saosinx88
March 12, 2020, 10:13pm
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Virtual switches, used with an automation to trigger at dusk/dawn, and using Alexa as the man in the middle to control the lights based on said virtual switch. Pretty easy!
This should help:
I am pleased to announce the release of my Alexa Virtual Device Creator (was formally a virtual switch creator). While virtual devices are rather easy to create in the IDE, sometimes you are not near a computer and only have your mobile device with your SmartThings app. This app will allow you create virtual devices…either a momentary tile, a virtual motion detector or an “Alexa Switch” which is ‘stateless’ (meaning if you send an ON command to it while it is on, it will still allow ON to pass through to other apps. Usually apps have to see a transition from OFF to ON).
The documentation is here: Alexa Virtual Device Creator - Things That Are Smart Wiki
While these native Alexa routines are powerful, they do lack certain functionality. So, if you use a virtual device you can attach it vi…