Amazon Echo

[Acho 2]

Hi,

    just learned a bit about Amazon Echo - ( 

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). Any chance to integrate it with HC2 ?

[alex88 71]

Depends on how you want to dim the lights. I set up two versions:

 

1. Utterance - "Dim the lights Up/Down"

This reduces the brightness  by a set value e.g. 10, 15 or you can be fancy and make it variable depending on the start dim level. All of this is controlled via a scene i.e. through the API call a scene rather than just the device directly

 

 

2. Utterance - "Set/Dim light(s) to high" / "Set/Dim light to medium" / "Set/Dim light(s) to Low"

Each utterance sets the lights to a preset dim level.

 

 

I found that I used the second more than the first as it gets you to the dim level you want first go. it's a bit annoying having to request to dim changes more than once i.e. the whole thing loses its appeal at that stage.

 

Hope that helps.

[Deojuvente 2]

Hello Aleks

 

I am w8ing on my Echo to

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can you make a youtube video how you set it up seeing is more easy as reading for me

 

thanks a lot

[alex88 71]

I was planning to do this as soon as I get my Echo.

 

Unfortunately my delivery fell through, so now I need to figure out another cost effective way to get my hands on one in the UK.

[Deojuvente 2]

i have the same problem, i live in The Netherland, i just ordered one from eBay $279.01 total

it was the only option to get it here.

 

now i need to w8 from the 21th till 28apr pfff

[Guest fat]

It really is complete rubbish that Amazon will not ship this outside of the US. It had the potential to be a great HA device

[alex88 71]

yes, and it's rubbish that best buy was out of stock when my neighbour went to buy one for me just before heading back to London 

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[Deojuvente 2]

amazon it self its a lot out of stock, there production can not handle it and a lot of skills there can use is the us we cant us here. Amazon is so big there you can order a bread in there store that makes the echo more for the us then the eu

[alex88 71]

yes, ordering over amazon using your echo is pretty cool. i guess it will officially come here soon enough.

[dhanjel 7]

Since the software is available to raspberry pi, you might as well built it on your own.

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[Deojuvente 2]

nope, you need to push a button every time you like to ask alexa something, just talk and call alexa is not working whit the pi

[julexmon 21]

Did you finally got your Echo's?

 

I have implemented this sollution some weeks ago and it was working like a charm but now it suddenly stopped to work. I have no Idea why.

Is there anybody else with problems?

[Deojuvente 2]

yeah i have it and i am using the Ha - Bridge for vera but it works really nice for HC2 to see here

 

(its in dutch but you can see it working)

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[RUSLAN 1]

Just know that, for some time amazon disabled network discovery in alexa-avs-raspberry-pi so it's only possible use ha-bridge with real Amazon Echo.

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[alex88 71]

Did you finally got your Echo's?

 

I have implemented this sollution some weeks ago and it was working like a charm but now it suddenly stopped to work. I have no Idea why.

Is there anybody else with problems?

 

Nope, given up for the time being. figure I'll wait for them to officially sell in the UK, which based on recent articles, including some blatant advertising by the guardian, may be soon.

 

What has stopped working?

[julexmon 21]

Just everything. Alexa cannot recognize any lesson. I reactivated the skill 3 times and checked the portal. It looks to me as if the ubi portal stopped communicating with echo. 

[alex88 71]

Just everything. Alexa cannot recognize any lesson. I reactivated the skill 3 times and checked the portal. It looks to me as if the ubi portal stopped communicating with echo. 

 

I just checked my UBIs and they are working fine. I'd suggest contacting UBI support to see what's going on.

 

Don't have an echo yet, so can't help diagnose any further.

[julexmon 21]

For anyone interested this is how I modified the amazon-echo-ha.bridge.jar file through the source files.

 

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Today I installed the HA-Bridge ver 2.0.3

 

It is working and Fibaro is sending the conformation so Alexa can say OK. The descrition of the HA-bridge says that you can use different commands like turn on, open, start, etc.

Did you manage to get it done? In my case only turn on works.

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[Deojuvente 2]

i have 1.4.3 installed and i run a scene whit

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i have made a bridge divice called family room sleep en when i go to sleep i just tell: (alexa family room sleep on) and hopa scene is running

i don't have dim or color led controller

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nice 2.0.3 i go install it to

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[julexmon 21]

Its funny... I have three scenes:

 

TV, Squeeze (squeezebox) and Gate. 

 

Alexa is reacting when I say "TV on" or "TV off". In case of the other scenes I have to say "Turn on the Gate" and " Turn on Squeeze". "Gate On" is not working. 

 

All three of them are exactly the same. 

[Deojuvente 2]

try longer devices names like main gate outside and update it ask alexa main gate outsite open or on

i had it whit sleep scene alexa sleep not working now i have alexa family room sleep on and it worked