If anyone is trying to integrate Amazon Smart Thermostat, Amazon Echo Glow, or Amazon Smart Plug into Home Assistant, here is a basic chart of what has worked for me. Home Assistant entities are climate, sensor, select for the thermostat; light for the glow; switch for the smart plug.
Stability Note: Homebridge Alexa Smart Home Plugin
The plugin is generally stable, but it occasionally loses connection to the Amazon Account and requires re-authentication.
I haven’t found a pattern for this drop yet. The next time the connection is lost, I plan on looking for a way to set up a detection system in Home Assistant to notify me immediately when the failure occurs, instead of waiting until I notice it’s broken.
I’m the maintainer of the Alexa Devices Home Assistant integration, which provides support for Echo devices and other Alexa-related features.
I’d love to add full support for Amazon Thermostats and Amazon Smart Plugs, but there’s one problem: I don’t own either of these devices, and I don’t plan to use them in my home.
If you’d like to see these devices supported, I’d really appreciate your help. There are two ways you can contribute:
Volunteer for a remote session so I can inspect the devices and understand how they work in real time.
I have the Amazon S6ED3R Smart Thermostat running on my network.
I have somewhat limited control over it with HomeBridge (not nearly enough information is returned fast enough for automations), but if you want to sniff around and see what is going on, I’d be happy to help just to get better integration with your already awesome Alexa Devices integration.
I never knew how much information those little Echo devices broadcast out until your integration.
Stability Note: Homebridge Alexa Smart Home Plugin