Please update the Main app, it should now say I heard that you were looking to “turn” on
The intent code looks fine, however that doesn’t tell us much why EchoSistant did not get the device name from Amazon. Please read my post above to understand what piece of information EchoSistant is missing:
When the message begins with "I’ve heard (you were looking to) < command > control something … that means Alexa didn’t hear the device name but heard the command (E.G. turn on something)
There are a few things you might want to check. First of all, is the device you are trying to control listed in the “LIST OF DEVICES” …
Perfect, do you have an item in the LIST OF UNITS called “'Light-Laundry-Room”? Your devices should be in the LIST OF DEVICES custom slot.
Alexa heard you wanted to turn on (something) …(ctCommand)= ‘on’ but that "something is undefined ((ctDevice) = ‘undefined’,)…ctDevice field should be your device name (assume ‘Light-Laundry-Room’)…Because Amazon decided to put your device name in the ctUnit custom slot, EchoSistant doesn’t know what to do with the command “on”. We need to figure out why your device is not listed as ctDevice.
The reason for that may be… your device is not listed in the LIST OF DEVICES slot or your device was accidently added to the LIST OF UNITS slot.
There are 163 sample utterances. I just copied your file. Starts with main {cPIN} and ends with: security get the {sControl} of my {sType}
From my pedestrian standpoint, it all looks good to me!
Do you think it has to do with the device name? Using dashes? After lunch I’ll change the name everywhere and see what happens, if you think that is worth a try.
Hi. Well here is the tech tip of the day. The dashes I used in my device naming Light-Laundry-Room appears to be the problem. I renamed the device Lights Laundry Room and it all works okay. Keep away from the dashes!
Thanks for all your help with this problem.
Thanks for all the work! I got it up and running but haven’t configured any profile yet. My question is how to use the notification add on module? And will the notification be played on my Alexa or I need additional output devices? Thank you!
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bamarayne
(Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)
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Hi Ryan, congratulations on your install. You will need external speakers connected to ST to receive the notifications. There are ways around having the extra speakers, but it requires android devices running Android 5.1 or higher.
Let me know if you want more information about that.
so without extra speakers, the notification module is useless for sound notifications? I have Bose SoundTouch speakers, but the speakers keep losing connection with ST, so I was hoping to use Alexa for sound notifications.
bamarayne
(Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)
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unfortunately, we can not push to Alexa devices at this time… but it does seem that it is on the radar at Amazon.
I have no idea why your speakers are not working properly, have you contacted ST support about that?
There are work arounds, but they are of course not the preferred method.
You can receive Text messages and Push messages from the notifications module as well.
Thanks for the response. I will try to remove and add the speakers again then. Btw so I created a profile named “MainLights” to turn on a few lights in my house. What is the correct way to ask Echo to perform this profile? “Alexa, ask mainlights to turn on lights”?
bamarayne
(Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)
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Yes, if you have selected the lights within that profile and you put them in the List_of_devices you would say,
Notification & Reporting Add-on has a new weather feature.
Triggers for changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation or wind gusts. If any of these weather elements are important to you, now you can get notifications (or take actions) when the value changes above or below a set threshold.
