A little late to the Echo party but I decided that I should give it a go, I use the smart home skill for ease but I would like to get my thermostats working. I don't have a real thermostat but instead have a number of other devices and scripts that mimic a thermostat and control is afforded through HS.
I've created two new devices as per the SDK that says that the root device is what Alexa looks for (in terms of name) and then it looks for a child device that has the control use pair set to heat set point to control the device. I've set the device type API on the root device to a thermostat and on the child device to a set point which the SDK seems to suggest is needed.
I've rediscovered devices in Alexa and the thermostat devices show up however when I issue a command it simply says 'the thermostat does not respond'. The device does not change either - does anyone know what I am missing here? It is not a plugin and hopefully I don't need to have it be one.
I've created two new devices as per the SDK that says that the root device is what Alexa looks for (in terms of name) and then it looks for a child device that has the control use pair set to heat set point to control the device. I've set the device type API on the root device to a thermostat and on the child device to a set point which the SDK seems to suggest is needed.
I've rediscovered devices in Alexa and the thermostat devices show up however when I issue a command it simply says 'the thermostat does not respond'. The device does not change either - does anyone know what I am missing here? It is not a plugin and hopefully I don't need to have it be one.
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