I have a couple of the tplinks good just work. downside is they are quite bulky so for me push a sofa / tv stand a bit out too much and on one of my extension leads I loose a socket. I prefer hue bulbs for lighting, bit cheaper too for just white and use the plugs for other devices...like my fans
Cheers Jamie...2 more ordered!!
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You could probably link that together with a suitable IFTTT or Node Red recipe though couldn't you?
no, sadly they've chosen not to support ifttt triggers from harmony (ifttt-> harmony works fine, not the other way round). I did build a ifttt trigger to turn my plug on/off, but I can't trigger it
sadly they've chosen not to support ifttt triggers from harmony (ifttt-> harmony works fine, not the other way round)
Hmm that sucks.
But couldn't you create an IFTTT recipe that turns on the plug [i]and[/i] signals to Harmony, then you can call that from Alexa?
Giving this some thought what I would really like is a switch fitted to the RCD that turns off all the lights in the house. This would be useful in the morning when everyone leaves bedroom, bathroom lights on and goes out for the day.
you could probably build something simple that just trips the entire circuit 🙂 might not be the safest way to do things though
Found the other day that if you are setting multiple different timers (e.g. when cooking) then rather than saying [i]"Alexa, set a timer for 35 minutes"[/i] you can say [i]"Alexa, remind me in 35 minutes to take the turkey out of the oven"[/i]
Then when it goes off she will say "This is a reminder: take the turkey out of the oven", which saves trying to figure out which timer it is.
Also "Yes Sire" is a pleasing little game. Try it.
my 26 month old can now say Alex a play nursery rhymes and Alexa stop.....
purchasing has been switches off!
Thinking of getting a Dot and attaching it to my speakers. However, does anyone know if Amazon are planning to develop Alexa so that it has an even more powerful speaker?
GrahamS, that's a useful tip! Thanks!
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