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Show Ring live view on Echo Show on motion detection
Requirements: Echo Show, Alexa app for Android (iOS does not support custom actions)
First, make sure you can see the Live View camera from your Ring device on you Echo Show.
Example→ Alexa, Show Front Door (or whatever you named your device)
Next, make sure you can stop the Live View camera on your Echo Show from your Ring.
Example→ Alexa, Stop
If you can do these 2 things, proceed. We are going to be using these 2 commands.
You will need 2 Routines for each device with a camera (Ring Doorbell or Camera)
Why 2 Routines? Because the “Custom Action” that tells Alexa to execute Commands must be the Last Action defined in the Routine, so we can’t use 1 Routine to issue multiple Alexa Commands. We are going to use the Alexa Commands; {Alexa, Show Front Door} and {Alexa, Stop}, hence the test above. Also and most importantly, multiple Routines can be triggered from the same Motion Event on the same device, at the same time, this allows us to do multiple things in parallel!!
These 2 routines will be executed in parallel when Motion is detected on your Ring device;
the 1st routine detects Motion on a Doorbell and Shows the Doorbell Live View camera
the 2nd routine detects the same Motion on the same Doorbell, Waits 4 minutes and Stops the Doorbell Live View camera
To simplify, 2 Routines detect the same Motion at the same time, one turns on Live View, the other waits 4 minutes and turns Live View off.
Open the Amazon Alexa App to create the 1st Routine;
Select → More
Select → Routines
Select → + to add a new routine
Select → + Enter routine name – example→ FD-Cam Show
Select → Next
Select → + When this happens
Select → Smart Home
Select → FrontDoorCamera (or whatever you called your doorbell/camera)
Select → Motion
Select → Detected
Select → Next
Select → + Add action
Select → Custom (scroll to the bottom of the list, also this Custom action has to be the last item in the Routine…)
Input → type in the input field–> Show Front Door (this will tell Alexa to Start Showing Live View at the FrontDoorCamera)
Select → Next (You will see this entered in the Action section as the Command, “Alexa, Show Front Door”)
Scroll down if needed
Select → From \ Choose Device
Select → your “Echo Show Device” that you want the Live View camera to be shown on
Select → Save
Continue in the Amazon Alexa app to create the 2nd Routine;
Select → + to add a new routine
Select → + Enter routine name – example → FD-Cam Stop
Select → Next
Select → + When this happens
Select → Smart Home
Select → FrontDoorCamera (or whatever you called your doorbell/camera)
Select → Motion
Select → Detected
Select → Next
Select → + Add action
Select → Wait
Enter time duration for the Doorbell Camera to be in Live View (I used 4 minutes, 1 minute works great for testing)
Select → Next
Select → + Add action
Select → Custom (scroll to the bottom of the list, also this Custom action has to be the last item in the Routine…)
Input → type in the input field–> Stop (this will tell Alexa to Stop Showing the Live View at the FrontDoorCamera)
Select → Next (You will see this entered in the Action section as the Command, “Alexa, Stop”)
Scroll down if needed
Select → From \ Choose Device
Select → your “Echo Show Device” that you want the Live View camera to be shown on
Select → Save
