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emulates philips hue api to other home automation gateways
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Dimming support #30

Closed ifuchs closed 9 years ago

ifuchs commented 9 years ago

I have an OnURL set to: http://XXX/pantrylight.php?dim=${intensity.percent} However, if I tell Alexa "dim pantry light to 50%", the Apache access.log shows: GET /pantrylight.php?dim=20 Other intensities fail as well. Running v0.2.1

ifuchs commented 9 years ago

I checked the Echo log and found that it seems to be Alexa that is having the problem understanding the percent value. For example, I say "90% and it shows 10%. Strange since I have not had other recognition problems.

ifuchs commented 9 years ago

I have found the dimming support to be essentially useless. More often than not it gets the values wrong. Has anyone had a better experience setting arbitrary values. For example is anyone using dimming support to control a thermostat which requires that the Echo precisely specify the dim level?

audiofreak9 commented 9 years ago

For me, Alexa has been spot on with my requested dimming percentage. I am using a custom 'echo.php' URL on an Apache server, on the same RPi as the bridge, to control my X10 lighting. What type of device does your 'pantrylight.php' control?

audiofreak9 commented 9 years ago

Here is a post I remember reading where someone set specific dim levels for a Nest thermostat. http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,31920.msg241766/topicseen.html#msg241766

ifuchs commented 9 years ago

Unfortunately the Nest post only seems to reinforce my experience that the Echo is for some reason not getting the percentages correct which is why it was apparently necessary to have scenes defined for all the levels. I can't attribute this to the bridge as it is clear in the Echo log that it is not recognizing the dim levels. I just don't know what to do about it. It makes the {intensity.percent} dimming feature rather useless.