Notifications of Door Open eg Alexa?

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@jhopple

but cannot get them to announce in the SHM when a door opens

If you are talking about the SHM app, they aren’t going to work.

[jhopple (Jeff)]

Can you elaborate. I thought you could use echo speaks as a speaker in the SHM to make announcements. Is the only way to use echo speaks through webcore?

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

My understanding is that SHM uses a command structure that doesn’t work with the Alexa devices. @tonesto7 can give you more accurate information.

[JDRoberts]

If you have the option to alert with lights, then you can have SHM turn on a virtual switch. And when you can turn on a virtual switch, you can do almost anything including have Alexa speak a notification by using Alexa routines (not SMARTthings routines).

I’m not sure exactly which options are available in which version of the app for SHM anymore, but you used to be able to do an alert with lights in the classic app that you could use for this.

Meanwhile, here is the FAQ on Alexa announcements:

FAQ: Can I trigger an Echo Action without Speaking to It?

Breaking News!!! As of August 2018, a SmartThings-connected Contact or Motion Sensor can now trigger an Amazon echo routine if you live in the US, Canada, or the UK !!! Amazon has now added the ability for some sensors to trigger an Amazon echo routine (not a smartthings routine), which does let you trigger other smart home devices which are not connected to SmartThings without having to speak an echo command! Or you can set it up so that your echo devices will speak a customized phrase, play a doorbell chime, or various other sound effects. And even better, that contact sensor can be a virtual contact sensor. And although it’s a bit tricky, a community member has created an edge driver that will create BOTH a virtual switch and a virtual sensor and keep the pair in synch. So…

So this method is a little hanky, but it should work. See the FAQ above for details.

1. SHM turns on a virtual switch via alert with lights

2. The virtual switch is also a virtual contact sensor, so turning it on opens the sensor.

3. The Alexa routine is triggered by the sensor opening, and speaks the announcement

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@djtech2k

Any suggestions/solutions for using Alexa or other options?

Did you find a solution that works for you?

[jhopple (Jeff)]

I used bigtalker2. Seems to be working just fine.

[TonyFleisher]

@bamarayne

My understanding is that SHM uses a command structure that doesn’t work with the Alexa devices

This is correct. The SHM audio notification uses the playTrackAndResume(url) method from the musicPlayer capability, which is not supported by Echo Speaks.
If you check the logs when it triggers, you will see something like this:

warn Uh-Oh… The playTrackAndResume(uri: https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-media/polly-tts/salli/the_front_door_is_open_.mp3, duration: 1, volume: null) Command is NOT Supported by this Device!!!

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@jhopple

I used bigtalker2. Seems to be working just fine.

Good choice. Glad you got it working for you.

[Russ_Titsworth]

From 9-10pm p.m. every night I would like Alexa
or SmartThings to check and see
if my door contact is open or closed
And then say your door is open.

I have three separate speakers and if I have this repeat every 3 minutes each speaker will say the door is open.

Although currently it only seems to work if I am opening the door it doesn’t work if the door is already open.

Occasionally somebody goes in or out the garage door and may leave it open … although the overhead door maybe shut I want to be sure the door contact is shut…the garage pedestrian door that is…

I can’t find the skills discussed in this thread where am I missing it?

[Russ_Titsworth]