Not quite got it working yet though...get an unauthorised message when trying to enable.

Well not all systems go after all here. I'm having issues with Uk Skill it's not discovering all my devices and most of the time they show as offline. anyone else getting the same?

I just installed a virtual thermostat to test this. It does not appear in the alexa app so no, I don’t believe HE supports this yet. Routines in alexa work with any device it knows about and seems to work fine for controlling HE devices. Andy

Hi Andy, you saying routines work with devices connected through HE? I don't see the HE devices in the routine section. Jim

Open alexa app and go to... Routines Click the + to add a new routine. Then: ‘Add action’ Then: ‘Smart Home” Then: ‘Control Device’ You should now be able to select you devices (including HE devices) Works for me! :slight_smile: Andy

Thanks Andy, you are right they are there - I never got that far as I want them on the trigger side. I do not really have anything that's useful to trigger off at the moment and this was how I was thinking I would get Alexa to talk to me. I keep looking at your 'Message Central' as know that would g…

@Jim_UK Jim, what are you actually trying to achieve? I use alexa for controlling pretty much everything that is not 100% automated Like at night I say “goodnight’” to alexa and the tv and almost of the lights go out (except the hall and landing which come on at 25%, for two minutes, so I can wal…

Message Central is only any good if you have speakers and want the house to say something Here are the things I use it for at the moment... [image]

Maybe I need to think differently. Currently I use alexa and attach devices to the groups. So I say 'Alexa downstairs off' and she turns everything off in that group. What I want is Alexa to say 'There is motion outside' when one of my virtual switches (connected to arlo via IFTT) in HE gets trigger…

Unfortunately, at the moment, it is not possible to 'speak' natively through Alexa (Although I believe that someone is working on this using google home assistant) This is because Amazon do not currently allow you to send messages etc directly to Alexa There are cheaper ways to get your home to s…

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cwwilson08 October 16, 2018, 9:51am 22

So there is no official way to trigger Alexa to speak unsolicited. There is an unofficial way. I've been using it for several months without issue. Currently I have MC speaking all my announcements over my echo's.