Make your home smarter with Alexa

Make your home smarter with Alexa Alexa meetup #01, hosted by Haarlem.tech

市川 純 (Jun Ichikawa) @sparkgene infrastructure engineer https://jawsug-iot.connpass.com/

• https://jawsug-iot.connpass.com/

Make your home smarter with Alexa

Smart home devices in amazon.com

smart home devices in amazon.co.jp

Many category in amazon.com

What is Smart Home Skill?

Smart Home Skill ▸No Invocation Name ▸Built-in Voice User Interface ▸Rich, multi-device experiences Alexa, turn on the living room lights OK https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/smart-home

• https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/smart-home

Smart Home device with device cloud Alexa, turn on living room lights Device Cloud Smart Home Skill

Echo Plus + ZigBee Alexa, turn on living lights - supported device types: In-wall switches, Plugs and outlets, Lights, Locks - Currently, EchoPlus supports ZigBee Home Automation 1.2 (HA1.2) https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/echo-plus-zigbee-support.html

• https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/echo-plus-zigbee-support.html

Supported Operations ▸Turn lights on and off ▸Set light level and power percentages ▸Change the color of color-capable bulbs ▸Change the color temperature of tunable white lights ▸Lock a device (US, UK, Germany, Japan) ▸Control entertainment/AV devices (US, UK, Canada, Australia) ▸Control cloud-enabled cameras (US, UK, Germany) ▸Control air conditioner/fans (US, UK, Germany , Canada, Australia) ▸Control microwave (US) https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/understand-the-smart-home-skill-api.html#whatkind-of-devices-are-supported

• https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/understand-the-smart-home-skill-api.html#what-

Steps to use Smart Home Skill

Account linking Amazon Alexa Alexa App device cloud enable skill Login URL Login redirect URL State, Code request token token Linking OK

Device discovery Customer Amazon Alexa Alexa, Discover devices discovery request discovery response one device found Smart Home Skill

Control device Customer Amazon Alexa Smart Home Skill Alexa, turn on living lights TurnOn request call turn on api request response OK ReportState request call device status return status the device is on Device Cloud

Can I make my home smarter?

Categories in japan

Use IR device through Alexa

Smart Home Controller for Alexa(in Japan) eRemote Nature Remo Glamo iRemocon

Programmable Remote Controller

LIRC(Linux Infrared Remote Control) LIRC is a great library http://www.lirc.org/ https://www.hackster.io/sparkgene/alexa-makes-home-smarter-7e1981

• https://www.hackster.io/sparkgene/alexa-makes-home-smarter-7e1981
• http://www.lirc.org/

Programmable Remote Controller Skill Alexa, turn on living room lights IoT shadow AWS IoT AWS Lambda (Smart Home SKill)

demo video https://youtu.be/nT20o2uv2h0

• https://youtu.be/nT20o2uv2h0

Control TV

Some TV do not use IR 2.4GHz radio https://www.sony.jp/bravia/products/KDL-46HX920/feature_7.html

• https://www.sony.jp/bravia/products/KDL-46HX920/feature_7.html

HDMI CEC “ Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) is a feature of HDMI designed to allow users to command and control devices connected through HDMI by using only one remote control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control “” Power On Through HDIM!

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control

TV Power control Alexa, TurnOn TV AWS Lambda IoT shadow https://qiita.com/sparkgene/items/de4c4b6185363f15ab69 AWS IoT

• https://qiita.com/sparkgene/items/de4c4b6185363f15ab69

demo video https://youtu.be/SWgoA-lQKj8

• https://youtu.be/SWgoA-lQKj8

Security Camera

Cameras that work with Alexa No Cameras in Japan!!

Echo with display

Technical and security requirements for cameras https://developer.amazon.com/ja/docs/smarthome/build-smart-home-camera-skills.html

• https://developer.amazon.com/ja/docs/smarthome/build-smart-home-camera-skills.html

Echo with display support Video apps https://developer.amazon.com/ja/docs/custom-skills/videoapp-interface-reference.html

• https://developer.amazon.com/ja/docs/custom-skills/videoapp-interface-reference.html

Raspberry Pi Camera Skill Alexa, open pi camera AWS Lambda https://qiita.com/sparkgene/items/4447e97ed4850cff761c

• https://qiita.com/sparkgene/items/4447e97ed4850cff761c

demo video https://youtu.be/nquF0SOXNdQ

• https://youtu.be/nquF0SOXNdQ

Summary ▸Smart Home Device is not available in all country ▸If the device is not supported, just develop it ▸AWS IoT and device shadow great for smart home skill

Thank You