jpark40
February 10, 2017, 11:08pm
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Thank you for another great SmartApp!
Feature request:
Motion sensor support.
Filter Report Output option (similar to Ask Alexa)
I have my Google Home setup as a ST speech device with this DTH and I wanted to use it as my main voice reporting device throughout the house without having to use multiple devices (Echo + Android phone with LANnouncer).
TL;DR: I’ve created a DTH that allows you to talk to your Chromecasts
/ Google Homes. It’s ready for testing if you’re familiar with using
the SmartThings IDE / Github integration and can deal with the
(inevitable) bugs that will show up. There’s only very basic
documentation (this post) at this point.
Components
The Chromecast integration consists of three components:
Chromecast Manager, the service manager smartapp
Chromecast DTH
an intermediary app that runs in the cloud, receiving commands from
the DTH and passing them on to your Chromecast / Google home.
The cloud intermediary
While the rest of the code here is relatively standard, using a cloud
intermediary adds complexity. In particular, it comes with two issues:
You need create an app running in the cloud.
That cloud ap…
Thanks for your time!