I was asking ALexa the other day the status of the garage door opener. Depending on how I set it, it would not understand or say “that’s not supported yet”. So I figured if I created a sensor that would hold the state it would be exposed to Alexa and allow me to ask it the current state.
- platform: template
sensors:
garage_door_status:
friendly_name: 'Garage Door State'
value_template: '{{ states.cover.garage_door_opener.state }}'
So this does contain the status but when I open up the Alexa app and look for new devices it doesn’t find it. Not sure if it can find a sensor but is there a way to get Alexa to tell me if the garage door is open or closed?
Thanks.
JR