Amazon Echo

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

This “Hue Emulation” solution is working very well for me; currently with just “turn on / turn off” of ANY switch; but easily expanded to issue a command to any device (including dim, and set temperature via dim phrasing). Just no status responses.

It’s certainly a “hack” and requires a small server on your net (< $40 Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone), and may eventually break; but by that time, there will be more integration choices. This one is excellent.

Playing around with Amazon Echo (technical interface discussion)

If it helps to know… The Java version has been working fine on my Beagle Bone for a week now, so while I’m interested in the Node.js version, it’s definitely not urgent. I’m likely too busy until … Sunday? … to do more research, though you’ll probably see comments here from me from time to time. If you want to walk through installation or minor debugging of the Java version with me, @terryhonn or @luma, or anyone; please private message me. Heck: It may be worth splitting this Topic into two threads: One for the Java, one for the Node; though, ideally, they could easily run against the same SmartApp Endpoints. (@Ron’s Java has pretty smooth authentication steps built in, which is handy if you’ve not done manual authentication steps worked out.) ttyl.