How can I make Alexa detect a sensor status and carry out an action based on it? (Garage Door use case)

xdreamwalker · October 2, 2017, 8:58pm

I have a Ecolink Tilt Sensor and a Remotec Zwave Relay to operate my garage door.

I use a modified simulated Garage Door DTH for the tilt sensor. I started with this below and modified it for appearance.

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techwithjake/smartthings-custom/blob/master/devicetypes/techwithjake/z-wave-garage-door-contact-sensor-button.src/z-wave-garage-door-contact-sensor-button.groovy

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metadata {
	definition (name: "Z-Wave Garage Door Contact Sensor Button", namespace: "techwithjake", author: "Tech With Jake") {
		capability "Garage Door Control"

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I then used this smart app to link the relay button to the tilt sensor that has the Simulated Garage Door DTH.

Garage Door Control after v2? Android

Okay guys… I upgraded to Hub 2.0 a couple of days ago. I think this should work as a solution… it’s a very simplistic SmartApp, but it should work… at least it does for me. You need to change the Multi-Sensor to SmartSense Garage Door Sensor Button in the IDE, then install the following program. Just input the sensor and the associated relay/switch and then tapping the SmartSense Garage Door Sensor Button will trigger the relay or switch. (If you’re using a switch/outlet – like me – you’ll want to setup an automation in Smart Lights that turns off the outlet as soon as it’s turned on so it’s ready to be trigger the next time you need it.) /** * Virtual Garage Triggers Outlet * * Author: chrisb */ // Automatically generated. Make future change here. definition( name: "Virtua…

Then to make sure the relay turns back off I use webCoRE to turn it off 1 second after it turns on.

How can I make Alexa detect a sensor status and carry out an action based on it? (Garage Door use case)

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