Music and colored lighting? (Party scene)

[JDRoberts]

@cchilds1976

I actually have the hue disco app which would work great. However, my goal was to say “alexa, party in the living room(or something similar)” then have the music and lights go to work at the same time. By the way, no worries about the review…it’s the thought that counts. lol

It can be done by

Having Alexa start a SmartThings routine
Then having sharptools start Tasker on an android device and
Then having Tasker run the hue disco app.

Using SmartThings to control Echo

i have this exact thing working using the following components Amazon Alexa AutoVera Tasker Hue Disco App Imperihome Sonos Android Tablet and this produces exactly as per this video with the exception i say Alexa Turn on Party Mode as “Party Mode” is the name of a virtual switch, tasker then does the rest however is you used the following components for a purely Smarthings Solution this would work also Amazon Alexa SharpTools Tasker Hue Disco App LANnouncer Sonos (optional could plug amp into Tablet output instead) Android Tablet (Preferably Wall Mounted) then you could do the same easily

Alternatively, you have to figure out how to start the music from SmartThings and then you can start a color loop with IFTTT.

For example, Some people just do this with Harmony if they have music channels available through their home theater.

So the first step is to figure out where the music will come from. If you have a straightforward way to do that from SmartThings, it’s easy to layer in hue lights.