FEIT WiFi Smart Bulbs 4-pack

[Ian_Boje]

I haven’t tried those dimmers, but if they work with Alexa, I’d assume the same would be true. As an alternative, you could use smart bulbs and purchase the Ikea zigbee buttons instead. I just bought 2 simple on/off buttons for $7 each.

Okay, in setting up my new Ikea devices, I made a discovery that makes this alexa integration slightly easier.

The “Simulated Contact Sensor and Switch” seem to work with Alexa. She can see the state of the contact sensor, and can turn it off and on. See steps #1 and #2 from this post:

[OBSOLETE] How to: SmartThings_MyQ SmartApp using MyQ Sensors with IFTTT

Requirements previously used in this guide are no longer supported. Please do not use this guide for any functional usage. See brbeaird for newer feature updates to help support SmartThings and MyQ. MyQ for LiftMaster and Chamberlain is not directly supported by Smartthings, so the only way to make it work is by using a SmartApp called SmartThings_MyQ created by brbeaird. SmartThings_MyQ SmartApp works great to open and close the door, but it does not have the ability to natively monitor the MyQ open/closed status. SmartThings_MyQ has a nice feature that allows the ability to add smart tilt sensors to a MyQ controlled garage door for monitoring open/closed status. Smart tilt door sensors can add up in cost depending on how many doors you have and they are not always reliable. Recently My…

So now I can “Turn on” my virtual lamp device, and that triggers the on routine within alexa, and turning it off does the same. Also, if I turn on my “Upstairs lights” alexa group, the simulated switch shows On (and Open). This design is slightly for webcore pistons when controlling a group of bulbs.