In addition to being available on the enterprise-managed K4 Alexa devices, the K4Community voice skills can be enabled on personal Alexa devices allowing residents to get all the K4Community content such as event and menu information alongside their personal voice skills like music, news, or others.
Enabling the skills on a resident's personal device does come with some risks. If the device encounters issues that hinder the resident's ability to use our skill, K4Connect will provide assistance to the best of our ability. However, we are unable to offer troubleshooting support or device replacements for personal devices, as we do for enterprise-managed devices.
- Staff member with access to the Team Hub.
- A resident's personal (not managed by K4Connect) Alexa device.
- The resident's Amazon Alexa account
- The resident must have an active profile in K4Community with an associated email. That email must be the same one used in the resident's Amazon Alexa profile.
There are two K4Community Skills:
- K4Community Voice lets users interact with Alexa to get community information. This includes:
- Event calendars
- Menus
- Notices
- K4Community Smart Home lets users ask Alexa to control smart home devices, such as lights and thermostats.
To enable the skill(s):
- Open the Alexa app and navigate to the Skills & Games section under the More category.
- Search for "K4Community"
- Select the skill you want to enable. The correct skills are:
- K4Community Voice for community content
- K4Community Smart Home for operating smart home devices
- Tap "Launch"
You might see a Settings button if the skill has been launched previously. Once the skill is launched for the first time it will be added to your Skills list and, from there, you can complete the account association by tapping on Settings > Link Account.
- Enter the email associated with the resident’s K4Community profile and tap Get Started. This will trigger an email to that address with a 6-digit activation code.
- Note: This is not the same as an app activation code generated in the Team Hub. Codes generated in the Team Hub will not work for enabling the Alexa skills.
Enter the activation code into the code verification screen. This screen can be accessed by tapping the Have a Code? button on the email screen, if needed.
For K4Community Voice, that’s it! The skill is ready to use immediately. For K4Community Smart Home, there’s one additional step.
Discovering Smart Home Devices (Smart Home)
You only need to complete this step for the K4Community Smart Home skill.
If you’re enabling the K4Community Smart Home skill, there’s one additional step to take in order to complete the setup. The resident will need to prompt Alexa to discover their home automation devices by saying, “Alexa, discover devices”.
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