[DEPRECATED] Smartthings + Alexa + Harmony Hub -- 2017 Guide

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Here is an new app that handles multiple Harmony Hubs seamlessly based on their location in the house with no additional virtual devices involved - just the Harmony connected hubs and the EchoSistant 4.0 custom skills app.

Alexa can get things done FAST! [EchoSistant Free Text Control Preview]

How fast can you get things done with an Alexa Custom Skill? This fast… @JDRoberts , you might enjoy this Note: my second Harmony Hub is called “Bedroom Hub”. EchoSistant 4.0 is able to handle “TV” commands on its own, without any virtual switches. Because it is based on “free text processing”, it cannot detect (“match”) custom activity names. Instead, when the command “turn TV off” is given, EchoSistant saves the activity name, so the next time you ask Alexa to " turn the TV on" it starts the last activity. For complete control using Harmony activity names, the Main Home skill is required. With the main skill, users can actually say: Alexa turn on CNN in my home. Or Alexa tell my home to switch to PBS (again no virtual switches involved for activities AND direct command…