I've been attempting to use the Homeseer skill through an Amazon Echo into HS3 to control RA2 lights.
I can use the native API just fine. As in "Alexa, turn off Office Ceiling" where "Office Ceiling" is one of my device names.
I can also use the Homeseer skill to do the same, "Alexa, tell Homeseer to turn off the Office Ceiling". That works.
Supposedly, according to the HS3 website, I should be able to use the skill for this:
"Alexa, tell Homeseer to turn off all the lights in the office"
But that doesn't work. I've asked in the Homeseer Skill forum:
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread...=1#post1262926
I'm wondering if there's something going wrong with how the RA2 plug-in is handling control of the devices? This is what shows up in the HS3 log:
But the Echo squawks back with "That command was not found on the device."
I can, of course, control the devices individually. But I can't do whole room at once. For the sake of simplicity I tried using the same structure on a room that I know has only one device in it. It also fails with the command not found error.
What am I missing here? Or are the docs wrong and there's some other approach I should be using with the Homeseer skill?
And note, I'm asking about using the Homeseer skill (Alexa, tell Homeseer) and NOT the native smart home API.
I can use the native API just fine. As in "Alexa, turn off Office Ceiling" where "Office Ceiling" is one of my device names.
I can also use the Homeseer skill to do the same, "Alexa, tell Homeseer to turn off the Office Ceiling". That works.
Supposedly, according to the HS3 website, I should be able to use the skill for this:
"Alexa, tell Homeseer to turn off all the lights in the office"
But that doesn't work. I've asked in the Homeseer Skill forum:
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread...=1#post1262926
I'm wondering if there's something going wrong with how the RA2 plug-in is handling control of the devices? This is what shows up in the HS3 log:
Code:
Sep-03 10:11:53 PM TTS Speak (json:):OK, I will turn off all lights in the office Sep-03 10:11:53 PM Info Heard: yes Sep-03 10:11:47 PM TTS Speak (json:):Please confirm turn off all lights in the office? Sep-03 10:11:47 PM Info Heard: turn off all lights in the office
I can, of course, control the devices individually. But I can't do whole room at once. For the sake of simplicity I tried using the same structure on a room that I know has only one device in it. It also fails with the command not found error.
What am I missing here? Or are the docs wrong and there's some other approach I should be using with the Homeseer skill?
And note, I'm asking about using the Homeseer skill (Alexa, tell Homeseer) and NOT the native smart home API.
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