Another ST user feeling frustrated

[lewis.heidrick]

@lewis.heidrick

Alternatively you could create a virtual switch along with a rule to turn off and on the switch when motion detected and when not in Hubitat and a routine in Alexa to piddle with the light.

This method will work for a quick and dirty to get it working.

Use a Motion Sensor or Virtual Switch to trigger an Alexa Routine

A very good point. I've left requests with Alexa Support a couple times requesting the capacity to use switches. A little while ago, I created a "Virtual contact with switch" driver (pasted below) using @cwwilson08's "Virtual motion with switch" pasted above. This allows a single virtual device to be accessed as a switch at the Hubitat end and a contact sensor at the Alexa end. You might find it useful. metadata { definition (name: "Virtual contact with Switch", namespace: "cw", author: "c…