Device Templates

Introduction

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.

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Step 1: Create Washing Machine device template

• 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

• Go to Capabilities tab.
• Now we must to drag and drop the capabilities supported by our washing machine.
• Drag and drop Power because we want to turn on/off our Washing Machine.
• Drag and drop Mode because we want to set the wash temperature to : Hot, Warm and Cold.

• Click on Configure button and define the three modes

• 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

• Modes: Enter following modes
  • Hot
  • Warm
  • Cold

• Click Save to save the modes

• Click Save to save the template

Step 2 : Creating Washing Machine Device

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.

Step 3 : Generating Code for Washing Machine Device

• Click on Code Generator to generate the custom device code.

• Sinric Pro will generate custom device the code for ESP8266/ESP32. You can download the project as a zip file and unzip and run. Make sure you are using the latest version of the Sinric Pro SDK (v2.9.0). Otherwise you may see compile errors in your IDE

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