Connect to Amazon Alexa

Contents

  1. Enable the skill from the Amazon store
  2. Open the Amazon Alexa app and go to “Skills”
  3. Search for Spruce
  4. Enable the skill and link your account with your Spruce account credentials

Alternatively

  1. Say to Alexa “Alexa, open Spruce”
  2. Go to the Alexa app Home Page
  3. Find the card displaying “Spruce – Account Setup”
  4. Link your account with your Spruce account credentials

Command format you can say to Amazon Echo:

"Alexa, launch Spruce" Alexa will respond with several options
"Alexa, tell Spruce {to turn on zone 1 for minutes}" tell and ask are interchangeable
"Alexa, ask Spruce {when the last schedule ran?}" tell and ask are interchangeable

Command list you can say to Amazon Echo:

Tip: use simple and unique names for each zone and schedule, multiple word names are acceptable

Individual zone commands:

"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn on zone" Alexa will return a list of zones
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn on zone 1 for 5 minutes"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn on the {zone name} for 5 minutes" zone name set in Spruce app 
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn on zone 1" Alexa will ask for how long?
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn on the {zone name}" Alexa will ask for how long?
"Alexa, tell Spruce to water the {zone name}" Alexa will ask for how long?
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn off zone 1"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn off the {zone name}"

Run all zones commands:

"Alexa, tell Spruce to water all zones for 5 minutes"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn on all zones for 5 minutes"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to water all zones" Alexa will ask for how long?

Schedule commands:

"Alexa, tell Spruce to start" Alexa will return a list of schedules
"Alexa, tell Spruce to start the schedule {schedule name}" schedule name set in Spruce app
"Alexa, tell Spruce to run the schedule named {schedule name}"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to start a schedule" Alexa will list available schedules

Schedule pause, resume commands:

"Alexa, tell Spruce to pause the schedule"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to pause the sprinklers"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to pause watering for 1 hour" Specify how long before schedule resumes
"Alexa, tell Spruce to resume the schedule"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to restart the sprinklers"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to continue watering"

Stop commands:

"Alexa, tell Spruce to stop watering"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to stop the sprinklers"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to turn off the sprinklers"
"Alexa, tell Spruce to shut off the sprinklers"

Status commands:

"Alexa, ask Spruce when the last schedule ran?"
"Alexa, ask Spruce when the next schedule will run?"

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