Get your Alexa replies to the device you've asked them to with VeraAlexa plug-in
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@rafale77 said in Get your Alexa replies to the device you've asked them to with VeraAlexa plug-in:
How do you name the lights then? Do you have a bunch of devices called "light"
Just place them in the same room and it's automatically done. Be sure to place the echo device in the same room. It should be work with TVs as well, thus I just have one connected to Alexa atm.
I won't post screenshots since my app is in Italian, but it's under groups.
Then be sure to place the echo as well.EDIT: my wife accidentally turned on every light in the rooms last night, because I grouped my son's room with ours, because it's so useful to just say 'turn off light/lights' from the bed and be sure the entire floor is darken
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Another idea: Getting an Ha bridge to run a scene which would run this function.
You can then reduce the number of habridge calls and go into any room and say alexa, turn light on and it would turn on the light of the exact room you are in.
Thinking about it, you may still need to keep the per room light commands in case you need to turn off a device in another room than the one you are in but it is one step in the right direction. -
Quick operational question about VeraAlexa...
I've got a nice Rule in MSR monitoring the 'LastResponse' variable, watching for mention of a "cookie". It then sends me an email, reminding me to visit alexa.amazon.com in order for the cookie to be created again.My question is: Must I also then go into my 'Alexa' device on Vera and manually change the 'Configured' value from 1 back to 0? I have been doing that, even adding a browser refresh after, but notice such a step is not mentioned in the "no cookie" message. So I'm probably overthinking things.
Thanks for any clarification!
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Quick operational question about VeraAlexa...
I've got a nice Rule in MSR monitoring the 'LastResponse' variable, watching for mention of a "cookie". It then sends me an email, reminding me to visit alexa.amazon.com in order for the cookie to be created again.My question is: Must I also then go into my 'Alexa' device on Vera and manually change the 'Configured' value from 1 back to 0? I have been doing that, even adding a browser refresh after, but notice such a step is not mentioned in the "no cookie" message. So I'm probably overthinking things.
Thanks for any clarification!
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I always know the day the cookie expires, even before MSR sends me the warning, because a very specific nighttime Rule (to turn off the screen of my Echo Spot) will fail to run, so the Echo Spot doesn't go "boop" at bedtime.
@librasun said in Get your Alexa replies to the device you've asked them to with VeraAlexa plug-in:
I always know the day the cookie expires, even before MSR sends me the warning, because a very specific nighttime Rule (to turn off the screen of my Echo Spot) will fail to run, so the Echo Spot doesn't go "boop" at bedtime.
Either my 'Shutting down the power / Sonic deadline is up' (1) won't be said, or the morning temperature report tends to tell me.
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