Alexa does not always respond to alexa ask my q.
Amazon alexa myq garage door.
The not as easy way openhab manual install.
Have you been looking for a way to use alexa to control your myq garage door.
I bet all you re finding is to pay an annual subscription fee to chamberlain.
The quick answer is no chamberlain s myq smart home garage opener does not natively work with alexa.
Myq does not work with amazon echo.
For example alexa ask garage door in which garage door is the invocation phrase.
A myq smart garage hub that enables your existing garage door opener to connect to the cloud a new myq connected garage door opener from either chamberlain of liftmaster and.
Use amazon alexa to control your myq garage door opener for free.
The myq is a great smart garage door opener but there is one big downfall that may prevent shoppers from pulling the trigger.
For me the combination of myq garage door opener and alexa using ifttt provides all the functionality that i need.
Granted it s only 10 per year to subscribe.
I was using simplecommands zendesk since dec2019 referenced by others but it seems to.
I can conveniently close the garage door by voice or through an alexa routine.
They mention that you can name the door but again there are no instructions on how to set the name in either the myq app or the alexa app.
For example a good night routine can shut off all the lights lock the front door and close the myq garage door.
Either of those with an amazon cloud cam to add video monitoring to your kit.
Connect amazon alexa to myq to unlock powerful experiences do more with amazon alexa by connecting it to myq and hundreds of other apps and devices with ifttt.
We can now jump to the configuring ifttt for alexa openhab section.
Closing garage door will include the following phrases.
Once installed download the key app and follow the simple steps to sync to your myq.
It did and it should but it doesn t.
There are no instructions on how to set the pin in either the myq app or the alex a app.
Ensure your myq gateway is connected.
Alexa open garage door one alexa open garage door two alexa open garage door three alexa open all garage doors.
Big garage door closed to big garage door open depending on the actual status of your garage door from myq.
The garadget has its own amazon alexa skill.
Get it on google play.
Aws lambda function the custom function that s executed when alexa hears the verbal command defined in the ask above.