sota wrote: > Has anyone looked at this - http://bwssystems.com/#/habridge It's an > application that emulates the Philips Hue API for other home automation > devices. I'm using it to control my Vera Z-Wave HA controller and my > Harmony Hub remote with Alexa. So I can say "Alexa, turn on the > television" and it will run that activity on the Harmony, or "Alexa, dim > the reading lights to 50%" will pass that to the Vera controller. It's > been very reliable and, as it's written in Java, can run on most > platforms. > > But it can also do a lot more. From the web site "the Bridge supports > custom calls as well using http/https/udp and tcp such as the > LimitlessLED/MiLight bulbs using the UDP protocol. Binary data is > supported with UDP/TCP." Perhaps this could be used to pass calls from > Alexa to LMS? > > With regard to the keywork, can I suggest "squeeze". My experience with > the Echo and with creating command words with the HA Bridge app tells me > that shorter and simpler names work best. > > Looking forward to testing this! > > Pat
Hi Pat Looks like there's a good selection of people from Ireland in this thread! I haven't looked at habridge. Anything I'd read about the emulation approach indicated that the function set was limited to what you could do with a light (on, off, dim etc.) and not that suitable for more complex applications. Might be worth looking into the extended commands you mention. In other news, I've now got the basic skill up and running and pretty much debugged. Will only pause and play a SB right now but it's the proof on concept I was looking for. There's a wrinkle with the invocation name though. I'd like to aim for this being a certified, published skill some day so I need take account of the Amazon certification requirements. Unfortunately, "Squeeze' won't work as they don't allow single-word names Also, "Squeeze Box" looks like a non-runner for two reasons; -They don't allow names that breach trademarks or trade names which I suspect this would -You can't use an invocation name and then use it later in the command. So "Alexa, tell squeeze box to play Adele on squeezebox radio" won't work. As a lot of SBs have the word 'squeezebox' in their name from the factory, this is a challenge. I can see why the JRiver skill doesn't have JRiver in the title. I'll get the video of this skill up shortly, then if there's general interest, we can start a dedicated thread and take it from there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ meep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12744 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106149 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
