Ahh nice catch! Easier than unlinking and linking!
Anyone else having hub issues? I went to link everything and noticed nothing works now.
I did the echo integration this morning, and everythingâs been working fine, either through echo or through SmartThings.
The integration had gone live around 8-10 hours ago. So @lavalamp27 , I may suggest contacting support, as it may not be because of that.
Thermostats.
I will need to testing dimming again when I get home, it may be a semantic issue in the request.
So far I can, with virtual switching, change thermostat mode [auto/heat/cool/off] and switch my thermostat fan from auto to on with no issues, just with simple on off commands.
With lighting and switches I can do almost everything I can do in the UBI, except status request. Using a dashboard program or even tasker tools I can see or hear update on my tablet.
Alexaâs Groups I can handle several of my hello home functions without virtual switches.
It makes the switches available, but it doesnât let you put them into the echo groups. So depending on what you want to do, it may be easier to start from the echo app. I put both methods into the community FAQ.
So I already had my WeMo devices discovered in Echo. Now that they same devices are accessible via SmartThings, should I remove them from Echo to avoid confusing it? Iâm not home yet to test, but I can imagine there needs to be some sort of intervention to keep things working properly.
What is a good virtual dimmer (I have used the on/off tile and it works great, but not a dimmer) - can someone point one out? In theory, I should be able to say "Alexa set âvirtual dimmer thermostatâ to 74, right?
I donât see this smart app. ???
Iâm not sure if it will get confused. What I did was decide which service I wanted to authorize for each device for echo use. So for example I have Hue lights on the Phillips hue bridge. Smartthings is aware of that Hue bridge, and I can control lights that way. But when it came to echo, I only authorized the lights through the Hue bridge, I did not authorize them through SmartThings.
Since echo lets you set up a group that includes devices from any service, it didnât matter in terms of the echo use cases I wanted to have. I could still include any device in any group name.
So when you go to connect the smartthings service to Echo you will see a list of all your connectable devices. Just like IFTTT, youâre going to individually authorize each device on your smartthings network for echo use or not. It wonât dump everything in, youâll choose one by one.
If it was me, I would only authorize devices that were not already connected through any other service.
My bad. I thought this was :to add the app"âŠnot that it was already installed when integrated the two.
I put a screenshot in step 10 of the community FAQ.
Itâs not under the âconvenienceâ section of more in smart set up. You donât install it yourself.
Instead, when you use the echo app to link to smartthings, smartthings will automatically install the Amazon Echo SmartApp for you, basically the same way the IFTTT smartapp works, except the Amazon smartapp will appear in the âconvenienceâ section of the dashboard.
That is what I need to verify at home for thermostat setpoint. From what I have read today, that seems correct. I had issues with the quick testing I did this AM. My error my have been trying to use the %, but I am not sure if that was my issue.
What is wrong with the Harmony integration?
Itâs broken from the ST app. The integration from Harmony to ST works great.
What simulator are you using?
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I have never used the virtual switch or the Big Switch app but you mentioned before about it getting out of sync and hoping this was fixed with this release. Has this helped?
I wanted to look into setting this up for a few things but just wanted to know what the downfalls are.
Thanks,
Scott
Using the official echo/smartthings integration keeps it totally in sync. Big improvement over the background polling method.
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