Are virtual switch possible and compatible with Alexa?

[juansa (Juan)]

Hi all,

I have several sensors added to Tuya / Smart life but they are not detected by HA (don’t know if there is a possible way to integrate it, but as for now I’ve been unable to do it). I manage to do the integration using Alexa and everytime that a dor is open, to activate the switch, but I’m using a real switch only for it.
My idea would be to use a virtual switch to do this action, so that then HA can read that the switch is active and do the automations. I read that SmartThings was allowing to do it, but since they changed this year to the new app, I didn’t find a way to do it.
Any ideas on how to solve this? I tried different forums but all the information is outdated.
Thanks in advance for your help! (sorry if I posted this in the incorrect category, but was the closest one that I thought was correct).
Regards,

[lonebaggie]

try this

GitHub - rospogrigio/localtuya: local handling for Tuya devices

This will add tuya devices without cloud connection

or

Tuya

To connect devices via tuya cloud

You can use a virtual bulb to add a switch to alexa

Create a virtual Dimmer or light template for Alexa

I have created lots of automation’s via the Alexa routines feature, which then switches input boolean components in HA to action the request. This is getting cumbersome using one input boolean for each routine. I would like to create a virtual dimmer in HA then expose this entity to Alexa. This would give me a 100 different responses via the dimmer, using just one entity, is this possible?

[juansa (Juan)]

Hi,

Thanks I just replied on that topic, as after a few attempts, I have not managed to integrate it inside Alexa.

Regards and thanks!