Amazon Echo commands supported by Wireless Tags

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Sam

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Jan 10, 2017, 4:29:58 PM1/10/17
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Support... would it be possible to list all the commands available to us from our wireless tags that the Amazon Echo can execute? 

Thank you!
Sam

Zhiheng Cao

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Jan 10, 2017, 4:54:24 PM1/10/17
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Do you mean the Wireless Tag smart home skill or Wireless Tag Informational skill?
Amazon basically allows you to say turn on, turn off, increase temperature etc, and the target will be shown to you when you first "discover devices" with that skill. 

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Slim Nil

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Jan 10, 2017, 5:07:21 PM1/10/17
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I have the Wireless Tag Skill enabled on my Echo.  i would like to know the various commands I can give Alexa such as… "Arm front door tag”, “Disarm front door tag”, “What is the temperature of the Front Door tag”, etc.  All my tags are basically used in a Door/Gate mode but I do use them to check temperatures as well at the various locations.

STOP THE PRESS.  I had not heard of the Information skill.  I searched for it on the web and read your writeup.  That’s what I was looking for.  Thank you for the fast response !!!!

Sam

Zhiheng Cao

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Jan 10, 2017, 7:27:19 PM1/10/17
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No you cannot say the verb "arm" etc it is not supported by the Amazon
Smart Home Skill. Instead you will say "turn on front door tag
motion". Please read
https://store.wirelesstag.net/blogs/news/amazon-alexa-echo-integration.
The list of names that you can say after "turn on" will be shown after
you do "device discovery" after connecting this skill.
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Sam

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Jan 11, 2017, 5:01:08 PM1/11/17
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Zhiheng,

Having some trouble getting the Amazon Echo to recognize "Turn on front door tag motion" as you mentioned below.  One of my tags is named "Front Door".  I am able to arm all tags with "Alexa, turn on all motion tags" and disarm all of them with "Alexa, turn off all motion tags". However I cannot get an individual motion tag to use the same command. Works through IFTTT only at this point. The response I received from Alexa when saying "Turn on front door tag motion, or "Turn on front door motion"  as stated on the Wireless Tag website is "That device doesn't work on Front Door motion". What is the correct command to ask Alexa to arm/disarm one motion tag?  I've also tried "Alexa, ask wireless tag {tag name} to turn on motion".  No go.

I have success with "Alexa, ask wireless tag {tag name} what the temperature is", and "Alexa, ask wireless tag {tag name} what the humidity is".

When I say "Alexa, turn on {tag name} beeper", it works fine even though Alexa says "Sorry {tag name} is not responding. Strange.

Thank you for your continued support !!!
Sam
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