Built-in device types are nice but sometimes they are just not what we want. In this walk though we will create a new custom device type called Washing Machine, learn how to define differet wash modes like: Hot, Warm and Cold and generate the code it and control using Amazon Alexa.
Login to your Sinric Pro account.
Go to Device Templates menu on left.
Click Add Device Template button.
Template Name: Washing Machine
Description: washing machine template
Device Type: Other. If the device type you are looking for is in the list, you can select it
InstanceId: You can leave it as it is. We use InstanceId to uniquely identify a mode when you add multiple modes
Locale: Choose English (US)
Mode name: Enter Wash Temperature
Click Save to save the modes
Now we are going to create a device out of the device template we created ealier.
Go to Devices menu and click on Add.
Device Name: Washing Machine
Description: My washing machine at basement
Device Type: Select Washing Machine under “Your Device Templates”. This is the template we created ealier.
Device Access Key: Leave the default selection
Room: Leave the default selection
Click Next > Next > Next and Save.
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