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“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
no hacking required.
is there a US amazon account vs NZ account??? I have a US billing address and a NZ billing address on the same account, think the default is US (my youshop address), and default ship to address to NZ address. but nah, no hacking, just turn it on, enable the wemo skill, then say alexa turn on/off [device name]
reven:no hacking required.
is there a US amazon account vs NZ account??? I have a US billing address and a NZ billing address on the same account, think the default is US (my youshop address), and default ship to address to NZ address. but nah, no hacking, just turn it on, enable the wemo skill, then say alexa turn on/off [device name]
“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
Looks like there are new generation of Echo devices on the way.
A next-gen Echo which looks to be trying to kill off the Apple homepod before it's even released and an Echo-plus with a built in smart home hub:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16375984/amazon-echo-plus-hands-on-impressions-photos
Looks like the Echo-plus has a Zigbee radio but not Z-wave. So the US version should be good to go in NZ.
Who's buying?
Interesting. I'd be keen to get away from z-wave as the regional RF frequency incompatibility and the price are a real killer when you need many devices at $100 each.
However I have yet to find a wifi or zigbee equivalent of one of these: http://www.activeautomation.co.nz/aeotec-nano-single-switch-with-power-metering
There are plenty of plain switches, but none that I have found sense the wall switch as the z-wave ones do. It should be really easy for one of the sonoff type devices to do this? This allows the manual switch to override the automation and vice versa.
Dingbatt:
Thanks. Didn't realise you could have multiple delivery addresses within the same account. Just left my NZ one as the primary and setup was painless. Timezone was fine but as others have pointed out, it wouldn't take an address. I wonder, since most Americans think NZ is part of Australia, when Amazon opens in Oz we will be able to enter Kiwi addresses.
Had to source an Android APK but apart from that it was all done, including WeMo and Harmony setups in about 20 minutes.
I had to go into "Content and Devices" in my Amazon profile and then under settings I changed my location to US. Otherwise I couldn't see all services like Spotify in the Alexa App.
Amazon announced the new Amazon Echo Spot today.
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At first glance I thought, "what's the point - you only ever talk and listen to it" but when I saw the gorgeous clock face I was won over!
“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
New Amazon Echo setup.
My Echo arrived the other day, still in box.
So what are the traps, etc to watch for. ?I believe it's a bit tricky for some functions outside the USA.
39 pages is a bit to wade thru .... :-(
For the moment, I wish to use 3 functions:
1) Alexa - play some smooth jazz
2) Alexa - Add rice to the shopping list
3) Alexa - What's the weather forecast for today.
All the marvellous automation in the can wait - for a wee while :-)
I have a couple of android tablets / phones, and a soon-to-be iphone 4 wifi only - if that helps for loading apps if necessary.
Cheers
I found that I needed to disconnect mobile data during the setup process - it starts off connected to the home wifi then connects your device (phone/tablet) to the echo AP. If the mobile data is on it doesn't switch to the echo AP.
“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
My views (except when I am looking out their windows) are not those of my employer.
hairy1: I use Big sky skill for weather and Our Groceries skill for shipping lists. Cheers, Matt
“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996
You can use todoist as a companion app for the Alexa shopping list.
https://support.todoist.com/hc/en-us/articles/212798949-How-can-I-use-Todoist-with-Amazon-Echo-
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