Smart sensors are useful, and help us to monitor if the door or window is open, whether there is movement in a specific area, or even if a water leak happens. But getting alerts from these sensors through the associated app is not enough, as it may be drowned in the mass of app push notifications.
But if you have an Amazon Echo, by taking advantage of the TTS(Text To Speech) feature of Alexa routines, you can now have your Echo alert you with voice prompts when the status of the sensor changes, and even customize the prompts, like âYour door is openâ when door sensor opened, âThere is a movement in my garageâ when PIR sensor is triggered, or other meaningful even quirky prompts you wanted, furthermore, active time can be customized also to avoid unnecessary disturbance.
Following the steps below right now, set up your unique voice alerts and level your smart home to the next stage.
Step 1. Account Linking
Link your eWeLink account to Alexa first. Learn how to finish accounting linking in 30 seconds here.
Step 2. Syncing Devices
Sync your devices to Alexa App. Enter the Devices page in Alexa App. âxx devices discoveredâ will appear at the top of the page. Tap âViewâ to sync.
Step 3. Create a Routine
First, go into âMore > Routinesâ, and tap â+â to create a routine.
Enter the routine name.
Add condition: tap â+â, select âSmart Homeâ, and then choose a sensor. Here we take a bedroom door sensor as an example. Last, choose one status to trigger actions. We choose âOpenâ in this case.
Add action: tap â+â, select âAlexa Saysâ, and and then we can customize what Alexa should say according to the sensor we choose. For example, we could provide text like âBedroom door is open.â
Add effective period: you can select any period if necessary. Ignore it if you donât need to set it.
Choose a broadcasting device: donât forget to choose an Alexa device like Echo Dot to play the response. It turns the text we provided into spoken words.
Check out the tutorial video.
There are lots of cases waiting to be explored with Alexa routines and eWeLink smart devices, like streaming live video to your Echo show when your camera detects a motion, etc.
Free to place your idea in our forum and inspire more users here.