Echo - Harmony

[JDRoberts]

@jgirvine

I know this is not really ST but it is HA… I use Alexa to talk to the Harmony Hub via IFTTT. I would love to be able to tell Alexa to turn the volume down or up… has anyone got this feature? How did you do it?
Thanks

There are two different methods for controlling volume discussed in detail in my project report topic.

The key with harmony is always to create the harmony activity first. Once you have a Harmony activity that does what you want it to do, it’s easy to connect it to echo through either the SmartThings integration or the IFTTT echo channel.

Alexa + SmartThings + IFTTT + Harmony to turn TV on and off by voice (2015 version)

Updated 12 November 2015 after Amazon added “Triggers” to their IFTTT Channel for Alexa As valuable as I personally found this project, and as much as I learned in doing it, as of 12 November 2015 it’s now no longer necessary. Amazon has added verbal triggers to their IFTTT channel. So you can say anything you want to as a trigger to Alexa and use that as the “if” for an IFTTT recipe, and have that trigger anything that has an IFTTT “that” channel. So SmartThings, Philips Hue, Harmony activities, etc. No virtual switches needed, no synch issues. It really is that easy. If you’re new to IFTTT, here’s a good overview: You may still want to use the direct Harmony/SmartThings integration to control certain aspects of TV watching, like limiting your kids to 30 minutes of Net…