Trying to get Alexa to read out a temperature

[smcgann99]

There are a few ways to do this.

You could setup a vitrtual device and use that to supply the data to Alexa via the response node, using the alexa-home-skill

Or you could use Alexa blueprints as detailed here -

Pure fun with Alexa and Alexa Skills

Now the authentication problem with various Alexa nodes has been sorted I thought I'd try something new. I used BluePrints to create a Q&A skill called 'Give me a status report' then linked that in the flow below. I've arranged for various devices around my home to report their status to a database that is accessed from the flow and sent to the appropriate Alexa device. Here's an example of capturing feedback from Sonoff-S20 switches and writing the status to a dB. [Screen Shot 06-09-21 at 0…