In this version, we support four functions which can be control with Alexa: Camera Motion Detect Alarm Switch, Camera Motor Control, Camera Light Switch(need camera support),Recording Switch. As you want to active the skill to work,you need to do the following first: 1 Buy a Hopeway camera. 2 Download Hopeway app and register with email; 3 Rename your Hopeway camera(like Living room, Office, Outdoor...) in app; 4 Search Hopeway Life skill and active it,then linking account with your Hopeway account at fisrt;
How to control my camera with Alexa? step1:Wake up Alexa and open hopeway just like the following. ‘Alexa, open hope way’ step2: Just say the commands to control your camera. Notice: a) If you are using Hopeway Skill at first time, you should say“Alexa open hope way and find devices ”first. b) Every time after you rename your camera(devices) in hopeway app, you should ask Alexa "open hope way and find devices" too, so that Alexa can sync data from Hopeway.
Samples: (1) Camera Alarm Switch "Alexa, open hope way, turn camera alarm on” "Alexa, open hope way, turn camera alarm off” (If you have wake up Alexa and Hopeway before , you can just say “turn camera alarm on”) Alexa will ask you for which camera you want to control, then you should response the camera name to Alexa, like the sample “Living room”; (You must rename your camera in hopeway app if your camera is used fisrt time)
(2) (1) Camera Motor Control "Alexa, open hope way and turn left/up/right/down”
(3) Camera Light Switch(this need you camera model support) "Alexa, open hope way and turn light on/off"
(4)Recording Switch "Alexa, open hope way and then open recording"(motion detect recording default) "Alexa, open hope way and then open all day recording" "Alexa, open hope way, open motion detect recording" "Alexa, open hope way, close recording"
(5) Have a try "Alexa, ask hope way how to configure WiFi" "Alexa, ask hope way how to share device"
For security, you should link your hopeway account to Alexa for every 30 days. If authorization has expired, Alexa will require you linking account too;