So I have an MQTT Climate control setup and working well, however even though this shows up in Alexa as a smart control if I go into it it just shows a disabled thermostat temprature and says ‘there was a problem’ anyone have this working in Alexa hassio official alexa skill??
I am having the same issue. I am see two error messages in the log:
climate.main (<class ‘homeassistant.core.State’>) has unsupported operation_mode value ‘OFF’
File “/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/alexa/smart_home.py”, line 436, in get_property
raise _UnsupportedProperty(name)
homeassistant.components.alexa.smart_home._UnsupportedProperty: thermostatMode
I worked around this issue by setting my modes to ‘idle’, ‘cool’, and ‘heat’.
Now the Alexa app shows the mode and the temperature, but I don’t see a way to control the thermostat. Voice controls work for reporting the temperature and setting the temperature, but I get a “did not respond” status when setting the temperature. I have not got Alexa to switch the mode.
Same issue here.
I could see the ‘idle’, ‘cool’ and ‘heat’ worked but didn’t know why. I think I have finally figured this out.
From the Alexa documentation the thermostateMode can be set to “AUTO”, “COOL”, “ECO”, “HEAT” and “OFF”
Properties
| Property Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
targetSetpoint |
Temperature | Indicates one temperature setpoint, which is used for single and triple mode thermostat values. |
lowerSetpoint |
Temperature | Indicates the lower temperature threshold, which is used for reporting dual and triple mode thermostat values. |
upperSetpoint |
Temperature | Indicates the upper temperature threshold, which is used for reporting dual and triple mode thermostat values. |
thermostatMode |
ThermostatMode | Indicates the thermostat mode for the device. Supported values: “AUTO”, “COOL”, “ECO”, “HEAT” and “OFF” |
In alexa/smart_home.py the climate operation mode is trying the map between Home Assistant and Alexa
Blockquote
PI_THERMOSTAT_MODES = {
climate.STATE_HEAT: ‘HEAT’,
climate.STATE_COOL: ‘COOL’,
climate.STATE_AUTO: ‘AUTO’,
climate.STATE_ECO: ‘ECO’,
climate.STATE_IDLE: ‘OFF’,
climate.STATE_FAN_ONLY: ‘OFF’,
climate.STATE_DRY: ‘OFF’,
}
In whatever climate module you are using you can only have the above values. Not perfect but nothing ever is. I guess this is a limitation of an Alexa Smart Home skill.
I to have it working with Alexa for three modes Auto Heat Off, but bigger issue which i face and would like to no if you do to. if I ask alexa the temp it works ok, but if I ask to change temp or a mode even though it does work alexa states the device is not responding