rlkoshak
December 14, 2016, 5:58pm
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There are people who have successfully integrated with Echo.
I’ve publicly released my Alexa-HA Skill on GitHub . This provides verbal I/O to control your OpenHAB server/items using voice via the Amazon Echo. Key features include:
Switch devices/appliances/lights/etc
Set light colors individually, by room or group
Control light dimmer levels individually, by room or group
Set thermostat target temperatures
Change between various scenes/modes (i.e. home/lighting/security/etc)
Get current states (i.e. temperature/humidity/luminance, power consumption, et…
HI all, I finally got around to creating a binding to link OH2 to my Amazon echos. I just got this working like 10 mins ago, so to say it’s rough is an understatement!
This Binding emulates a Hue Bridge, allowing the echo to directly control it. This has two big benefits over using a alexa hosted app. One is that it is super fast, control is done over the local network and not from the cloud. Two is that there is no wake word, you just say “Turn lights ON” or “Set Thermostat to 70”.
This s…
Google Home has a public API so I imagine it will not be long before there is a binding. But given it has only been out for a month or so there is nothing available yet.
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