Does anyone know if there’s an approach that would allow Alexa to be used as an extension of a door bell? I have a regular door bell that I’m about to add a Samsung multi-sensor to in order to know when the bell is being run. We’re doing this for a few reasons. The two biggest are the desire to be …

[image] rontalley: You still can’t force Echos to do stuff without using voice. However, I’ve installed Lanouncer on my Fire Tablet(s) which now allows them to be seen as end points in SmartThings! This mixed with Action Tiles make these little cheap tablets really cool for Room Controllers. E…

So given this situation, does anyone have ideas on how best to improve the situation with the doorbell without resorting to replacing the bell itself?

The Nexia doorbell sensor is very popular and easy to use. It’s a Z wave device that will send a message to the hub when the existing Doorbell goes off, so then you can do whatever you want based on that. https://www.amazon.com/Nexia-Z-Wave-Doorbell-Sensor-DB100Z/dp/B017VVO9QQ [image] …

Thanks JD, you said, “you can do whatever you want based on that”… The key question I’m stuck on is WHAT might I do based on that? I had hoped to just have the Alexa devices sound off, but now that that’s out (for now) what else makes sense?

People do all different kinds of things it just depends on what works for you. Once you have something like the Nexia sensor in place then you can use that as the trigger, and for the event Change light to a different color or blink them send yourself a push message on your phone/smart watch …

Thanks. This helps. I have three LIFX bulbs that are just sitting unused and this might be their calling.

I use a fibaro door sensor which i glued to my door bell ‘siren’. i then removed the LED from the siren and put the cables into the fibaro 12v sensor. when someone presses the door bell the fibaro gets an active signal and then i get a notification on my device saying someone is at the door. I use…

sorry my mistake, not 12v its 3v, 2x AA’s. i have seen others here use the same method. i’ve had it running like this for 18 months with no issues. i also cant find anything that says its a dry-contact 0v. All i can see in the manual - input is a type of input contact which does not have a volta…

ok thanks for the heads up. will take a look. i also used a resistor, cant remember what ohms it was, would the 3v relay replace it?

This works now. Amazon just added the ability to create routines based on the states of smart home devices (including virtual ones) so as long as you can trigger a state change (in webcore, for example) you can now have Alexa say ANYTHING you want (well, maybe not curses), read the weather, set the …

Use Alexa as Extended Door Bell?

SmartApps & Automations Automation Ideas

JDRoberts September 11, 2018, 4:36pm 18

You can, but you will have to have a separate echo routine for each state. So you will do all the complex logic over on the SmartThings side and then set a virtual contact sensor to trigger the echo routine that causes the speech to occur.

Topic		Replies	Views
FAQ: Can I trigger an Echo Action without Speaking to It? FAQ alexa , project_alerts , project_voice , project_sensors	47	69511	August 9, 2022
Make Alexa wake up and say something? Connected Things	140	8927	November 4, 2018
Using Contact and Motion Sensors to Trigger Alexa Routines (DTH in post 97) (Official Amazon Feature) Devices & Integrations	248	55936	August 12, 2020
Using presence and door sensor to trigger Echo weather, music, etc Devices & Integrations	19	17905	November 30, 2017
Sound notification (Alexa) Device Ideas	41	16552	January 25, 2017

Use Alexa as Extended Door Bell?

Related topics