Is there any way to flag an Alexa voice command through ISY?

Specifically I would like to sense voice commands and act upon them through ISY programming. I am aware of Smart Home routines and could possibly build something that turns on a fake device in ISY but I am looking for a cleaner more direct way to sense an Alexa voice triggered command within the ISY itself. Possible?

 

I would like to differentiate between voice triggers and keypad button presses / programs etc.

Edited December 12, 20177 yr by mango

I would suggest to use state variables, or programs.

 

If you want to use dimming, then use a state variable. You can expose it to Alexa as a light. Then a program can actually turn on/off the light or set the brightness level whenever the state variable changes.

 

If you don't use dimming, then you could directly control a progran (On = then, Off = Else), and do whatever you want in it, including turning your device on or off.

 

Benoit

Hi Benoit,

 

Thank you for your help! My specific question is:

 

Does/can ISY differentiate between an Alexa voice triggered action as opposed to any other tradiional action? If so, I would like to build upon this.

If I log ISY when performing a voice command, I don't see any difference in/out compared to pressing a switch for the same action.

 

A clunky way to acheive what I want is to create Alexa only driven scenes/programs, but I am loathed to do that because of duplication.

Edited December 12, 20177 yr by mango

ISY is not aware of an action by Alexa vs other means. This is why I was proposing to use an intermediary (state var or program).

 

However, if we are considering only lights, and you want to differentiate between physical action vs other means, then yes it’s possible.

 

In your program, use ‘control’ instead of ‘status’. Control is triggered only by physically actions on the switch.

 

Benoit

 

 

 

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Ahh yes I think I understand, thank you. I will ponder this a bit more.