Smartthings+Echo+Harmony Hub = Voice Controlled TV! (2016 version)

[joe64 (joe)]

Here is another app that lets you control your harmony hub from a local PC.

[OBSOLETE] j64Harmony - Amazon Echo + Harmony Hub Integration

I’ve written an app that will allow you to control a Harmony Hub via the Amazon Echo. Yes, you can currently do this by setting up different activities in the harmony hub to control channels and such. That all works OK, but I found it a little difficult to setup activities to control the volume and more importantly I really wanted to learn a little more about writing LAN connected smart apps and device types. So, I set out to build a few new device types that allow you to toggle the mute button on/off, change the channel, pause the DVR and of course to automatically “surf” channels for you. Here is a screen shot of the various devices in the mobile app. [image] I used simple device types (switches) in this app so that it would be easily integrated with the Amazon Echo. This lets …