Please please tell me that we can find a way to integrate this thing into IC?!?!?!
http://gizmodo.com/amazon-echo-an-intelligent-speaker-that-listens-to-you-1655478795
Amazon Echo
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tnamey
posted this
06 November 2014
- Last edited 11 April 2016
rscott
posted this
19 April 2016
Okay, I was able to get more devices working through Alexa. I noticed if I said "turn off Kitchen" rather than "turn off Kitchen light" it seemed to work. I did not have any success with scenes or locks. Is that something I should be able to do right now?
As you noted, the device name has to match exactly. However, if you have multiple lights in the kitchen and add them to a room named "kitchen" you could get away with saying "turn off the kitchen lights."
Currently locks are not supported, though scenes are.
"Alexa, ask InControl to activate the scene welcome home." In that scenario, you'd need to have a scene named "welcome home."
joey10e
posted this
19 April 2016
Okay, I was able to get more devices working through Alexa. I noticed if I said "turn off Kitchen" rather than "turn off Kitchen light" it seemed to work. I did not have any success with scenes or locks. Is that something I should be able to do right now?
rscott
posted this
18 April 2016
It seems like it only responds to the one device. It has worked more that once but only with that device.
There are some troubleshooting steps here that you can go over. In particular, look in your logfile.txt for entries saying things like "unable to find such-and-such device" then compare that to the actual device names found in your setup.
Also note that any type of punctuation will confuse alexa (i.e, Master-bedroom should be master bedroom).
joey10e
posted this
18 April 2016
It seems like it only responds to the one device. It has worked more that once but only with that device.
rscott
posted this
18 April 2016
Hi, so far I have only been able to get alexa to control 1 device. I am able to give commands but nothing happens. Any help would be great.
So did Alexa only work once? or does it always work, but will only control a single device?
joey10e
posted this
18 April 2016
Hi, so far I have only been able to get alexa to control 1 device. I am able to give commands but nothing happens. Any help would be great.
rscott
posted this
12 April 2016
Alexa started working on specific devices this morning. There seems to be some latency between the cloud server and the Echo services. I'm still not sure how to activate by room.
Here, try out version 4.1.5949 which includes the ability to turn on and off the lights in a room. For example, if your room is named "master bedroom" you could say: "Alexa, ask InControl to turn on the master bedroom lights"
rscott
posted this
11 April 2016
Alexa started working on specific devices this morning. There seems to be some latency between the cloud server and the Echo services. I'm still not sure how to activate by room.
There isn't currently a way to activate by a specific room unless you name the device after the room itself. I'll make a note of that though. I can probably even sneak it in without having to go through the Amazon review again.
sgmathews
posted this
11 April 2016
Alexa started working on specific devices this morning. There seems to be some latency between the cloud server and the Echo services. I'm still not sure how to activate by room.
rscott
posted this
10 April 2016
Try this:
"Alexa, ask InControl to turn on the bedroom lights."
"Alexa, ask InControl to activate the scene goodbye."
"Alexa, ask InControl to turn off the porch lights in 2 hours."
sgmathews
posted this
10 April 2016
I installed the new plugin but have yet to make it work! I installed the skill and activated it, but Alexa just says she can't find my devices in my profile. What am I doing wrong? Can you give more specifics on precisely what commands to use to activate scenes or to turn on/off a specific device?
joey10e
posted this
25 March 2016
CCOREY
Can you give some more detail on your workaround that you found? I would love to set this up.
ccorey
posted this
10 March 2016
I figured out a way to use the echo until the app is approved. You can use the ifttt website to send a message through Autoremote to eventghost on your computer. In eventghost you can use CURL to activate a scene setup in IC. It's a roundabout way but it works. For example, say "Alexa Trigger Lights on", it sends that to ifttt, that is sent through Autoremote to eventghost and then triggers a scene with CURL.
I forgot to mention, you can go straight to your computer without autoremote using your ip or dynamic dns but that means you'll have to open up a port on your router. With Autoremote you it'll make it through without doing that.
ccorey
posted this
10 March 2016
I figured out a way to use the echo until the app is approved. You can use the ifttt website to send a message through Autoremote to eventghost on your computer. In eventghost you can use CURL to activate a scene setup in IC. It's a roundabout way but it works. For example, say "Alexa Trigger Lights on", it sends that to ifttt, that is sent through Autoremote to eventghost and then triggers a scene with CURL.
evldave
posted this
23 February 2016
Count me in on beta testing. I don't have an Echo yet, but integrations with ICHA might be enough for me to jump on board.
Gene
posted this
19 February 2016
Just got my Amazon echo a week ago - count me in as a beta tester.
I haven't updated my InControl software in a while because the last time I upgraded it failed to remember my ThinkStick configuration... hopefully that isn't an issue for me anymore.
rscott
posted this
12 February 2016
We are going through the review process with Amazon. Over the last 2 weeks, we've re-submitted our app 4 times for review. Each time they come back asking us to change one piece or another. I must say it's very frustrating - worse than Apple's review by far!
I think we are getting close though. Hopefully this next one is the last review we'll need to go through.
MikeD99
posted this
12 February 2016
I am very interested in combining the voice recog part of Echo with InControl. I don't care so much about finding out SportsBall results or the weather or the time.
I got an Echo yesterday and am disappointed that it does so little. But it seems to do it very well. Should I send it back or will there be something available soon? They have a whole developer's kit out now but it stuff that I don't unnerstan, being an "old" person. I do better working on real time stuff that's not on the Internet.
There is a Python Interface but I can't find it, only the Java interface.
I am hoping for a Raspberry Pi/Python solution that will let me send and receive Curl commands.
I have so much to learn and this thing is really good at voice recognition, which I was doing with a Z80 in the '70s.
Apparently, anyone can sign up for a developer's kit and SDK now and there are Amazon videos about how to do everything.
It looks easier than usual for someone who knows Java/Web stuff, which is not me at the moment.
Mike D.
mystic860
posted this
30 January 2016
I am in the process of leaving Vera for incontrol HA, however I must say I am completely disappointed that there is no integration with the echo, its the one thing I miss the most from vera as I had it working great with vera. I saw the plugin listed in the store and was excited and jumped before clicking on the link in the store and seeing it was not available.
Please give us the status of whats going on here.
tnamey
posted this
10 September 2015
How is this coming along? I'm getting antsy since several other hubs have announced full integration. :^)
