Given how flaky things have been on the platform for the last 24 hours, it may well be a platform issue.
But it should be discoverable once you have authorized it in the smartthings Amazon echo smart app.
In the new app you need to go to the things view (4 little squares for an icon at the bottom of the screen ), choose smartapps, then choose the Amazon echo icon.
This will show you the List of devices that you currently have authorized for echo to use. Click on the + to add more. Then click on the ânextâ at the top of the screen.
You will then see a new page telling you to instruct echo to discover the new devices. Do that, and wait until echo tells you it is done. Then click the done at the top of the screen in the ST mobile app.
The virtual switch should then be available to echo. But again, if itâs not working right now it might be a platform issue.
@JDRoberts@smart Dâoh. You guys are right. I missed the part where I had to expose the switch to the Echo using the SmartApp. All is well now.
Also, Iâm using the âSwitch Activates Home Phraseâ SmartApp to trigger the events when I say my voice command. What is the difference between this and the one from @MichaelS?
Just a different set up wizard. The two smart apps end up with the same result.
Michael designed his specifically for people setting up virtual switches for echo, so he has distinguish between momentary switches and binary switches, and you can set up six different scenarios in one pass through the set up wizard. So Michaelâs is just a little more convenient to use during set up. But once theyâre in use everything is the same.
Thank you so much for this! Everything was straightforward and easy to follow. TO be completely transparent I just opened/installed my ST today. Iâm a convert from Vera just for this functionality.
I got my Echo a week ago and I followed the instructions here to setup some virtual switches to trigger Routines. Initially, it seemed to work. Then, it would not work.
After troubleshooting, I figured out that the virtual switches are remaining âonâ, and if theyâre on, when you âturn them onâ again (by telling Alexa to turn on a Routine), the Routine doesnât trigger. If I turn off the virtual switch, then say the command again, it works.
Ah. That makes sense, but where I do it? In the IDE, I only see âSimulated Switchâ on the device type, where do I indicate it should be a momentary switch?
The very first post in this thread is the FAQ on using virtual switches to control modes.
The first link in that post will take you to the FAQ on creating virtual switches, which it sounds like it would be helpful to you. It tells you how to create the switches, including the different types. Here is that link again. It tells you how to create the switches, including the different types. Here is that link again. It should be of help.
Thanks @JDRoberts. I had been using that FAQ, but I followed the step-by-step instructions in the first post I saw there about making virtual switches, and I hadnât seen the follow-up posts about other types. Thanks for pointing it out, sorry I missed it before.
Not sure if this is the right place to post this butâŠ
When I add a simulated switch it shows up in the Amazon Echo Device List so I can export it to the my
Echo, just like it should.
But, when I do this with a simulated button, it does NOT show in the list so I canât export it.
Is it supposed to work this way? Am I the only one?
The button works like it should, It just doesnât show in the list.
Thanks
Thanks, that works. But now Iâm confused. I thought you had to use the âsimulatedâ types to create a simulated switch/button/etc. I was using type âSimulated Buttonâ. Apparently, the more I learn, the less I know.
Slight variation on similar questions but I was wanting the ability to change the Security setting as well (Armed/Away/Disarm), any ideas or links on where that code could be incorporated into here?
If my girls could come down the stairs and say âAlexa disarmâ or something since they donât know how to operate the Smartthings apps, thatâs the goal. Thanks!
