Preparation

  1. Download and install Amazon Alexa or Amazon Echo App on your phone.
  2. Sign up an Alexa account and connect it with your Echo speaker.
  3. Open eWeLink Smart Home Add-on,click Sync Home Assistant Devices, enable Devices List’s toggle switch to sync your Home Assistant devices to eWeLink App.

Add “eWeLink Explore” Skill to your Alexa App

  1. Open the Amazon Alexa App, tap Morein the lower right corner
  2. Select Skills & Games from the menu

  3. Tap the Search icon in the upper right corner
  4. Search for eWeLink Exploreand tap it from the search results
  5. Tap ENABLE TO USEon the Alexa Skill
  6. Select your Country or Region, enter your eWeLink account and password and Tap Log In

  7. After Login, the App will remind that “eWeLink Explore has been successfully linked”, tap Doneto close the page

Discover Devices

  1. Afteryour “eWeLink Explore” is linked, Alexa App will prompt you whether to "DISCOVER DEVICES"
  2. After discovering devices, tap “SET UP DEVICE” to group or rename your devices

Tips:

If none of your devices appear, you can either:

  • Ask: "Alexa, discover my devices," Alexa will scan and show your
  • Manually discover devices by tapping Devices > +icon > Add Device > Other > DISCOVER DEVICES.

Ask Alexa to control eWeLink Support devices

In order to obtain better control performance, please specify clear and relevant words (Special characters not work) for each device like “Light”, “Lamp”, “Switch” and so on.

You can invoke some basic commands:

Turn ON/ OFF device using Alexa Skill

“Alexa, turn on the [device name]”

“Alexa, turn off the [device name]”

  • Example: “Alexa, turn on Dimmer”
  • Example: “Alexa, turn off Dimmer”
  • Example: “Alexa, turn Dimmer on”
  • Example: “Alexa, turn Dimmer off”
Check the device OPEN STATE

“Alexa, is the [device name] open?”

“Alexa, is the [device name] close?”

  • Example: “Alexa, is the Door open?”
  • Example: “Alexa, is the Door close?”
OPEN or CLOSE the Roller/Shutters

“Alexa, OPEN [device name]”

“Alexa, CLOSE [device name].”

  • Example: “Alexa, open Curtains”
  • Example: “Alexa, close Curtains”
Set Roller/Shutters PERCENTAGE using Alexa Skill

“Alexa, set [name] to [number percent]”

Example: “Alexa, set Curtains to 75 percent”

 Set light COLOR using Alexa Skill

“Alexa, set the [device name] to [color]”

  • Example: “Alexa, set the Lamp to red”
  • Example: “Alexa, change the Bulb to the color blue”