For this instructable i leveraged my existing homebridge and alexa implementation.
Control gas fireplace with alexa.
This is very easy to accomplish.
Here is the software needed.
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The battery operated fireplace remote will turn your fireplace on and off from up to 25 feet away.
Using an amazon alexa plug and a relay to voice control a gas fireplace.
Fireplaces typically work of a millivolt switch that draws power from a thermocouple.
What if your fireplace was as smart as the rest of your home.
This remote control system is specifically designed to control the operation of a gas fireplace that uses a millivolt gas valve.
One other note the remote itself still works normally as well.
Once that s done you can say turn on fireplace or turn off fireplace to alexa and it should trigger the script.
Select fireplace type do you have a gas fireplace or gas logs controlled by a wall mounted on off switch or a remote control.
This how to video will demonstrate controlling your gas fireplace with alexa using a nodemcu to emulate a belkin wemo device.
As a prerequisite for this instructable i have a gas fireplace with this remote control.
See iflame in action getting iflame is simple.
Just install an evolve lfm 20 in parallel with the two wires that go from the gas controller to the switch.
Control your fireplace with homekit and alexa step 1.
Via the alexa app you can discover new devices and it will find your fireplace based on the name you gave in the fauxmo script.