When you set askAlexa up, you can choose the name as well. It’s part of the lambda set up
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Just noticed that! Its funny I have been using it wrong for like months. Super excited to get home and get this working.
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Where do I find AskAlexa? When I google it, it just shows me stuff I can ask lol.
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Where can I find Ask Alexa app? I have searched the skills apps in Alexa and don’t see it.
Go here for very good directions and all of the links.
Ok, so it’s not just a simple downloadable app. You need a developer account and lambda. Bummer, it sounded like just what I was hoping for.
Its really not that hard. @MichaelS has set up some great instructions. Most likely you will always fall in the free teir of Lambda.
Took me maybe 30 minutes to set up first time. Out of the box Ask Alexa does not support Open command, you have to add it.
Let me know if you have difficulty installing this…it is time consuming but worth it once you get it working.
What fyi you mean you had to add the open function? Is that just for the blinds? I haven’t used it for that and I was just going off of it working for doors.
Blinds are considered Dimmers by Smartthings. Open looks like its just for the Garage doors. I am still looking through the code .
When I try the open command I get the response of “For the Large Shades dimmer, be sure to use an ‘on’, ‘off’, ‘toggle’ command or brightness level setting.”
I believe I just need to update groupResults function, but that thing is a beast. Debating whether to make a new group in the setup. Once I get some more time I will play around with it.
Gotcha, thanks fur clearing that up. I’m not able to look through the code right now.
Interesting, I have got some other plans. I will keep you posted regarding how it works out.
So last night I create some Macro’s in Ask Alexa to open/close shades and they work perfect.
Now I say
“Alexa, ask Smartthings to Open Shades halfway” to open 50%.
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See I like IFTTT because it’s shorter to say. “Alexa, trigger open shades”. Granted there is sometimes a 5-10 second delay because of IFTTT, but that’s ok for blinds.
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Its not that many more words, and ask Alexa can have a custom response. I kinda like naming my house and having it say things back to me.
This commands lets me trigger multiple blinds and set the level. In the living room I like the shades open halfway. IFTT does not support dimmers, but you could probably get around that with a virtual switch.
IFTT is stiil a good solution. There are multiple ways to interact with all the IoT.
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I see this is an old thread but I was looking for an answer to the “on/off” command with voice using “open/close”. Found this in another forum.
Creating a routine in ST, and then setting up a routine in the Alexa app with a custom voice command, achieves this.
In ST, create a routine to open blinds, selecting “turn on” as the thing to do. Do the same for close with “turn Off”. Then in Alexa, update devices to enroll the new routines. In Alexa, create a new routine with a custom voice command, such as “Alexa, open blinds”. Select action/smarthome/control scene and select the routine (turn on) that was created in ST. Do the same for close/turn off. I find there is about 3 seconds delay, but it works.