db2ace2 Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 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
stusviews Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 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.
PurdueGuy Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Have Alexa issue program commands, instead of targeting the device/scene itself.
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