Alexa routines and Hubitat

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Hi. I am new to the world of home automation. A couple of months ago I purchased an Amazon Echo. Things snowballed from there. I added Hue lamps and a motion sensor. I soon discovered some limitations with this setup.

After reading some good things about Hubitat, I decided to go down this route. I have had my Hubitat for all of four days! I now have some issues I would like some help with.

I have a routine which I start using Alexa. This is setup in the Alexa app. I would like to say a command to Alexa, but the routine run in Hubitat. Is this possible?

I have a routine which runs on Hubitat in the morning, bringing on lights. Is there a way of using this to get Alexa to play music?

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I've used virtual switches to connect actions between my Echo devices and HE. For instance, I can say 'Alexa, Goodbye'. It triggers an Echo routine that turns a virtual switch named Away to on. I then have Rule Machine trigger various actions (e.g. turn off lights, set HE mode to Away, turn down HVAC, etc.).

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Thanks. I am looking into virtual switches now.

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I have created a virtual switch, but Alexa does not see it as a device. How do I get Alexa to use it?

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did you install the hubitat skill for alexa? And authorize the virtual switch?

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I just deleted the Skill and reinstalled it. It picked up the switch. there I s probably a better way to do it!

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If you go into the Alexa Skill on the apps tab, you should be able to select individual devices to share with Alexa.

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There should be a "refresh" command...I think I've told Alexa to refresh my devices or something similar in the past. It doesn't happen automatically.

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"Discover my Devices" is the command. Although Alexa has been automatically finding mine lately. As soon as I add it the the Alexa Skill app I get a notification in the Alexa app with the new device.

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Thanks all. I now have it working.