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Originally Posted by John F
I have a harmony hub, and it stopped recognizing Alexa verbal commands. Harmony does have a skill, so I was able to use routines to recognize verbal commands.
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I've got a Harmony Hub too. But it's (knock on wood) worked flawlessly for several years with voice commands via an Echo Dot. I use the newer Harmony Alexa skill, though, and it's not available for use in routines. Only the older "Secondary Hub" skill works for Alexa routines (for me anyway). I use the newer skill because I prefer to not have to use the unwieldy, "
Alexa, tell Harmony" syntax.
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Originally Posted by John F
I have a button that when pushed, sends a notification message to my phone. It was working fine, but recently stopped playing the notification sound and not flashing. Using IFTTT, I was able to get notifications on my phone (through the IFTTT app).
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I've got lots of ESP 8266 modules hooked to various sensors and switches that send notifications to the IFTTT app on my phone. But I'm transitioning to a Home Assistant server on a raspberry pi, so I should be able to go back to sending sms (using the standard phone provider's email to sms gateway). I only used the the IFTTT notifications (via WebHook) since IFTTT has a limited monthly cap on their sms notifications. The PI's sendmail should allow me to get around that cap.
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Originally Posted by John F
Good luck.
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Thanks. I'll figure something out. I've heard rumors that Alexa will happily report the status (temp) of a sensor if it doesn't KNOW it's a thermometer. I haven't tried it yet, but I was able to do something similar with my DIY HomeAssistant/Alexa-enabled garage door opener project. If she knows it's a garage door, she requires a PIN to be set/used to open the door by voice. I understand it's for security purposes, but I don't want/need it. If someone's in my house where they can talk to my Echo's, I've already got way worse problems than them being able to open my garage door with a simple voice-command (plus the garage isn't attached to my home).
