Use an emulated Philips Hue bridge to tie your home automation together, complete with voice control via Amazon Echo/Dot.
This bridge allows you to customize control of your devices locally using TCP and UDP with pending support for ZWave / ZigBee / Bluetooth using Wink hub radios and IR using IR blaster.
how to
npm install
npm start
Go to localhost:80 to add devices (make sure onUrl/offUrl is valid)
Ask Alexa/Echo to discover devices
Once done, you should see your device(s) in Alexa app as "Dimmable Light"
Ask Alexa to turn your device(s) on/off
to do
- downgrade from koa to something lighter (restify/flatiron) for embedded (Wink)
- improve configurator (currently just a copy from original project)
- search/add new device to Wink via configurator
- different UI framework (react)
goals
- emulation running on a computer
- emulation running on a rooted Wink Hub
- replace my Smartthings Hub functionality/usage
- easily add devices to Wink Hub via mobile interface
- connect devices like MiLight easily to HA hub
- color control of lights/scenes using Alexa/Echo
- solid mobile/desktop experience
- compatibilty with Hue apps
credits / influence / direction / thank you
https://github.com/armzilla/amazon-echo-ha-bridge
https://github.com/bwssytems/ha-bridge