Amazon EchoControl LastVoiceCommand doesn't update anmore

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

Continuing the discussion from Amazon Echo SmartJ Binding Last Voice Command not working anymore:
I use (openHAbian running OH4.1.3) the LastVoiceCommand for multiple use cases, mainly

• saving the last text if it contains a key word and let it play, if front door is opened
• using it to update my shopping list (as amazon shut down the shoppinglist-API, I’d like to manually update my ShoppingList via openHAB: OH listens to the lastVoiceCommand and uses an API to update my Shopping List)

for the last use case, this would be interesting:

@J-N-K

I have looked into that. It’s quite interesting, because you can see what items are added or removed from lists (e.g. your shopping list). I just don’t know a good way to present these things in openHAB, because we don’t have an item-type for lists.

but: for the time being: I don’t get the LastVoiceCommands from the binding. Is the issue still open or did amazon permanently change something?

[Larsen (Locke)]

@binderth

Is the issue still open or did amazon permanently change something?

with the binding from JNK on smartHomeJ you can get the lastVoiceCommand. But before that you have to trigger the refresh activity channel of the bridge thing.
So one solution is to trigger a connected switch within an Alexa routine. Then you can react on the change of a lastVoiceCommand item within an openhab rule.

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

@Larsen

with the binding from JNK on smartHomeJ you can get the lastVoiceCommand. But before that you have to trigger the refresh activity channel of the bridge thing.

Thanks for that. Do I have to replace (aka remove the core-binding and then re-instate the SmarthomeJ-AddOn) it, or can I “migrate” somehow?

[Larsen (Locke)]

yes, uninstall is recommended.
it’s described here:

Amazon Echo SmartJ Binding Last Voice Command not working anymore

Good evening. Those that are on OH 4.0.x or OH 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT (latest SNAPSHOT, M2 is NOT working): Uninstall the old binding Go to the karaf console and verify with list -s | grep amazon that it is really not installed. Change the JSON 3rd-party marketplace URL: – OH4.0.x: https://download.smarthomej.org/addons.json|https://download.smarthomej.org/addons-beta.json – OH 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT: https://download.smarthomej.org/addons-snapshot.json|https://download.smarthomej.org/addons-beta.json Inst…

I think if you use the same UID everything should be restored as before.

[J-N-K (Jan N. Klug)]

The URL is always https://download.smarthomej.org/addons.json for all supported versions.

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

@Larsen

with the binding from JNK on smartHomeJ you can get the lastVoiceCommand. But before that you have to trigger the refresh activity channel of the bridge thing.

found time to remove the “normal” binding and install the SmarthomeJ variant. All my things and items came back:

openhab> list -s | grep amazon
342 x Active x  80 x 4.1.0                  x org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol

What do you mean with “trigger refresh activity channel”? I added an item to the refresh activity and send “ON” to it, but i still don’t get the LastVoiceCommands. What did I miss?
I’m still on 4.1.3

[Simsal (Simon)]

Would be interested if you can solve it. Have the same problem

[sihui]

@binderth

What do you mean with “trigger refresh activity channel”?

You will need a dummy routine as described here:

Amazon Echo SmartJ Binding Last Voice Command not working anymore

I assume most of us need a dummy-Alexa-routine anyway in order to prevent Alexa from answering with an error message (like “i don’t know how to…”). So we could use this routine to trigger the openhab-binding, like in the workaround: A virtual switch that’s triggered by Alexa. That would avoid the delays. @J-N-K : Wouldn’t it be possible to provide the selection of a trigger item in the configuration-menu of the Alexa-bridge-thing? If the user selects a trigger item then the binding is activa…

Amazon Echo SmartJ Binding Last Voice Command not working anymore

Ok, I have disabled automatic updates and made the account thing extensible. You can manually add a channel of type refreshActivity. Please make sure that the channel-id is also refreshActivity, otherwise it’ll not work. The channel is write-only, sending ON or OFF (works both) to that channel refreshes the activity history immediately. The automatic refresh is still I place, but it should not result in duplicate events in the lastVoiceCommand/lastSpokenText channels, because the events are trac…

@binderth

i still don’t get the LastVoiceCommands

@Simsal

Have the same problem

Logging out and re-registering solved it in my case:

Amazon Echo SmartJ Binding Last Voice Command not working anymore

Good evening. Those that are on OH 4.0.x or OH 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT (latest SNAPSHOT, M2 is NOT working): Uninstall the old binding Go to the karaf console and verify with list -s | grep amazon that it is really not installed. Change the JSON 3rd-party marketplace URL: – OH4.0.x: https://download.smarthomej.org/addons.json|https://download.smarthomej.org/addons-beta.json – OH 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT: https://download.smarthomej.org/addons-snapshot.json|https://download.smarthomej.org/addons-beta.json Inst…

Troubleshooting:

If the lastVoiceCommand still does not work: use “Logout and Re-register” on the account page. Log in again

[Dom76 (Deiber)]

Hello, I have been using version 4.2.1 since its launch and I have been using TextCommand and LastVoiceCommand for a long time. Unfortunately, since yesterday morning, the TextCommand command no longer works. Does anyone else have this problem?

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

@Dom76

Does anyone else have this problem?

yes, as I encountered some issues with my setup I found your entry here. I don’t find any ERROR or something in the logs. It just won’t do…
(I’m still on 4.2.0, openHABian on Pi4).

[Dom76 (Deiber)]

FYI
I restarted my installation (openhabian on RPI 4) and everything works again!?

[J-N-K (Jan N. Klug)]

That’s always a good idea. Sometimes Amazon changes things on their servers and a reconnection fixes it.