How to Configure Amazon Alexa with Cielo Breez Lite - Smart Skill 'Cielo Smart Home'?

Step 1: Login to Amazon Alexa 

To sign in, enter your login credentials for your Alexa app and press the “Sign In” button or follow the instructions to create a new account.

Step 2: Enable Skill & Link Account

Tap on ‘More’ in the navigation bar below. Tap on ‘Skills & Games’. 

Tap on the search bar and type ‘Cielo Home’. The ‘Cielo Home’ skill will appear in the search results. Select this skill. 

To use this skill press “Enable To Use”. This will take you to 'Cielo Home' login window so you can link your account with your Amazon Alexa account. To continue, enter your 'Cielo Home’ app credentials and press the “Sign In” button.

Then you will get a message saying, ‘Alexa is looking for devices to connect’.

Using Amazon Alexa App to Control your HVAC. 

Apart from Alexa voice controls, you can also control your HVAC using the Amazon Alexa app. It will give you the following controls:

1. Change your HVAC Mode - Cool, Heat Auto, and Off. 
2. Increase or decrease your set point temperature.

Step 3: Alexa Voice Commands for Cielo Smart Thermostat for Mini-Splits

• Note: Bedroom is the name of the device in this case.
  

  1. Turn On/Turn Off, e.g. Alexa, turn On/Off  Bedroom.
     
  2. Increase/Decrease temperature, e.g. Alexa, increase/decrease bedroom temperature by 2 degrees.
  3. Set temperature, e.g. Alexa, set bedroom to 72 degrees.
  4. Ask the current set temperature of a specified device, e.g. Alexa, what is bedroom set to?
  5. Ask the current temperature reading or ambient temperature detected by the device, e.g. Alexa, what is the current bedroom temperature?
     
  6. Ask to change HVAC mode - Hey Alexa, change bedroom mode to cool.

 Step 4: Alexa Compatible Device Names

Cielo Breez Lite name should be compatible with Alexa. Alexa does not understand names with special characters or numbers. It only understands simple English names for devices. To use Alexa with Cielo Breez Lite, we recommend users name these devices accordingly. Following guidelines must be followed for Alexa to be able to control your Cielo Breez Lite for your HVAC:

• Use names with alphabets only. For e.g. “Bedroom”, “Bed Room”, “bedroom”, “bed ROOM” all are unique in writing but not in hearing. Alexa will hear “bedroom” for all these names. Alexa will only send the command to the device that comes first in the search if there are two devices with similar names.​
• Alexa will not be able to identify device if there are any spell mistakes, for e.g. “bedroooom”.
• Alexa will not be able to identify names with special characters or numeric, e.g. “b3dr00m”, “bedrom.”