Hello Team, 

 

I am new to using ECHO as of Christmas, and am enjoying it a lot, however there are some things that I don't seem to be able to make work any longer that I am hoping you can figure out.

 

Again I am very new to this so bear with me!

 

Prior to using ECHO to turn Devices and Scenes ON and OFF, I used ISY Programs to detect when a Program turned the device OFF or ON, or when CONTROL was executed from a SWITCH. Now ALEXA issues the ON or OFF, and I need a way to detect that she has done that. I do not want to monitor STATUS of the devices to determine that.

 

Here is my dillema.

 

Currently when I detect that CONTOL has been switched OFF on a device I can detect that and it triggers a PROGRAM to run that Becomes TRUE for 30 seconds using a WAIT. I then have a program that detects CONTROL ON from my Motion Sensor, and I do not allow that Motion program to run if the CONTROL OFF detection Program is TRUE.  That way when I turn a switch OFF, the Motion will not automatically set it back on again before I can leave the room. I have at least 30 seconds to get out.

 

Now with ECHO and ALEXA, she turns the device OFF however I have no way of knowing that has happened in the ISY program since CONTROL OFF is never triggered, so I have no way to tell the Motion Program to not respond and prevent it from turing the device back on before I can leave the room.

 

Any Thoughts on how to do this?   Is there any way I can give ALEXA a single OFF command and make the ISY program know they she did that?

 

Thanks 

Charles Seiler

 

Control only works when the device itself is operated. If you want to trigger a program on the change of state when the device is remotely controlled, then use Status.

Have Alexa issue program commands, instead of targeting the device/scene itself.