Awesome, you are the man! I tried “Alexa, ask the house to tell me about the attic” and “Alexa, ask the house is the attic active” and they both worked great. The second one gave me the information in a format I liked the best, though. The answer was “Attic has been inactive since Tuesday, June 20 at 08:53 PM”.
You think it would be possible to get something like this out of a sensor like I have? Should I try something custom on my own or would it be something you do for everyone? I don’t know how many people have these sensors or even care about this type of setup, so just let me know if I should work on it on my end just for me. I’m a pretty quick study and will start really getting into this now.
Question: “Alexa, ask the house to tell me about the attic.” or “Alexa, ask the house to give me a report on the attic.”
Answer (USB Powered): “The temperature is currently at 72.7 degrees, relative humidity is 66 percent, light levels are dark, UV index is at 0, motion has been inactive since Tuesday, June 20 at 08:53 PM”
Answer (Battery Powered): “The temperature is currently at 72.7 degrees, relative humidity is 66 percent, light levels are dark, UV index is at 0, motion has been inactive since Tuesday, June 20 at 08:53 PM, and battery level is 78 percent.”
This thing also has lux and UV index but I can’t seem to figure out how to get that out of it besides seeing it on the SmartThings app
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That would be cool. I would put one of these in every room and can get a general report of the conditions in any given room. Temp, humidity, light levels, motion activity, etc. I have a custom enhanced device handler for this device now after I read more into it. I wonder if I have to change something on that end.
I know this might sound like useless info at the moment, but I would hope eventually there would be a way to use this data and poll all the sensors and take an average to get the general status of the house. You know, do this in baby steps but have the end goal in the back of our minds. Eventually the langauge could be very fluid and conversation like:
Question: “Alexa, ask the house to give me a quick status report.”
Answer: “The house has been quiet for most of the day with no movement, a little warm upstairs but cooler downstairs. Nothing unusal to report.”
Idk, I’m just making stuff up now but you get the idea.
Question: “Alexa, ask the house to give me a detailed status report.”
Answer: [Here it would be a longer more technical answer with averages of temp, humidity, etc. as well as listings of motion in different areas, etc.]
Am I nuts? or is this something people would be interested in?