johnmalachowsky Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Alexa now supports the "lock" command. When I use it on a light, alexa says that command is not available for that device. However, when I try to use it on one of my locks, alexa says it cannot find the device. However, when I say "tell isy to lock the ....." it works fine. Is it because the locks appear as locks and not devices in my portal. I assume it requires an update to the alexa skill. Do you have an estimated date for the update? John Link to comment
stusviews Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 The Alexa lock command is independent of the ISY. Which lock? Which skill, the lock skill or the ISY skill? Did you add the lock to Alexa? BTW, it's not a good idea to allow a voice to control a lock (unless you happen to be Ali Baba). Link to comment
Michel Kohanim Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Hello all, Benoit worked on lock/temperature over the weekend. It's still not 100%. With kind regards, Michel Link to comment
bmercier Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Alexa now supports the "lock" command. When I use it on a light, alexa says that command is not available for that device. However, when I try to use it on one of my locks, alexa says it cannot find the device. However, when I say "tell isy to lock the ....." it works fine. Is it because the locks appear as locks and not devices in my portal. I assume it requires an update to the alexa skill. Do you have an estimated date for the update? John Hello John, When you say "Alexa, tell isy to lock the .....", you are talking to the ISY custom skill. This has been working since the first implementation. Now, smart home skills (Alexa, lock ...) also support this since late February. This is currently developed and will be available on the next ISY Portal update. Note that you can only lock a door, or query the status. You cannot unlock. Alexa smart home skills do not support this for security reasons. Benoit Link to comment
AnthemAVM Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Hello John, When you say "Alexa, tell isy to lock the .....", you are talking to the ISY custom skill. This has been working since the first implementation. Now, smart home skills (Alexa, lock ...) also support this since late February. This is currently developed and will be available on the next ISY Portal update. Note that you can only lock a door, or query the status. You cannot unlock. Alexa smart home skills do not support this for security reasons. Benoit Very smart it doesn't unlock. I had my garage door working on my Alexia and if standing outside the house could get it to open the garage. Michael Link to comment
stusviews Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Very smart it doesn't unlock. I had my garage door working on my Alexia and if standing outside the house could get it to open the garage. The only restricted devices are door locks. Other devices such as voice commands to garage door openers, either Insteon or Z-Wave, are not restricted at all. If Alexa can hear you, then it will respond Link to comment
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