CardAccess Devices and Alexa

[snipboy]

My garage doors are wired up and control through CardAccess Contact Sensors. Is there any way I can use Alexa to control these doors? They don't even show up in a scan. I noticed I can not use them for programming inside of When/If inside of Customer.control4.com -- so i am guessing it can't be done? Maybe through a scene in composer?

[msgreenf]

You can use the voice scenes driver to create voice scenes to sync to alexa

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[chopedogg88]

I assume you mean card access relays. Otherwise you won't be able to control the doors if you only have contact sensors.

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[snipboy]

Thanks guys. I found a way in Composer to utilize an Alexa identified, but unused device elsewhere in my system and then put in some conditional statements to control the garage doors when that unused device is triggered by C4. Works like a charm! It gives me the stealth I need as well, so someone can't come up to Alexa and easily figure out what to say. 

[kevinmuise]

Please share.  

[snipboy]

First, you need Composer.... if you don't have it, you can't build it. 

Find a switch or other device in your system that you aren't using or you can trigger inside of Alexa today. 

Create a condition that if that device is triggered, or turned on, it will trigger the Card Access devices at the same time. Turn it on, it opens the doors because of the conditions. Turn it off, and it triggers to close the doors. The solution is shockingly simple, but elusive -- and requires Composer. 

In the Alexa app, make sure primary device is enabled and can have commands voiced to it. C4 does everything else behind the scenes on the controller. 

Hope that helps!