Michael,
I have 3 door senors in-place and connected with a siren. If I set it to Armed via the dashboard, then tripping any senor sets off the siren. Disarmed turns off the system.
I want to build a virtual switch for ALexa that does the same via voice control. Thanks
OkâŠthis sounds like what I documented here:
http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=Alexa_Helper#Panic_Commands
Michael,
Iâm in the Alexa Helper - My App section, setting up the scenario and I selected the panic scenario âŠ
Do I need to set up two scenarios, one to turn sensors+siren on , and another to turn sensors+siren off?
Or do I only need one scenario that covers both cases?
Thanks
Best practice (per me, so take this with a grain of salt) is to use two scenarios.
Hi Micheal, I created two panic actions in the Alexa helper, âSecurity Offâ - which activates âVirtual disarmâ, And âSecurity Onâ which Activates Virtual Arm. Virtual Arm and Disarm are the controls I see on my ST dashboard that enable /disable my security system (and they work form there). But when I say Security On to Alexa, she replies, "sorry what device?"
Do you know what this indicates?
If there an additional step that I am missing that actually enables the two panic actions?
Thanks
On thing Iâll add⊠I created Security On and Security Off under the âCreate New Alexa Scenarioâ,
Should I have used âAdd Virtual Switchâ instead?
Sorry I didnât respond until nowâŠbe sure to tag me in threads I am not the owner ofâŠ
With regard to your question, I would personally create two different switches with two different names, one for each scenario.
Hi Michael⊠My alexa-controled S.T. security setup (detailed in this thread) has been up and running fro a few moths, but it stopped working last weekendâŠ
Now, when I tell Alexa to turn Security On/turn Security Off - she doesnât respond and doesnât do it.
Are you aware of anything (ALexa helper?) that was broken by the recent updates? Thanks
NopeâŠAmazon is constantly making changes to their environment so are you able to set up a parallel instance and see if it doesnât work? Is there anything in the Live Logging that would indicate an issue in the code? Let me know and we can troubleshoot this together.
Michael,
IT started working again yesterday⊠maybe they rolled out a bug and then fixed it⊠but in any case, thanks again for your help.