How to write “Alice, turn on the air conditioner” and forget about the air conditioner remote forever

I don’t know where the remote control for my air conditioner has been for the last two years. And I don’t know how the “smart” functions of my air conditioner work now. The app from its manufacturer is still disgusting, it was deleted almost immediately.

What I know for sure: I can turn the air conditioner on or off at any time and from any room. Change the mode, set the temperature. Set a timer to turn it off or, conversely, start it at a specific time on a specific day.

I do all this voice. I say what I need from the air conditioner, get the result. And when I’m not at home, I can still control it. I open the app, set it up as I need. And not only home air conditioners in different rooms, but also the one at work.

Integration of smart IR remote control with Alice and no one air conditioners – one of the most convenient smart home keys in everyday life. Now I will tell you what you need for this, how to set it all up and then control it anywhere and from anywhere.

Briefly

• What is needed for air conditioners to work with Alice and Station
  Connecting the infrared remote control
  Adding an infrared remote control to the House with Alice
  Customizable IR Remote Control Operation with Your Air Conditioner
  What command language can I speak to Alice to control the air conditioner?

What is needed for air conditioners to work with Alice and Station

Yandex Smart Remote.

You need:

• IR remote control with support for Yandex smart home: this one for 1200, or this one for 3300

• Any Yandex Stationbut preferably a model not lower than the level of the Mini Station.

• Appenziam Dom s Alisoy on your smartphone: App Store, Google Play or Huawei AppGallery

I will note regarding IR remote controls that in Russia you can find other options, including cheaper ones. I just haven’t tested them. For example, there is a remote control from Tuya for 800 rubles. I can’t tell you how everything works in such remote controls and I can’t guarantee their functionality either.

What did we do to be in the guide?

► Let’s connect an infrared remote control with Yandex smart home support.

► We will set up the infrared remote control to work with any of your air conditioners.

► Let’s figure out what commands you can speak to Alice to control the air conditioner.

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➀ Connect the infrared remote control to control the air conditioner

When the remote control is located directly on the Yandex Station, it does not stand out from the background of other objects and objects in general. Convenient

Be kind Yandex Smart Remote or Yandex Hub with built-in IR remote control, you need to send this device so that it was always within the direct line of sight of the air conditioner. You can stick it even on the wall. The main thing is that the remote control can physically see the air conditioner, and its view is not accidentally blocked by anything.

For example, I put my remote control right on Yandex Station 2. It doesn’t stand out much in the interior, and the Station itself serves as a stand on which the IR transmitter always has visibility of the air conditioner.

Next, connect the cable to the remote: there may be a micro-USB or USB-C connector, depending on the remote model. Finally, connect the other end of the cable to any charger. Anything will do, at least in American current, as long as it is connected to the USB port of the router.

Before continuing, make sure the cable is properly connected to the remote. This is the first thing Yandex Smart Remotein which the micro-USB port is very flimsy.

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➁ Adding an infrared remote control to Home with Alice

1. make an application House with Alice. Log in with your Yandex account.

2. Please write me a link.

3. Click the button Smart home.

4. In the open list, select the Yandex item, it is at the very top. Here, click on the corresponding type of remote control: Remote controller or Hub.

5. Select a “home” for the remote control if you have several. If you haven’t had a “home” in the Yandex smart home system yet, you can create one right here.

6. Follow the prompts on the screen to connect the remote to Yandex smart home. Everything is very simple and obvious there.

After completing the setup steps, the added Remote controller (or Hub) should appear on home screen application House with Alice.

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➂ Customizable operation of the IR remote control with your air conditioner

Click on the icon Pulta (or Khaba) application on the home screen House with Alice. A button will appear in the window that opens. Add device. Click on it.

We choose, naturally. IN.

Next two options:

▪ either you pick up the air conditioner remote control and point it at Remote controller (or Hub). After pressing specific buttons on the air conditioner remote control according to the prompts on the screen, you will be offered the most suitable “virtual remote control” in the Yandex smart home database

▪ or you select the manufacturer of your air conditioner from the list. After that, you are offered several compatible “virtual remote controls” that have previously worked for other users At home with Alice.

One of many “virtual remotes” for air conditioners. You can use the arrows below to select remote control options until you find the most effective one.

“Virtual Remote Control” – this is an analogue of a physical remote control, which will now always be available in the application House with Alice. All of them (or at least those you need personally) should work correctly. If something doesn’t work, select Arrow in another command line window until you find the most suitable one.

As soon as everything works out, confirm it and you get a new device in your House with Alice. By default, it will be called “Air Conditioner”. If you change its name to something else, remember that in the future it will need to be pronounced correctly and usefully so that voice commands work.

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What command language can I speak to Alice to control the air conditioner?

“- Alice, turn on the air conditioner at work.”

I accept several basic commands – there are obviously more, and I’m sure I still don’t know any of them yet.

➟ Command to turn on or off the air conditioner:

⍤ Alice, turn on/off the air conditioner (or air conditioner)
⍤ Alice, turn on/off the air conditioner bedroom

➟ Air conditioner operating mode control commands:

⍤ Alice, turn on offline crash
⍤ Alice, turn on the heating on the air conditioner.
⍤ Alice, who turned on the power of the air conditioner
⍤ Alice, cool it down. bedroom

➟ Temperature mode change commands:

⍤ Alice, set the air conditioner to 18 degrees.
⍤ Alice, install in bedroom 23 degrees

➟ Delayed control commands for air conditioner operation:

⍤ Alice, turn on the air conditioner to 18 degrees tomorrow morning.
⍤ Alice, turn off the air conditioner. bedroom tonight at midnight

Virtual remote control for my air conditioner at home, application House with Alice.

You can also control the air conditioner from the app House with Alice. Click on the card on the main screen, and a “virtual remote” will open. On will be available, even if you are not home. This is how I, for example, turn on the air conditioner when I approach the office – so that when I get up, I immediately enter a cooled room.

That’s all, have a nice climate at home.

P.S. The article did not go into more depth about the options for constructing air conditioners in House with Alice. Just know that with temperature sensors you can fully automate the operation of the air conditioner in the house to maintain the desired climate. You can also turn on the air conditioner when the motion sensors work or turn it off when the front door is closed. And much more.

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