Amazon Alexa

Amazon Alexa^® (Alexa) is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon^®, and is capable of voice interaction.

Wiser Home works with Alexa to allow you to control your devices with voice command by using a wake-word and an instruction.

The wake-work is “Alexa” followed by an instruction such as “Turn on the lights”.

Currently, Amazon has made interaction and communication with Alexa only available in English and German.

Configuring Wiser Home with Alexa

On the Home page of Wiser Home app, tap .
Tap Account > App and Connections to find different cloud services.
Tap on Alexa option. This will redirect you to the Amazon website to link to Wiser system.
Click on Enable to link Alexa with your Wiser System.
Enter the user name and password you have setup for your Wiser system and tap Done.
Grant the required permissions. You will receive a confirmation that your account is now linked.

Alexa will now discover all the Wiser Home devices you have setup, allowing you to control your Wiser system using Alexa app and by using voice command.

Changes made with Alexa

If a Device is following a Schedule, any setting changed by Alexa will last until the next event in the Schedule. If the Device is running in manual mode, any command to Alexa will remain in place until the next command or manual setting.

Common Wiser Commands for Alexa

Alexa requires explicit instructions. You must inform Alexa of the room to which you wish to address followed by an instruction, such as “turn on the lights”. If no specific room is mentioned, Alexa will ask you which room you want to address, and will turn on the light only based on your response.

Listed below are common Wiser commands used with Alexa:

Discover Devices: “Alexa, discover devices”
Turn lights On/Off: “Alexa, turn on/off the living room lights”
Dim the lights: “Alexa, dim the lights to 50%”
Open/Close Shutters: “Alexa, open/close the kitchen shutters”
Activate Moments: “Alexa, turn on bedtime Moment”
Active Away Mode: “Alexa, turn on Away Mode"

TIP: Simple room names are recommended, such as “living room”.