What device types does the native Alexa support? Hue bridge was just like lights and switches.
Are fan device types now fully supported with the native plugin? Can’t wait to try it.
Ramias wrote:Any chance you can add fans as a device type?
Alexa now supports these: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs ... categories
Thanks
jay (support) wrote:As we state in the Alexa Plugin docs, only specific device types are supported. General purpose I/O devices are not given their nature.
We already have an item on our todo list to investigate ways we can implement generic I/O devices in some future release.
DU Lou wrote:jay (support) wrote:As we state in the Alexa Plugin docs, only specific device types are supported. General purpose I/O devices are not given their nature.
We already have an item on our todo list to investigate ways we can implement generic I/O devices in some future release.
Ahh... apologies Jay... I saw where the non-insteon fans aren't yet baked in but I assumed when I read the subsection about garages, coupled with the fact the I/O-Linc is Insteon that I was good to go.
If I opt to replace and update the Insteon I/O Linc (its old anyway), which of the following Indigo Compatible devices is the next best thing? https://www.indigodomo.com/devices/category/41/
Thanks again,
~Lou
jay (support) wrote:Yes. In fact, you should be able to piece together a Virtual On/Off Device: use an action group for ON, one for OFF, and a variable that represents the status of the door which gets updated by the sensor of your I/O device.
Then you publish that virtual device and select the type as Garage Door. It's possible that there might be some sync issues (alexa thinks it's open when it's closed and vice versa), though if you maintain the virtual device state via the action groups instead of the sensor it might alleviate that. You'll just need to play around with it.
Note: the skill is gone from the Amazon store while we work through the locale issues with Amazon - not sure if it's still working for you or not.
ryanbuckner wrote:This was going to be my first attempt. I got a little fuzzy around the action groups and toggle since the I/O takes the same command to open and close the door.
Here's what I was thinking :
- On Group: Action Group that opens Garage Door #1 (Does the Group need to know to execute only if it's closed?)
- Off Group: Action Group that closes Garage Door #1 (Does the Group need to know to execute only if it's open?)
-Toggle Group: Python based Action Group that checks the status of Garage Door #1 and opens or closes based on the result
- Status Variable: Variable that holds the status of ON or OFF based on the sensor state of Garage Door #1?
- Status Group - Not really sure what to do here
iolinc = indigo.devices[ID_OF_IOLINC]
if iolinc.states['binaryInput1']:
# The input is True (which I believe means closed, but I could have it backwards), so execute whatever you need to do here
indigo.iodevice.setBinaryOutput(iolinc, 0, True) # Temporarily open the output to actuate (open) the door
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