Quick Guide of Using Amazon Echo to Control Smart Devices

1. What you need to get started
Before using Echo to control your smart devices, make sure you meet the following conditions.
Stable Wi-Fi network which could access to Amazon server. (For mainland China users)
An Echo device, including Echo, Echo Tap, or Echo Dot.
An Amazon account.（If you don't have an Amazon account，Click here to register）
Smart app and a related account.
Smart devices.

2. Add devices in Smart Life app (Refer to App Instruction)
You can skip this part if you've already add some devices to your Smart Life account, and in the meantime the devices' name are easily recognized.

2.1 Download app (Refer to App Instruction)
You can also search your app in either App Store or Google Play to install the app.

2.2 Register an account and sign in the app (Refer to App Instruction)
Open the app, tap "Register" to register an account, then sign in the app.
2.3 Add device and change device's name (Refer to App Instruction)
Sign in with the Smart Life account, add the device, then change device name to a easily recognized word or phrase, like "bedroom light".

3. Set up Amazon Echo and enable the Skill
We suggest using web for configuration in mainland China since Alexa app is not available here.
User can configure Echo through web or Alexa app.
Web configuration link: http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html.
Search "Amazon Alexa" in App Store or Google Play to install the app.
We take app configuration as an example. Configuration through web and app are basically the same。

3.1 Set up Echo with Alexa app
You can skip this part if your Echo is already set up.
Make sure your Echo device is energized.
Make sure Echo is in a Wi-Fi network that can access Amazon services smoothly.
Open the Alexa app by tapping the app icon on your mobile device.
Type in your Amazon account and password, then tap "SIGN IN".

5.Tap the hamburger menu on the top left corner, select "Add Device", Select Amazon Echo in the Set up page.

6.Select the type of your Echo, then tap "CONTINUE ".

7.Long press the dot button on the top of your Echo device until the orange light shows up, then tap "CONTINUE". Make your mobile phone connected to the hot spot of echo, then tap "CONTINUE".

8.Select a Wi-Fi to let Echo have the access to the internet. Type in the Wi-Fi password, then tap "CONNECT". Echo may take several minutes to connect the network.

9.Tap "CONTINUE" when Echo is connected to the network. After an introduction video, tap "NEXT" to finish the setup.At this point, the Echo configuration process ends.

3.2 Link the account of app to Alexa
Tap "Skills&Games" in the hamburger menu, search your skill, and then click "enable" to enable the Skill.

4. Control your smart devices through Echo

4.1 Discover devices
Echo needs to discover your smart devices before it controls them. After the skill binding is successful, the page as figure1 will appear automatically. Click “DISCOVER DEVICES” to discover the device, or you can say "Alexa, discover devices" to Echo. Echo will discover devices which have already been added in the app.
You can also tap "DISCOVER DEVICES" to discover the smart devices. Discovered devices will be shown in the list.

Note: every time you change the device's name on the app, Echo must re-discover before you control them.

4.2 Control devices by voice commands
Now you can control your smart devices through Echo. You can use the following commands to control your devices (e.g., bedroom light):
Alexa, turn on/off bedroom light.
Alexa, set bedroom light to 50 percent.
Alexa, brighten/dim bedroom light.
Alexa, set bedroom light to green.
Alexa, set bedroom light to warm white.
Alexa, set air conditioner to 24℃.