How To Close Smarthings Garage Door With Alexa

To learn more check out amazon alexa smartthings custom automations and scenes.

How to close smarthings garage door with alexa.

Then try close the garage door note at this time amazon alexa is having problems controlling some home automation devices. Once she is done go into the amazon echo android app and make sure your garage door is there. Edit the devices alexa can control. Open the garage door this turn on the switch and the door opens close the garage door turns off the switch and the door closes.

Door locks garage door openers security systems security devices cameras and smart cooking appliances. After this run discovery in the alexa app or ask alexa to discover devices. In the smartthings classic app the garage door sensor now appears green when closed and yellow when opened. Step 7 tell alexa to discover your devices.

In looking at the works with smartthings page it seems that there isn t an opener that inherently connects to smartthings as there are only 2 add on devices that connect to it gocontrol and iris. Routine 2 when you say alexa close the garage door. Very simple fix and it works every time. Originally part of the enhanced z wave garage door controller device handler it has been enhanced and made compatible with a wide variety of garage door controllers including myq virtual garage door controller and other.

When you authorize your smartthings account in the amazon alexa app by default alexa. One with an open garage door action and one with a close garage door action triggers are not required. In this video i will show you one way to control your garage door using alexa. Since alexa by.

Controlling smart home devices through your home with alexa is not only fun but very convenient. Since the device driver has the switch capability i just created to alexa routines. Previously the colors used where blue for closed and orange red for opened looking through the recently section for the device. Using amazon s echo device alexa to open my garage door with smartthings smartthings alexa echo amazon.

On popular request request here is a smartapp to have the garage door open and close automatically when people arrive or leave with timers actions and motion detection. Once this process is done these routines will appear under the scenes menu in the alexa app.