openweather plugin ?

[Elcid]

you can set the bedroom alexa to silent alarm in the alexa app under sounds, if you move slider to zero. This will disable alarm and timer sound, the alexa's led ring will flash.

[CatmanV2]

Yeah, but you still have to turn it off to trigger your activity?

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[CatmanV2]

Although the settings tab is unreachable due to a Java error, actually setting and triggering the alarm works fine

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[therealdb]

What @Elcid said. Plus, an Alexa routine has the ability to have delay. So you are able to trigger a virtual sensor, then wait some seconds, then execute other logic. I'm using to lower the light gently, that's what you want, after all (but applied to volume).

You're using my own VeraAlexa, so you can always write a scene to increment volume recursively. it's not that difficult, and I think you'd do the same with Reactor.
Meta code:

• Start a radio station
• Every 30 seconds increment volume by 10%, unless you reach 60%

Since you're on openluup, you can execute anything you want from VeraAlexa, or just trigger routines. Your options are endless

[therealdb]

So, to be more useful to you

• Option A: do everything in an Alexa Routine
• Option B: trigger a virtual sensor from an Alexa Routine, then execute the logic in Reactor
• Option trigger a virtual sensor from an Alexa Routine, then execute some login in Reactor, and use delay in Alexa Routine to manipulate its volume

On the when in Alexa routine, choose "when an alarm is dismissed" or similar. Sorry, I've the Italian version right now, but that should be very similar in words.

[CatmanV2]

Cheers, but you misunderstand the problem :). (Which is pretty much solved)

I have a virtual switch that triggers a reactor sensor and deals with all the volume (through a decent sounding system, not an Alexa)

What I wanted was the ability to tell Alexa. 'Flick this switch at 0630'. Which does not appear to be possible.
'Run routine A' where 'routine a' has a delay before it does anything seems possible, but not really what I want. That would be like going to bed and setting your alarm clock to wake you up in 8 hours and 27 minute. Plus you'd have to change the delay every time, or trigger the routine at the same time every day, which puts us back to square one....

I'm probably missing something

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[Elcid]

Ok this is possible in node-red just trying to figure out how to cancel the alarm after it is set up. At the moment this works but alarm volume would have to be 0.
The flow listens for alarm to be set, then sets a timer according to alarm set time. It the waits and turns on the virtual switch at set time (or within 30 seconds on set time)

[CatmanV2]

Cunning. I don't use node red (yet)

Hell I barely use Z-way. The alarm clock plug is not perfect but it's pretty close. I wonder if it's possible to use HA bridge to send the hhss data to it. I shall have a prod

Cheers!
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[Elcid]

Ok when you do, I figured out how to set alarm, then dissmiss it. Then set delay and turn on a smart devce. Silently.

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[CatmanV2]

Amazing thanks. I think I'll try HA as well

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[CatmanV2]

Well:
curl 'http://127.0.0.1:3480/data_request?id=action&output_format=json&DeviceNum=46&serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VClock1&action=SetAlarmTime&newAlarmTimeValue=08:00:00'

Sets the alarm time to 08:00:00 which is perfect. Just need to pass the value from Alexa now

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[Elcid]

So how do you make it dynamic, i.e. "set alarm for 6.45 am" or "set alarm for 7pm monday"

[CatmanV2]

Well that's the interesting bit. With most HA stuff you pass a variable.

With my thermostat:

http://127.0.0.1:3480/data_request?id=action&output_format=json&DeviceNum=20300&serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:TemperatureSetpoint1_Heat&action=SetCurrentSetpoint&NewCurrentSetpoint=${intensity.percent}

So if I say 'Alexa, set the thermostat to 22, the call beccomes:

http://127.0.0.1:3480/data_request?id=action&output_format=json&DeviceNum=20300&serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:TemperatureSetpoint1_Heat&action=SetCurrentSetpoint&NewCurrentSetpoint=22

Obviously if I was to say '99' we'd have a problem but I'm unlikely to....

Not finding a way to send '07:00:00' yet though

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[CatmanV2]

Well got as far as setting it to the hour:

http://127.0.0.1:3480/data_request?id=action&output_format=json&DeviceNum=46&serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VClock1&action=SetAlarmTime&newAlarmTimeValue=${intensity.percent}:00:00

Not sure there's anyway of passing the minute variable, sadly

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[CatmanV2]

Hmm, apparently there is, but struggling with Alexa at the moment:

For the items that want to have a date time put into the message, utilize ${time.format(yyyy-MM-ddTHHssXXX)} where "yyyy-MM-ddTHHssXXX" can be any format from the Java SimpleDateFormat documented here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html. Also, there is a ${time.millis} which will put the millis timestamp where this replacement control is located.

I only want to pass HH:mm. I can tag 00 at the end but there's something amiss.

http://127.0.0.1:3480/data_request?id=action&output_format=json&DeviceNum=46&serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VClock1&action=SetAlarmTime&newAlarmTimeValue=${time.format(HH:mm)}:00

If anyone can point me in any direction, that would be lovely but...

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[rafale77]

I don't think it can pass more than one number. Remember that the habridge is actually a hue emulator. It passes light commands which is why it works locally because it was one of the two devices the amazon echo talks to directly without going to the cloud.
The trick to pass the number was to make alexa think it was passing a dim level.

[therealdb]

“Alexa, wake me up at 8 am”.
Then, an Alexa routine will do whatever you want, when the alarm goes off. Believe me, it’s simpler than you think. Try it.

[CatmanV2]

@rafale77 said in Alarm Clock:

I don't think it can pass more than one number. Remember that the habridge is actually a hue emulator. It passes light commands which is why it works locally because it was one of the two devices the amazon echo talks to directly without going to the cloud.
The trick to pass the number was to make alexa think it was passing a dim level.

Seems a bit odd specifying in the documentation that it can pass date / time formats then, no?

Oh well

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[CatmanV2]

@therealdb said in Alarm Clock:

“Alexa, wake me up at 8 am”.
Then, an Alexa routine will do whatever you want, when the alarm goes off. Believe me, it’s simpler than you think. Try it.

Trying it now but I expect it to play a noise (as well as possibly trip the switch).....

I created a routing called 'Wake up' which runs when I say 'Alexa, wake me up'

We shall see in about 5 minutes

Cheers

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[rafale77]

@CatmanV2

I just went and check and I think you misread the documentation. The bridge can pass time format to devices. Alexa can't. Other hubs can talk to one another and the bridge can pass time between them if they can send it to the bridge. Or you can define a time manually within the bridge to pass it to another hub. The echo cannot pass time to a hue hub so it can't do it with the habridge either. These are the commands the echo support with the bridge:

Ask Alexa

After this Tell Alexa: "Alexa, discover my devices". If there is an issue you can go to the Menu / Settings / Connected Home for the echo on the mobile app or your browser and have Alexa forget all devices and then do the discovery again.

Then you can say "Alexa, Turn on the office light" or whatever name you have given your configured devices.

Here is the table of items to use to tell Alexa what you want to do, this has changed over time due to Amazon reserving words for skills:

To do this...	Say this...
ON Commands	Alexa, turn on <Device Name>
OFF Commands	Alexa, turn off <Device Name>
DIM Commands	Alexa, brighten <Device Name> to <Position>
DIM Commands	Alexa, dim <Device Name> to <Position>
DIM Commands	Alexa, brighten <Device Name>
DIM Commands	Alexa, dim <Device Name>
DIM Commands	Alexa, set <Device Name> to <Position>
To see what Alexa thinks you said, you can check in the home page for your Alexa.

To view or remove devices that Alexa knows about, you can use the mobile app Menu / Settings / Connected Home or go to http://echo.amazon.com/#cards.