Indigo Domotics

Thanks, all good to know. I’ve tried the “ghetto” setup but find the delay a bit long.
Hope they’ll update the notify to actually speak soon.

Carl

ckeyes888 wrote:

find the delay a bit long.

Agreed. For a security notification, I don't like delays. I use it primarily for courtesy notifications....

Geofence to announce when I'm arriving
Who just used their code to open the door followed-up by "Welcome home ________."
Reminder announcements, "Kids feed the animals" "Kids, time for bed" "Five minutes until school bus", etc.

For my security notifications, I stick with Pushover and an alert_text variable on control pages.

I would much prefer an immediate announcement of an event over a chime that requires a follow-up action to decipher the chime.

ckeyes888 wrote:

Can the spoken text be directed to a variable?

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message = indigo.variables[1276581486].value
import json
import requests
body = json.dumps({
 "notification": (message),
 "accessCode":

Add the first line to bring in a variable.

Change the "notification": "Hello World" -> "notification":(message)

Leave everything else the same and it should work. (did for me).

Thanks. Much more useful.

Carl

This is fun, but what's the actual use case if you have to ask Alexa to read your notifications to hear the text?

Because the ring flashes continuously (until cleared) and it makes a noise when a new notification arrives, I think that's a good way of getting attention. Particularly if you have enough Echo devices around the house so that it would be obvious wherever you may be.

FYI: viewtopic.php?f=123&t=20641

This could have been made into a plugin, but the script is so simple I thought it probably wasn't worth the effort. Someone else may do it however...

There is a "Reminder" native skill that allows you to set a phrase to be announced at a scheduled time. Not sure if there's an API for that tho.

ryanbuckner wrote:

There is a "Reminder" native skill that allows you to set a phrase to be announced at a scheduled time. Not sure if there's an API for that tho.

Yes?
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/alexa-voice-service/enable-named-timers-and-reminders.html

Plus you can execute your set "Reminder" phrase by voice command.

Hi how are you?
I'm trying to have Indigo talk to the Alexa through the Notify me skill.
I found out that a script should do the trick.
I've enabled the skill and they sent me the access code.
I'm not a programmer so I have no Idea how to set this up.
all I need alexa to say is "Garage door is open "or "garage door is closed" when it sees a device state changed from sensor value 252 to 147.Could you please send me a sample script and I will paste in the access code.Thanks for your help, Michael keller

kellermix1 wrote:

all I need alexa to say is "Garage door is open "or "garage door is closed" when it sees a device state changed from sensor value 252 to 147.

Problem... The "Notify Me Skill" doesn't speak. It creates a notification. So you will get the 'ding' followed by the yellow ring. When you ask, "Alexa, what are my notifications, she will say [whatever you script her to say]. To have her just announce stuff via indigo, there are a couple ways to do it... both require some tinkering. Like you, I'm not a programmer. So when I set off to get Alexa to talk to me, there was a lot of trial and error, plenty of cursing and a lot of help from folks on the forum.

kellermix1 wrote:

Could you please send me a sample script and I will paste in the access code.Thanks for your help, Michael keller

Create 2 triggers. One to fire when the garage door is open, the other to fire when it's closed.
The garage door open trigger will perform the action, "Execute Script (Script and File Actions)", "Embedded Python:"

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import json
import requests
body = json.dumps({
 "notification": "The Garage Door is Open",
 "accessCode": "your_access_code_here_inside_the_quotation_marks"
})
requests.post(url = "https://api.notifymyecho.com/v1/NotifyMe", data = body)

So when the "Garage Door Open" trigger fires, it will run that script and create a notification message on your amazon device.

As for making her speak, make sounds, etc., directly from indigo. I think you have 3 options:
1) Wait for Matt & Jay to create a fully functional Alexa plugin (They are working on it)
2) Script method (Two threads to read through because there are a couple ways to do it):
https://forums.indigodomo.com/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=22753
https://forums.indigodomo.com/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=20535
3) Node-Red. This one is unique because it allows for full control of your Alexa devices: Speech, sounds, routines, etc. There is a thread that describes how to install node-red (it runs as a server application in the background) with a web like interface where you drag and drop stuff onto it to create "Flows". It takes a bit to get it figured out, but once you do, it's fun.
https://forums.indigodomo.com/viewtopic.php?f=133&t=23486

Good luck and have fun.