Alexa Loxone Skill (echo, echo dot)

[Gast]

Okay-dokey, stay tuned

[Gast]

I might have missed something, but is there an amazon skill for loxone available or in the works? Is it something I can help test?

[Gast]

Nope, I managed (quite easily) to set up OpenHAB and connect it to Loxone. OpenHAB _does_ have an Alexa skill. So now I can say "Alexa, light on!" - lo and behold, lights go on

I promised a wiki page, which I will do as soon as I have time. In short:
1) set up OpenHUB
2) set up Loxone (just enable the addon!)
3) create devices manually (less trivial, via config files)
4) connect to myopenhab.org
5) set up Alexa

[Gast]

Nope, I managed (quite easily) to set up OpenHAB and connect it to Loxone. OpenHAB _does_ have an Alexa skill. So now I can say "Alexa, light on!" - lo and behold, lights go on

I promised a wiki page, which I will do as soon as I have time. In short:
1) set up OpenHUB
2) set up Loxone (just enable the addon!)
3) create devices manually (less trivial, via config files)
4) connect to myopenhab.org
5) set up Alexa

I remember trying something like this at a certain point with OpenHA (maybe, maybe not) but the annoying thing is that you would have to say "Alexa, blinds on" to move the blinds up. Not a big deal but it sounds weird and a better integration would be great.

[Gast]

Yes, blinds support is quite limited, and (I think) there's no scene support. For me, I can only do "set XYZ blinds to 100" but cannot do "close XYZ blinds" or similar. Easy to workaround by adding a virtual switch in Loxone that controls some blinds, and say "Alexa, darkness on" -- or similar. That's good enough and has quite some coolness value.

[Gast]

Yes, blinds support is quite limited, and (I think) there's no scene support. For me, I can only do "set XYZ blinds to 100" but cannot do "close XYZ blinds" or similar. Easy to workaround by adding a virtual switch in Loxone that controls some blinds, and say "Alexa, darkness on" -- or similar. That's good enough and has quite some coolness value.

I guess it's better than nothing. Will it a try again. Thanks.

[1Home]

We find it great that you're setting up your Smart Home - exciting times ahead :-)

We know how it feels when you're trying to configure everything and make it work... and sometimes it takes a while. We had to brainstorm a lot to provide our users with natural commands for blinds - up/down.

Anyhow, if you are not our user maybe we can help with this advice - when using Alexa, you could create a Routine in the Alexa app. Usually you can define the commands to use there and also select the percentage.

[Gast]

hi,

the easiest way so far, in my opinion, is th set up node-red and use the node-red Loxone Node and the Alexa Node
regards