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SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:43 am
by trevorsmith
......my zwave TRV devices? I installed the Amazon Echo-Hue emulator and I keep seeing reference to publishing devices to it so the plugin will find them. How do I do that?

Re: SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:55 pm
by jay (support)
Did you check out the directions? It tells you how to publish Indigo devices.

To be specific, however, thermostats aren't directly supported because the Hue bridge doesn't support anything but lights (on/off/dim). However, you can create a Virtual On/Off device and have the ON and OFF action groups do anything so that may be an option.

[MODERATOR NOTE] moved to the Alexa-Hue Bridge forum

Re: SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 1:56 pm
by trevorsmith
I must be being thick...I can't see anywhere that talks about publishing devices. However, I'll keep looking. Thanks

Re: SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:07 pm
by jay (support)
On this page, start at the Managing Devices section and continue reading...

Re: SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:14 pm
by trevorsmith
On the dialog entitled "Configure Emulated Hue Bridge" there are no devices in the drop down for me to publish....maybe I'm expecting something that I can't do....assign any old device already within Indigo to the virtual Hue bridge.

Thanks for the help, BTW

Re: SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 10:21 am
by jay (support)
What kind of devices do you have? The Hue hub (and therefore the plugin) only supports on/off and dimmer devices.

Re: SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:05 pm
by trevorsmith
Ok thank you. My misunderstanding

Re: SHould I expect Amazon Echo plugin to find.....

PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:21 pm
by ryanbuckner
Like Jay said, create a virtual ON/OFF device and have it do what you would like the Echo to control. Then pick that virtual device from the list.