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You can create manual events which can be triggered by "open garage door" and a separate one "close garage door". Your even can then control the real door device. Just call the events from the helper script.
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Originally posted by Rotech View PostLet's say I want to open my garage door. Currently I can not do this in a normal speaking manner, I would have to say "Alexa turn on garage port" to open the garage door and to close it "Alexa turn off garage port " how would this script help in this situation?
And you could do the same for closing it. Note that instead of having to set up 3 triggers with those exact phrases (which alexa may or may not recognize correctly), you just tell it you want to listen for those "key" words.
Note that this does require you to use the Skill instead of the API.
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Originally posted by langenet View PostYes, but you can change the homeseer to something else... in my case, I call it Leena. So I would say Alexa... tell Leena to ...
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Which of the two options on this page should I use:
http://homeseer.com/amazon-echo-integration.html
I'm currently using IFTTT to link Alexa and HS, and am looking to switch to this helper.
Also, I too would like to know how I change the name from HomeSeer to something else
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Originally posted by Rotech View PostWhere do you change homesser name? In HS or with this script?
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread...06#post1268106
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Originally posted by tenholde View PostWhich of the two options on this page should I use:
http://homeseer.com/amazon-echo-integration.html
I'm currently using IFTTT to link Alexa and HS, and am looking to switch to this helper.
Also, I too would like to know how I change the name from HomeSeer to something else
tenholde
I would suggest testing the helper using the 'Tell/Ask Homeseer....' to ensure everything is working correctly.
To change the Homeseer name you will need to create your own skill which is detailed here. Under step 3, select USA rather than UK and set the invocation name to your choice. You must remove the existing Homeseer Home Automation Skill from your Echo/DOT app before you activate your own Skill.
That should be it.
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Originally posted by jon00 View PostYou must remove the existing Homeseer Home Automation Skill from your Echo/DOT app before you activate your own Skill.
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Option 1 is very limiting as you can not instantiate events.
I would use option two. Then you have the full power of HomeSeer as you can trap what HS gets from Alexa via the HS "check_vcmd.vb" script.
Jon's script utilizes this architecture and makes it easier for folks not that familiar with scripting to provide a nice platform to interface to this functionality. It is cool. Kudo's for Wade to create the architecture, and for Jon to extend the capability.HomeSeer 2, HomeSeer 3, Allonis myServer, Amazon Alexa Dots, ELK M1G, ISY 994i, HomeKit, BlueIris, and 6 "4k" Cameras using NVR, and integration between all of these systems. Home Automation since 1980.
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There is no reason to not use both options. This way you can just say "Alexa, turn off...", however for more advanced stuff you have the option of saying "Alexa, tell homeseer...".
I play on doing the custom skill so that I can change the name to House or something like that. My wife looks at me weird everytime I tell her she needs to say "Homeseer". I understand why they chose it, but it's just not userfriendly (and I'm amazon wouldn't let them release it with "house"?)
What Amazon needs to do is understand that people want to customize how not only they call the skills, but alexa itself. Having only 3 options is not doing it.
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Possible problem
I have installed the plugin and it works really well. No problems getting it to do what I want. However, the delay between the command and the action is much longer that it was before when using the advance skill. The circular light will go round and round and around 2-4 seconds later, it will do the action. The real problem is that even when not using the advanced skill, like "alexa turn off the den lamp", the same delay is there. Anyone else having this problem?
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This works as well:
RunScript=&hs.savevar("MyGlobalVar","Reset All Zones")
Originally posted by jon00 View PostI can, however it may not be needed.
As you have not specified a script parameter, the number is automatically passed to your script (AlexaOffice.vb) as the parameter, therefore you can set the global variable from within the script:
PHP Code:Sub Main(ByVal Parm As String)
hs.SaveVar("Your variable name",Parm)
' your code here
End Sub
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Originally posted by jimbell View PostI have installed the plugin and it works really well. No problems getting it to do what I want. However, the delay between the command and the action is much longer that it was before when using the advance skill. The circular light will go round and round and around 2-4 seconds later, it will do the action. The real problem is that even when not using the advanced skill, like "alexa turn off the den lamp", the same delay is there. Anyone else having this problem?
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