Every thing is in that post. Its nice an easy.,
I was using the stock Z Wave Device type with my Go Control Garage Door opener and Echo / Alexa would not allow voice commands to either open or close even though I received an āOKā response from Alexa. I installed this custom code for the Linear GD00Z Wave garage door opener and not Alexa can open and close the garage door using voice commands.
This is a great help. One thing I noted was that one can not issue back to back commands to open and close the garage door and have them be acted upon. There is about a 30 second delay that needs to be observed before one issues a close command after the open command to have it recognized.
Is this a setting in the code that I can alter? If so what line of code controls this delay?
my modified stock version adds switch control so alexa can use itā¦
This is my second try at adding a custom device handler. I was successful on my first one (a Bloomsky) with the help of JDās tutorial, but that was many beers ago. Iāve been using Tacoās guide, N00bs guide to ST & GD00Z (Garage Door Controller) to help me install Bamarayneās device type.
The problem is my developer page doesnāt show the options that Taco pictures in his tutorial. There is no āMy Device Typesā to click on. Just, my location, my hubs & my devices. Is this because Iām still on the V1 hub?
Edit: never mind, I figured it out. I was in the āmanageā part, not the ādeveloper toolsā part of of the IDE. I think that same thing messed me up the first time I tried to use it.
Need some help please. For 3 weeks everything worked perfect. I could open my garage door with Alexa, the STās app & smarttiles. Now nothing will open or close it. The tilt sensor is stuck on āopenā.
Any ideas?
Could just be the battery on the sensor.
Does it work at all via ST? If not then you might need to just change but the battery and re-pair the tilt sensor.
There are a few threads floating around about how to do this.
Thanks, Iāll give that a try.
Still need some help. Everything worked perfect, STās app, STiles & Alexa. Then I had a 30 second power outage & then nothing worked. Unplugged the Linear GD00Z for 30 seconds & then my STās app & STiles can control my garage door.
But Alexa is ānot sure how to help me with thatā. The opener shows up in my Alexa devices. I āforgotā it & re-added the device, still no luck with Alexa. Any ideas?
Edit: In the Alexa app it shows my garage door opener as a ādeviceā, not a switch. Iām guessing that my be my problem? Sorry, I only know enough about my STās toys to piss my wife off.
SO every thing was working find a week ago, but know Alex does not recognizes the voice command āAlexa open or close the garage door. Know i have to say " Alexa garage on or offā
Same here, on/off works but not close/open! My blinds are doing the same thing.
āEdit: In the Alexa app it shows my garage door opener as a ādeviceā, not a switch.ā
Are you referring to the official app called āAmazon Echoā? I donāt even have a device section. Mine is currently working but I just installed it and tested it once. I can say Open and Close.
Maybe uninstall the Echo app and reinstall it. Maybe switch your device type back to āz-wave garage openerā and try adding it as a switch and then change it back after its detected as a switch.
Iām so new to this. How does one āadd the codeā in step 2 above. Really need it dumbed down.
Hi, I have the Gocontrol garage door openerā¦ works fine in Smartthings, but Alexa cant find it. Also, I have read these posts and people refer to an Alexa app in the Smartthings Smarftapp section? I dont see this on my ST spp. Can anyone help? Thanksā¦