Overview

Setting up the Virtual Routine Trigger skill is fairly easy:

• First you log in to our website, where you will be able to configure your triggers.
• In your Alexa smartphone app, you activate the Virtual Routine Trigger skill.

Step-by-step guide

Please follow this step by step guide to use this skill:

1. Go to www.virtualsmarthome.xyz/virtual_routine_trigger and log in using your Amazon account.
2. Define one or more triggers on the website.
3. Activate the Virtual Routine Trigger skill in your Alexa app and log on using your Amazon Account. When Alexa starts discovering new devices, the triggers you previously defined will be found. These triggers will show up as doorbells.
4. Now, you can use these doorbells as triggers for your Alexa routines. 
5. If the condition you defined is met, the trigger will be activated (i.e., the doorbell is pressed) and your Alexa routine will be launched. If the condition is not met, the trigger will be deactivated (i.e., the doorbell is not pressed).

Why are we using Amazon accounts?

If you are using an Alexa device, you have to set it up with an Amazon account. So every Alexa user has an Amazon account.

We wanted to make it as easy as possible for our users and not require an additional user account and a new password. Therefore, we make it possible that you can use your existing Amazon account with our Alexa skills.