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    A couple of questions:

    I have been testing this plug-in with HS3 to add Alexa support to an Omni panel and so far most of it has been working great.

    I have a few questions on some wording as it relates to Voice Commands and Echo (Alexa):

    It is not very easy to run HAI Buttons with Alexa as she has a very hard time with the word "Execute". Am I missing something?

    My thought would it would be easier to say "Tell HomeSeer to Run Macro [Name]" or "Tell HomeSeer to Run Button [Name]" if that helps.

    The other voice issue I am having is with Thermostats. Alexa seems to have trouble with the word "Idle" when trying to turn a thermostat to Mode OFF. Is there a reason behind "Idle" vs "Off?"

    As a general Plug-in question, I do not see Access Control so I cannot control door strikes or Z-Wave/ZigBee locks, am I missing it or is that a planned addition?

    Thank you and great job on the plug-in so far.

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    Originally posted by bjhampe View Post
    I have been testing this plug-in with HS3 to add Alexa support to an Omni panel and so far most of it has been working great.

    I have a few questions on some wording as it relates to Voice Commands and Echo (Alexa):

    It is not very easy to run HAI Buttons with Alexa as she has a very hard time with the word "Execute". Am I missing something?

    My thought would it would be easier to say "Tell HomeSeer to Run Macro [Name]" or "Tell HomeSeer to Run Button [Name]" if that helps.
    I dont use the Skill (which is the "Tell Homeseer to...") but I do use the Echo API. With the API, you can say "Turn on/off..." or even "Open/Close..."
    I have not used HAI buttons via Alexa, but what you could do is create a virtual device and trigger an event to execute that button by turning the virtual device off/on.


    Originally posted by bjhampe View Post
    The other voice issue I am having is with Thermostats. Alexa seems to have trouble with the word "Idle" when trying to turn a thermostat to Mode OFF. Is there a reason behind "Idle" vs "Off?"
    No, "Idle" just came from the HAI protocol docs. You can change it to "Off" on the Status Graphics tab.

    Originally posted by bjhampe View Post
    As a general Plug-in question, I do not see Access Control so I cannot control door strikes or Z-Wave/ZigBee locks, am I missing it or is that a planned addition?

    Thank you and great job on the plug-in so far.
    I have not implemented access controls and it's not on my radar at this time.
    HS4Pro on a Raspberry Pi4
    54 Z-Wave Nodes / 21 Zigbee Devices / 108 Events / 767 Devices
    Plugins: Z-Wave / Zigbee Plus / EasyTrigger / AK Weather / OMNI

    HSTouch Clients: 1 Android

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      #3
      Thank you for the responses. I was able to change the wording around to make Buttons run properly and change the Idle to Off. I have also worked around the no Access Control support by using a Flag.

      Thanks again.

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        #4
        Ah - I forgot about flags - thats something I dont use in my setup, but need to get familiar with...
        HS4Pro on a Raspberry Pi4
        54 Z-Wave Nodes / 21 Zigbee Devices / 108 Events / 767 Devices
        Plugins: Z-Wave / Zigbee Plus / EasyTrigger / AK Weather / OMNI

        HSTouch Clients: 1 Android

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