Your thermostats can be contacted in one of three ways: by name, by location, or by general device type.
Use the precise device name in the command if you want to communicate by name.
The location must be included in the device name for location-based interactions.
Example: -The living room thermostat is the name of the thermostat. Alexa, ask Alarm.com to switch on the air conditioning in the living room.
Use "thermostat," "therm," "temperature," or "temp" to interact by generic device type.
Example: -Ask Alexa to adjust the temperature to 71 degrees using Alarm.com. If you just have one thermostat, then this won't function.
A selection of the various commands you may give your thermostat are included in the list below.
Example Commands:
Note: -On a thermostat with the name Living Room Thermostat, the sample thermostat commands are displayed.
To change the temperature:
To Set to a Specific Temperature:
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to set the living room thermostat to 75 degrees”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to heat living room thermostat to 75 degrees”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to set my thermostat to 25 degrees Celsius”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to set temperature to 75”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to set heat to 78 degrees”
Change the mode
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to set the living room thermostat to heat”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to turn living room thermostat heat on”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to turn my AC on”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to turn off the thermostat”
To Ask About Temperature:
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what the living room thermostat temperature is?”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what's the temperature on the living room thermostat?”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what's the heat set to in the living room?”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what's the temperature?”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what the AC is set to?”
To Ask About Mode:
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what's the mode of the living room thermostat?”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to is the living room thermostat on?”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what mode is my thermostat in?”
“Alexa, ask Alarm.com to what's the thermostat mode?”
How does mode impact my commands?
Heat or Air Conditioning: The temperature will be set, raised, or lowered to the requested setting.
Auto: When the temperature is changed in Auto mode, the high or low setpoints are set. The mode and setpoint cannot be changed in the same instruction.
Example: -It does not function to say "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to Set thermostat auto mode to 85 degrees." The commands "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to Set the low setpoint to 68" and "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to Change the thermostat to Auto mode" do, however, function.
Off - You will be requested to choose the mode you want to switch to, and no adjustment instructions will operate.
Thermostats on Alarm.com Smart Home:
The Alarm.com Smart Home skill now supports commands for the thermostat.
