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[Pabla]

@librasun that’s awesome! Looks like I have go to give this a try again. Maybe I’ll start from scratch with a new device. Have you tried announcements yet?

[CatmanV2]

FWIW I just tried the command up there and it didn't work

It's really not that hard, and it is brilliant, especially since you can use Reactor to do notifications

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[LibraSun]

@Pabla, I plan to attempt Announcements later today, as my 2nd experiment. Should be fun!

@CatmanV2 did you make sure to alter the devNum to match that of the "Alexa TTS" device on your Vera? (Ha, look at me, trying to give YOU directions, lol)

[CatmanV2]

@librasun said in Vera Alexa Plugin 7.32:

@Pabla, I plan to attempt Announcements later today, as my 2nd experiment. Should be fun!

@CatmanV2 did you make sure to alter the devNum to match that of the "Alexa TTS" device on your Vera? (Ha, look at me, trying to give YOU directions, lol)

I'm always happy to learn but yes, I did do that

uup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1",
   "RunCommand",
   {Command="-e weather -d 'Living_Room_dot'"}, 22)

Total silence.

2021-03-23 21:51:41.439   luup_log:0: ALTUI: runLua(luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1",
   "RunCommand",
   {Command="-e weather -d 'Office'"}, 22))
2021-03-23 21:51:41.439   luup.call_action:: 22.urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1.RunCommand 
2021-03-23 21:51:41.886   luup.variable_set:: 22.urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1.LatestResponse was: sending cmd:weather to dev:Everywhere type:A3C9PE6TNYLTCH serial:de3b4a21ca844817bc180e826e636425 customerid:A1CVTZ... now: sending cmd:weather to dev:Office type:A32DOYMUN6DTXA serial:G090U50991550NLS customerid:A1CVTZEBJIUFJI #hooks:0
2021-03-23 21:51:41.886   luup_log:0: ALTUI: Evaluation of lua code returned: nil

Odd

It also throws an 'unknown device' even if I give it a device I know is right, so I assume I'm screwing my syntax

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[CatmanV2]

OK that's odd

Even though the device is called Living_Room_dot the command expects 'Living Room dot' shrug

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[LibraSun]

Does it matter that I see you typed "uup" instead of "luup" at the beginning of your trial command?

[CatmanV2]

@librasun said in Vera Alexa Plugin 7.32:

Does it matter that I see you typed "uup" instead of "luup" at the beginning of your trial command?

Quoting error. It would have mattered

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[LibraSun]

If this helps you feel less alone, I get an "Sorry, I'm having trouble running the Simon Says command on your Echo" (or some such spoken error message) when I attempt:

luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1","Say", {Text='<voice name="Kendra"><lang xml:lang="en-US">Hello from Vera Alexa</lang></voice>', Volume=50, Repeat = 1}, 344)

...lifted almost verbatim from DB's docs.

[LibraSun]

Can anybody help me modify this statement in such a way that the spoken volume is lowered to 10 (from the default of 50)?

luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1","RunCommand", {Command="-e speak:'Hello from Vera Alexa' -d 'Living Room' "}, 344)

THANKS! The documentation I'm reading here and here leaves a lot to the imagination, I'm sorry to admit.

[Pabla]

@librasun I am probably the least qualified person on this thread to answer this question but I will give it a try. Maybe confirm that your Living Room Alexa device isn't called Living Room Echo or something, cause that will be the name you'll have to use.

luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1", "Say", {Text="Hello from Vera Alexa", Volume=10, GroupZones="Living Room" }, 344)

[therealdb]

This still is hacky, because it's based on unsupported feature, but me and many others have it running since 3+ years. The point is to

• ensure you could get a cookie. If not, the best thing to do is to install on a pi or similar and use via oath tool and openluup
• use exact names for devices, because it's case sensitive
• avoid groups, unless you have announcements enabled
• avoid complex voices, unless you have announcements enabled
• try with debugmode set to 1 and looking at live logs

I'm always open to PRs for docs and a UI, if anyone wants to contribute. I've not invested so much into a proper UI because I still think it's not really necessary, but it doesn't mean that one of you could not step in and do it

[CatmanV2]

If only one of us was qualified

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[CatmanV2]

@librasun said in Vera Alexa Plugin 7.32:

If this helps you feel less alone, I get an "Sorry, I'm having trouble running the Simon Says command on your Echo" (or some such spoken error message) when I attempt:

luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1","Say", {Text='<voice name="Kendra"><lang xml:lang="en-US">Hello from Vera Alexa</lang></voice>', Volume=50, Repeat = 1}, 344)

...lifted almost verbatim from DB's docs.

Does there not need to be an Echo device specified in there? Doesn't work for me either, yet.

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[therealdb]

@catmanv2 you need announcements on. Do you have them enabled?

[CatmanV2]

@therealdb said in Vera Alexa Plugin 7.32:

@catmanv2 you need announcements on. Do you have them enabled?

Aye. UseAnnouncements = 1 (And I get lovely synced announcements across the house)

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[LibraSun]

@pabla said in Vera Alexa Plugin 7.32:

@librasun I am probably the least qualified person on this thread to answer this question but I will give it a try. Maybe confirm that your Living Room Alexa device isn't called Living Room Echo or something, cause that will be the name you'll have to use.

luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1", "Say", {Text="Hello from Vera Alexa", Volume=10, GroupZones="Living Room" }, 344)

Funny, I've tried precisely that command before (and just tried again for the 10th time), and it always produces a spoken error response:
"Sorry, I'm having trouble using the Simon Says skill right now." (or something very similar)

I am also getting the feeling that GroupZones are somehow different from -d (Device), but I have no GroupZones set up. Only a bunch of Echo devices with names like "Living Room", "Master Bedroom", "Hall Bathroom", etc.

Will continue reading docs and these replies to learn more.
THANKS FOR THE HELPING HAND!

[CatmanV2]

I don't even get an error. Might it be because I don't have the Simon Says skill?

Would be interested in understanding how to use some of the audio effects if anyone might have suitable syntax? Also anyone got a list of commands?

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[LibraSun]

It's just odd to me that the "RunCommand" version (with "Speak") - works great for me! - works better than the purpose-built "Say" approach - produces seemingly unrelated verbal error I can't follow.

All I really need is for someone smarter than me to spell out clearly (like for a kindergartner) HOW the command strings are composed. Normally, I can work from examples, and DB's docs contain plenty, but none of them seem to fit my intentions (i.e. use MSR to run Lua on Vera to say something through a specific Echo at a specified volume, which seems so simple and straightforward).

Maybe as a group we should focus our attention, as DB suggests, on crafting a workable set of documentation so we're all clear.

[CatmanV2]

Same here

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[LibraSun]

BONUS If we play our cards right, and nail down all the options, we could beg @toggledbits to create a "Notify" template on MSR specifically for VeraAlexa.