Since it’s Christmas today, I have a little gift for all pimatic users that already own an Amazon echo.
I’ve just finished a new plugin called pimatic-echo. When activating the plugin, you can ask Alexa to scan your network for new devices and she will find all supported devices automatically. After that you can ask her to switch these devices on or off. Currently this is the only thing you can do. I’m planning to extend this to dimming lights later on. Alexa herself also just supports switching, dimming and controlling thermostats. But i guess there is more to come.
The supported devices include the following device classes:
- DummySwitch
- DummyDimmer
- ButtonsDevice (just the first defined button)
- All devices extending from ShutterController (Shutters will go up when switched on and vice versa)
- All lights from pimatic-led-light and pimatic-hue-zll
As long as the plugin isn’t available via the pimatic plugins page, you can just add the following to the plugins section of your config:
{
"plugin": "echo"
}
If you have any issues please report here or if you found a bug or have a feature request don’t hesitate to raise an issue at https://github.com/michbeck100/pimatic-echo/issues.
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