@N8XD - I just wanted to throw this out here on how awesome this is. Not only has your work opened up a whole new level to the home automation, it’s also made me just headfirst into learning to program myself.
After working on the code for the better part of the night (it’s almost 4am here) I’m finally going to bed.
Though, I did end up crashing the program several times, requiring multiple reinstalls. But, I did figure out how to use the logs to troubleshoot the code (somewhat) and I was able to fix a couple of my screw ups.
I only had to redo the capabilities and case sections twice tonight!
But anyway, thanks.
This is what I’ve figured out what I can do!
This uses the following -
Ask Alexa smart app - awesome bit of code here!
Roger android app - allows for a remote connection (away from home) to your registered Alexa service. You can control your home via voice from anywhere! You can now access Alexa remotely!
Alexa device
my home automation stuff
Life360 family location
This is what I can do!!!
When I’m at home I can do this -
Me: Alexa, ask home for the status of my family.
Alexa: All family members are home (if they are all there)
or
Alexa: Jason is not present, Justin is not present.
When I’m away from home I have several options:
1 - look in the ST app
2 - look at my Life360 app (I use this integration instead of ST because this one actually works)
3 - tap on the Roger app on my phone and talk into my bluetooth.
For option #3 - I say exactly what I said above and I get a response back in a few seconds telling me what I want to know. I also can ask Alexa if I left the stove on and she’ll tell me yes, the water is now boiling!
So, Now
- I can access Alexa remotely and use voice control to control my home.
- I can ask Alexa questions and get feedback from my home automation system through her
I can ask her what the temperature is in the baby’s room… she responds
I can ask her what the thermostats are set to… she responds
The next thing I’m going to figure out is this…
Me - Alexa, ask home the status of the garage door.
Alexa - The garage door is open, would you like to close it?
Me - Yes, close the garage door.
Alexa - Ok.
Alexa - The garage door is now closed.
And I absolutely can’t wait to get my hands on the New AskAlexa app by @MichaelS…
I’m going to get that set up for the family to use and then I’m going to see what I can learn from Keith’s version.
My HA system has just jumped to a whole new level of awesome! Time to start building the window blinds controllers!