Jer78
August 19, 2018, 8:14pm
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Once you get it installed, there are some topics around the forum that should give you some ideas how to use it. Here’s some to get you started with Alexa
@nordlead2005 Good point! I should definitely change it to be more efficient. Thanks
@outrun I’m using the local Alexa node. Some people were having issues with it, but I think the same principles would work for the cloud based one.
So I took the plunge and installed Node-Red and the local Alexa skill. It was very easy to set up and works pretty good. One question I have for the more experienced users out there is, how would I program a flow that turns a switch/input_boolean on or off based on what I say to Alexa? So right now, I just have it toggle but if it’s already on and I ask Alexa “turn on the Fan” if the state is on, it shouldn’t toggle and turn off. Any ideas?