Whether or not you will get a loop depends on the exact set up you have the turning things off. You may just have to experiment with a few variations to get it right.
What I did was change the settings in harmony and told it I have separate buttons to turn the TV off/on. The on command I used power toggle. The off command I used up arrow (you can just choose anything that wonât actually do anything) I then use a momentary switch in smartthings. I now use the smarthings beta for harmony and tell. The harmony when swith is on run power up tv activitie, when off exit power up tv activitie. Since the switch is momentary it works great. I can also say. âAlexa, turn the TV onâ and âAlexa, turn the TV offâ works like a charm and will always be in sync no matter how the TV gets turned off/on.
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Everything seems to be working. Watched the logs and havenât had any issues at all. Perfectly usable for the time being. Thanks
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Can the virtual switch be used to turn off the TV thatâs also included in a group of things? For instance, I have Hue Light Bulbs, Lutron shades, and TV all added to one Activity on the Harmony Hub. I have that configured as a group on the Amazon Echo, âTower TVâ. So when I say, Alexa, turn on the Tower TV, she does. I tried adding a virtual switch âPowerâ to the start sequence of the Harmony activity. Itâs been authorized. The switch is set to ON in the start sequence. When I start the activity, the switch does get turned on. When I end the sequence, from the harmony app, the switch goes off. All devices turn on and turn off as they should, using the harmony app. When I tell Alexa to âTurn off the Tower TVâ nothing else turns off. Everything stays on.
Is there something Iâm missing? I should be able to say, Alexa, turn the Tower TV off, and everything should shut off, right? The end sequence doesnât seem to be initiating.
Where or what ap do you create the virtual switches with? New to my ST2 hub and the wife just got me echo for xmas?
Hi new on here, not read all the threads so maybe covered already, I use alexa to control my tv (all functions) using my ir on my galaxy note 4, works really well with ifttt and anymote skill, obv itâs only any good if your phone has this feature!
If you guys are interested in controlling IR devices using Alexa, You can try using https://irdevkit.com. which cost only 26$ using a ESP 8266 based development board.