centerisl wrote: > I'm interested in this too and was surprised that the skill wasn't > already there. But then I read the other thread and...ok, I can see it's > trickier than I first suspected. > > The "here" concept would be very useful, but would be awkward to extend > to other systems. I only have one Echo (so far), but I have a 3 story > house and have LMS sound, HomeSeer automation, and webcams (along with > WAPs and routers) on each so am looking to add an Echo or two. > > I've got most of the HomeSeer devices on the main floor hooked up to > Alexa through their "simple" interface that puts them into "Smart Home" > area so I can say "turn kitchen lights on" - but I have to configure > this for each device in HS (mostly "turn voice recognition on") and it's > a bit tedious, then tell Alexa to re-survey the devices. The alternate > "tell homeseer to turn the kitchen lights on" handles all devices and I > think that's the model you are working on. > > So my first ask is...how about a simple skill that handles (for > instance) "turn squeeze1 on", "set squeeze1 to 20%", and "turn squeeze1 > off" - on and off would probably be "play" and "pause" and the volume > percentage might require tuning.
That's pretty much what I'm aiming for, initially! centerisl wrote: > > And I don't really care about the music I have ripped to my server - we > play Pandora about 98% of the time - so (for me) the important content > is under "Favorites" or "Pandora | Your Stations". I'm fine with only > being able to select a favorite.:) > > But the player - that's an issue. I can rename mine, but it's yet > another thing to remember in a command string. How about a default? > There's a kind of default implemented. The first time you select a player, it stays selected and you don't need to nominate it again unless you need to change it. It might be an idea to allow users set a default player in their plug-in settings - a kind of fall-back. I'll add that to the wish list. centerisl wrote: > > I haven't really thought about the security aspects of exposing my LMS - > is there a reason why the username / password is insufficient? I also > see a setting for "CSRF Protection Level" - no real idea what that > requires. In general, I'd suggest contributing to the LMS project if > additional security is required over creating a new local proxy. I hadn't thought about it either until some people on here pointed out that they would be reluctant to expose their LMS (stories of hackers causing devices to play at full volume etc.) Once I started thinking about it, it became all-consuming and altered fundamentally the architecture of the solution. Now, all the skill does over http is inform the LMS that there's a command waiting. Everything else is then managed by the LMS over an authenticated HTTPS connection to the skill server. This is the part that I've started testing. centerisl wrote: > > I have an AWS account (not Developer) and would be interested in testing > this skill. Send me a PM and I'll add you to the test team! centerisl wrote: > > Edit: I went to the blog and notice the top entry dated "SUNDAY, 8 > NOVEMBER 2020" - now THAT is forward thinking! Indeed. That's my personal HA blog. This is how you get something set up as a sticky in Blogger, apparently! BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Duet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ meep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12744 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
