper

All, Be sure to read this thread…newer version is listed below Been quiet lately installing more Echo’s in the house along with the V2 hub. Everything is good and I am taking a more ST approach to my homes, getting rid if IP devices and replacing them with ST compatible items (Samsung SmartCams replacing DropCams, a ZWave garage door opener instead of Chamberlain’s model, etc). Anyway, I am 100% in to home automation. As such, I re-looked at my Alexa Helper app. ST has been a bit slow in reviewing submitted apps, so I took an opportunity to update this app. One of the limitations of the platform is the inability to have more than 4 scheduled items within an app. To get around this, you must install the app multiple times. In the original Alexa Helper there were 6 slots, but only 4 that …