I bought an outdoor wifi controlled switch by Tonbux (a 3 way waterproof plug-in). It is controlled through their app, called Smart Life. It is Alexa and IFTTT compatible.
I got Alexa to recognize the device. I got IFTTT to sync with the app, too.
What is the best way to get the switch to display on my HA?
It is interesting that certain devices hooked up to my HA (such as the Gogogate and Roku) have been recognized by the Alexa (I believe due to the fact that they are hooked to each other). Unfortunately the HA isn’t recognizing the Alexa recognized device.
Any feedback or suggestions are appreciated.
As far as I know it only works one way - Alexa will discover HA devices but not the other way around.
You need to add the device to HA then have Alexa discover devices. It should then be available to Alexa via HA.
Thanks for the response finity.
Looks like I need to add an IFTTT device. I saw how to do that on the boards somewhere… 