On the roadmap for this year
Yes I too wish to seeâŚ
- âAlexa, tell Rachio to pause watering for X Minutesâ
X= 5 or 7 or 15 or 25 minutes, etc., etc. - âAlexa, tell Rachio to resume wateringâ
Sorry to come in late to this thread - Iâve had my Rachio a while but just enabled the Alexa skill. Iâve seen other posts requesting a feature I would very much like to see added: the ability to give Alexa commands for a group of zones, such as âfront lawnâ etc. I also see this has been under consideration by development for a while. Iâm hoping it can make it to reality soon!
Alexa is not working through my ios device as I am trying to get it connected but the connection is not getting established and I am not getting the access of that and it has also affected iTunes also and giving iTunes error 9.
The only commands Alexa recognizes on my Dot are to water by a specific zone, and start or cancel a rain delay. None of the other commands listed on the Rachio Skill work. I am most intetested in having Alexa start a complete watering cycle or just have it water all zones.
Same problem. Any solution?
Nothing.
Even though this is âsupposedâ to work, I am still having trouble with friendly named zones. For instance, I have a zone named Back Yard. If I say, âAlexa, tell Rachio to water Backyard for 5 minutesâ, Alexa gets stuck in a loop asking me which zone and for how long to run it. I have tried all the variations of âaskâ, "tellâ and so forth in the command. None of them works. All of the zones work if I use âzone xâ where âxâ is the zone number. Itâs just that Alexa has trouble with friendly named zones.
Hey Product Manger, this is what I need to make Alexa more intuitive.
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I need to be able to set up a routine to start the quick run in the Alexa app. For example, I have a routine where I say, âAlexa good Morning!â Then my Tv turns on, the lamps come on, Alexa tells me the weather, but I also want my quick run water schedule to run (or a preset schedule in the Rachio app).
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I want to be able to name my Rachio and Alexa recognize it. What if I donât want to say Rachio, what if I want to say âAlexa tell Sweet Water John to do a quick run.â
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I wish Rachio notifications could integrate with Alexa notifications. So when there is a rain delay, Alexa echo dots will show notifications. I say â Alexa whatâs the notifications?â She says âWatering has been skipped due to rain sensor being activated!â
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