Currently when I go down stairs in the morning the first motion triggers a Morning Weather voice notification which I really like. This morning, Tuesday is trash day and I forgot to roll out the trash. So, I decided to add a voice reminder to take out the trash on Tuesdays using Notify with Sound. In my activity log I see both messages, Notify with Sound first, followed by Morning Weather. Apparently, the first message is not completed, sometimes not even started, before the weather message begins. Is there a way to buffer the message, or is this an opportunity to use a community app and/or CORE?
Thanks
Edit: I believe I put this in the wrong sub category…
bamarayne
(Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)
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Personally, I would set up a piston in CoRE that is triggered via motion. That piston would trigger an askAlexa macro that would play my weather and my flash briefing.
CoRE is definitely the most flexible, all encompassing way to go, but you could also use multiple instances of Speaker Notify with Sound. Set up each instance with the desired trigger and change the Action/Speaker to whatever you want. One issue with Speaker Notify with Sound is the notifications may walk on top of each other if they’re within hearing distance. The Speaker Notify with Sound SmartApp will allow you to schedule a specific time, but not a “wait” period like in CoRE. Speaker Notify with Sound is a SmartThings app (i.e., not CoRE or a community app) in the SmartThings MarketPlace.
I have only one speaker and when I send it back to back messages, especially with TTS, the first one gets truncated by the second one. From what I’ve been able to find, I agree that CoRE is the best solution. Just wanted to make sure I wasnt missing an option/trick somewhere.
Whether Samsung/ST realizes it or not this “community” is a driving force in their product offering.