Guides
Guides and background on voice control in a Loxone home.
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Alexa does not find Loxone devices: causes and fixes
Alexa does not find your Loxone devices, or a device does not respond? Common causes with the skill, the Miniserver and discovery, and how to fix them.
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Controlling Loxone with Siri and Apple Home: what works?
Controlling Loxone with Siri or Apple Home: which routes exist, why MFM Voice is not the right fit and how iPhone users can still control Loxone by voice.
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Querying solar power and battery storage with Alexa and Loxone
Ask Alexa for PV output, yield, battery charge level and self-sufficiency from your Loxone Miniserver: the phrases that work and what Alexa does differently.
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Voice control for Loxone: running your smart home by voice
Control Loxone by voice: lights, blinds and room temperature with Alexa, via an Echo device or the Alexa app on your iPhone. What works and what does not.
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The most useful Alexa commands for Loxone
Alexa commands for Loxone lights, blinds, room temperature and energy values, sorted by morning, leaving home, evening and energy, plus the limits.
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Alexa does not understand my device: choosing the right names
If Alexa switches the wrong Loxone light or asks which one you mean, the name is almost always the cause. Five rules for names Alexa understands reliably.
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Combining Alexa routines with Loxone devices
A routine links a sentence of your choice to one or more actions. How to use shared Loxone devices and Miniserver readings in Alexa app routines.
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Connecting Loxone to Alexa: all the options
Four routes lead from Alexa to the Loxone Miniserver. What sets them apart, how much work each one involves and how to find the one that suits you.
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Controlling blinds with Alexa and Loxone
Use Alexa to raise, lower or position roller shutters and blinds on a Loxone Miniserver by percentage. How to choose names and decide what to share.
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Controlling lights and light moods by voice
Switching, dimming, calling up light moods: what Alexa can do with switches, dimmers and the lighting controller on a Loxone Miniserver, and how to get colours.
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Matter, bridge or cloud skill? What smart home owners should know
Matter, a hardware bridge, a self-built solution or a cloud service. Three questions show which route from Alexa to the Loxone Miniserver suits you.
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Miniserver Gen. 1 or Gen. 2: what works with Alexa?
For voice control with Alexa, the key is how your Loxone Miniserver is reached online. What the manufacturer says about Gen. 1 and the new generation.
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Checking and setting the room temperature with Alexa
How to check and set the room temperature on your Loxone Miniserver with Alexa, with the commands for warmer and colder and the 10 to 30 degree limit.
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Setting up Loxone with Alexa – step by step
From your MFM Voice account to the first Alexa command for your Loxone Miniserver: what to have ready, the eight steps and where setup typically gets stuck.
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Voice control for older people and people with visual impairments in a Loxone home
If an app is hard to use, one spoken sentence to Alexa switches the lights and blinds in a Loxone home. How a relative or the installer sets it up once.
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Security: what to share for voice control – and what not to
Lights and blinds yes, front door no? A simple rule for sharing Loxone devices with Alexa, explained by a master electrician.
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