I'm looking for an easy way of creating a virtual switch for some door and leak sensor and then have them integrate with Aleaxa to announce when doors open and where a leak sensor detected a leak. Any assistance in the would be greatly appreciated.
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Here's a good guide on setting this up:
How To Enable Alexa TTS Announcements for HomeSeer Devices - ProductsLast edited by macromark; April 1, 2024, 10:02 AM.HS4Pro on a Raspberry Pi4
54 Z-Wave Nodes / 21 Zigbee Devices / 108 Events / 767 Devices
Plugins: Z-Wave / Zigbee Plus / EasyTrigger / AK Weather / OMNI
HSTouch Clients: 1 Android
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Hey Rmasonjr, thanks for the response. I just learned (switched from Insteon) this past June. I'm not a programmer but do miss and need the voice announcements that Alexa would make for certain alert notifications. I say all that to say, is this long and tedious process and requires programming? Is this what you have installed and use? Is this less complicated than voice monkey?
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To be honest, I set mine up using that link a long time ago and I have never modified - it just works.
That said, it is a little involved, but the steps in that link are accurate. A YouTube video would be better, but give those instructions a shot.
I use mine to announce through all the Echo devices:- Alarm has been Armed/Disarm
- Medicine reminders
- Trash Days
- etc.
HS4Pro on a Raspberry Pi4
54 Z-Wave Nodes / 21 Zigbee Devices / 108 Events / 767 Devices
Plugins: Z-Wave / Zigbee Plus / EasyTrigger / AK Weather / OMNI
HSTouch Clients: 1 Android
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Just because I like to have options, the other secret sauce is:
VoiceMonkey and Jon00's VoiceMonkey Utility. That's the route I took.
Here's the topic: https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/3r...r-3-homeseer-4
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