Alexa, Raise/Lower. Hey Google, Lock/Unlock

You can now use Raise, Lower, Open, and Close with Alexa.

To enable this feature:

— On ISY Portal, go to Select Tools | Connectivity | Amazon Echo

— Edit one of your “spokens”

— In the Alexa Category, choose one of these new options:
    Device with Open/Close syntax
    Device with Set/Lower/Raise syntax

— Save your “spoken”

— After changing the Alexa Category, ask “Alexa, discover my devices”

When you use “Device with Open/Close syntax”

In addition to the regular turn on/turn off, you will now be able to say:

• Alexa, open <device>
• Alexa, close <device>

When you use “Device with Set/Lower/Raise syntax”

In addition to the regular turn on/turn off, you will now be able to say:

• Alexa, open <device> 
• Alexa, close <device> 
• Alexa, set <device> to <close | low | medium | high | maximum | open>
• Alexa, set <device> to <any number from 1 to 100>
• Alexa, raise <device>
• Alexa, raise <device> by <number>
• Alexa, lower <device> 
• Alexa, lower <device>  by <number>

Please note that this Alexa category is available for devices and state variables only. In the case of variables, when setting up your spoken, it is recommended to use a turn off value of 0, and turn on value of 100.

You can now control your locks using Google Home.

To enable this feature:

— On ISY Portal, go to Select Tools | Connectivity | Google Home

— Add a lock to your device list, then save

— Ask “Ok Google, sync my devices”

Things you can ask:

• Ok Google, lock <spoken>
• Ok Google, unlock <spoken>
• Ok Google, is <spoken> locked?

Enjoy and stay safe!