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General Category => Amazon Echo Discussion => Topic started by: kevin1844 on December 13, 2018, 10:32:44 am

Title: "away" lighting
Post by: kevin1844 on December 13, 2018, 10:32:44 am

I have several Hue lights, some WeMo switches, and some other brand of switch that I use to control my lighting. Is there a skill that will randomly control the different lights to look like we're home when we're away? I can see that Hue has something, but that only covers the Hue lights.

Title: Re: "away" lighting
Post by: renegade600 on December 13, 2018, 03:07:06 pm

look in their specific apps.  I know you can do it with both hue and wemo. 

Title: Re: "away" lighting
Post by: kenf on December 13, 2018, 03:33:42 pm

I believe what you need is Alexa's Guard update to come out:
https://www.cnet.com/news/amazons-alexa-guard-can-alert-you-if-an-echo-detects-smoke-alarm-breaking-glass/

it's more than noise detection, it includes the turning on of lights while you are away.

Title: Re: "away" lighting
Post by: AlanH on December 13, 2018, 05:17:32 pm

The Kasa app for TP-Link smart plugs has an “Away” setting within the app.

Title: Re: "away" lighting
Post by: buffaloquinn on December 13, 2018, 08:06:07 pm

Alexa routines can be run on schedules now, including options to repeat daily. You could set up a few of them to turn on different lights at different times of the day and vray the routine on different days,

Title: Re: "away" lighting
Post by: renegade600 on December 14, 2018, 05:18:13 am

Quote from: buffaloquinn on December 13, 2018, 08:06:07 pm

Alexa routines can be run on schedules now, including options to repeat daily. You could set up a few of them to turn on different lights at different times of the day and vray the routine on different days,

\yea, there are so many different ways to do it now and more in the future that the hard part is to decide on the setup  :-)