hucker
Active Member
FWIW, I have recently moved to homeseer and have Alexa (multiple Echo Dot's) controlling UPB and Zwave lights. It isn't perfect yet but it works pretty darn well. It basically was controlling things in minutes once I installed the Alexa Skill. The main issue was that names that work for organizing your system on paper/homeseer/upstart are very cumbersome via voice. "Alexa, turn on master bedroom overhead light" sucks. I had to make a full pass through the names and give them all reasonable one word names (and spell them correctly e.g....chandalier ...). "Family Room Overhead" became "TV" for example. "Under cabinet" became "cabinet" and so on.
Of note there are two homeseer skills, the advanced and the simple one. I tried advanced first but saying "Alexa, tell homeseer to turn on kitchen light" was ridiculous compared to the simple one that works by saying "Alexa turn on kitchen light". I went with the simple one and am happy with it.
Alexa integration has been a pleasant surprise and it works nicely with homeseer. My main complaint is lack of control over Alexa's voice control (which I assume will improve a lot over time).
Of note there are two homeseer skills, the advanced and the simple one. I tried advanced first but saying "Alexa, tell homeseer to turn on kitchen light" was ridiculous compared to the simple one that works by saying "Alexa turn on kitchen light". I went with the simple one and am happy with it.
Alexa integration has been a pleasant surprise and it works nicely with homeseer. My main complaint is lack of control over Alexa's voice control (which I assume will improve a lot over time).