INSTAR Triggers & Actions

Phrases the INSTAR Cloud Skill supports

  • Open INSTAR Cloud
  • Start INSTAR Cloud
  • Show me the latest alarms
  • Play the latest videos
Alexa Commands:
  • Show recent alarms from camera [cameraName]
  • Play the latest video from camera [cameraName]

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system

Alexa Commands:
  • Show all alarms of camera [cameraName]
  • Play videos from camera [cameraName]

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system.

Alexa Commands:
  • Show the latest [alarmsCount] alarms
  • Play the latest [alarmsCount] videos

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system.

Alexa Commands:
  • Show all [status]* alarms
  • Play all [status]* alarms
Alexa Commands:
  • Show me all alarms from [alarmsDate]
  • Play videos from [alarmsDate]

[alarmsDate] like today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, or a specific date, like First of April, 2020 - Note that you always have to add the year in this case.

Alexa Commands:
  • Show all alarms with [object]*
  • Play all videos with [object]*
Alexa Commands:
  • Show the latest [alarmsCount] alarms from camera [cameraName]
  • Play the [alarmsCount] latest video from camera [cameraName]

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system

[alarmsCount] has to be a number: 1, 2, 3...100

Alexa Commands:
  • Show all alarms from camera [cameraName] from [alarmsDate]
  • Play videos from [alarmsDate] from camera [cameraName]

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system

[alarmsDate] like today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, or a specific date, like First of April, 2020 - Note that you always have to add the year in this case.

Alexa Commands:
  • Show all alarms from [alarmsDate] with [object]*
  • Play all videos with [object]* from [alarmsDate]

[alarmsDate] like today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, or a specific date, like First of April, 2020 - Note that you always have to add the year in this case.

Alexa Commands:
  • Show all alarms from [cameraName] from [alarmsDate] with [object]*
  • Play all videos from camera [cameraName] with [object]* from [alarmsDate]

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system

[alarmsDate] like today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, or a specific date, like First of April, 2020 - Note that you always have to add the year in this case.

Alexa Commands:
  • Show all alarms from camera [cameraName] from [alarmsDate] between [timeStart] and [timeEnd] o'clock
  • Play videos from [alarmsDate] between [timeStart] and [timeEnd] clock of [cameraName]

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system

[alarmsDate] like today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, or a specific date, like First of April, 2020 - Note that you always have to add the year in this case.

[timeStart] / [timeEnd] can be any time, like 7am, 7pm

Alexa Commands:
  • Show me all alarms from camera set [cameraSet]
  • Play all videos from camera set [cameraSet]

[cameraSet] is the name of a camera set you created inside the INSTAR Cloud system

Alexa Commands:
  • Show the latest [alarmsCount] alarms from camera set [cameraSet]
  • Play the latest [alarmsCount] videos from Camera Set [cameraSet]

[alarmsCount] should be any number:1, 2, 3...100

[cameraSet] is the name of a camera set you created inside the INSTAR Cloud system

Alexa Commands:
  • Tell me number of videos from [cameraName]
  • How many alarms does [cameraName] have

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system

Alexa Commands:
  • How many alarms are in camera set [cameraSet]
  • What is the number of alarms in [cameraSet]

[cameraSet] is the name of your camera set inside the INSTAR Cloud system

Alexa Commands:
  • [switch]* alarm email
  • [switch]* notifications by email
Alexa Commands:
  • [switch]* object recognition for [cameraName]
  • Turn object recognition [switch]* for [cameraName]

[cameraName] is the name you gave your camera inside the INSTAR Cloud system

Alexa Commands:
  • How many cameras on my cloud
  • Tell me number of cameras
Alexa Commands:
  • How much space is left on my cloud
  • How much memory is still available
Alexa Commands:
  • When does the storage space expire
  • When does my voucher expire
Alexa Commands:
  • Pause
  • Pause that
Alexa Commands:
  • Resume
  • Continue
Alexa Commands:
  • Next
  • Skip
Alexa Commands:
  • Go Back
  • Back Up
Alexa Commands:
  • Do you know my account
  • Which account I bind with this skill
Alexa Commands:
  • Back to start page
  • INSTAR Cloud
Alexa Commands:
  • Ask for help
  • How to use INSTAR Cloud
Alexa Commands:
  • Exit
  • Exit INSTAR Cloud

If you have any questions about our INSTAR Cloud Skill or if you have any suggestions, please contact us. Note: This skill requires account linking. If you have multiple accounts in the INSTAR Cloud, Alexa will only enable and link this skill to the account that is currently logged in / linked.

* Status:

  • "unseen": unseen, not seen, not yet seen, new, fresh, untouched, newly, added, unviewed
  • "seen": seen, watched, looked at, already seen, old, viewed
  • "starred": marked, noted, checked, starred
  • "locked": locked, protected, blocked

* Objects:

  • "Human": human, person, people, peoples, persons, humans
  • "Vehicle": car, cars, truck, trucks, vehicle, vehicles
  • "Animal": animal, animals, pets, pet

* Switch:

  • "activate": activate, enable, active, on, turn on
  • "deactivate": deactivate, disable, off, turn off
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