Okay so i hope i can explain it well.
If not, don’t hesitate to tell me it’s not working.
The Custom Google SDK integration [tronikos] mentioned above can not only send questions in text form but also retrieve the answers from google assistant.
I tried to work with that and i must say after a bit of tinkering it works pretty good.
So here is how i did it:
1st. You need those 2 Integrations:
the one on the right you can get from the official integrations the one on the left is the one [tronikos] mentioned above.
Install it according to the instruction in those 2 URLs:
Official → “Google Assistant SDK - Home Assistant”
Custom → “GitHub - tronikos/google_assistant_sdk_custom: Patches Google Assistant SDK integration to allow getting responses from commands to Google Assistant.”
First the Official then the Custom one!
Spoiler : For the Custom one you need to add the repository given in the Github URL to HACS.
When you have configured them both…
2nd. Helper and Automation:
Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Helper
There, create a “Text” Helper.
Only change the Name to something like “vacuumstatus” and leave everything default.
Ok when you did this, go to
Settings → Automation & Scenes → Create New automation
Go to the 3 Dots on the right corner and “Edit in YAML”
Copy the whole Automation in there and replace what i marked with → !!!REPLACE!!!
You can STRG + F and search for it in the Automation Text.
alias: "360 Vaccum: status"
description: Gets the status of an 360 Robot via Google Custom SDK
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: "10"
id: time
- platform: event
event_type: google_assistant_sdk_custom_event
event_data:
request: !!!!REPLACE!!!! *What is the Status of the Vaccum*(In your set Google SDK language)
id: status
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: time
sequence:
- service: google_assistant_sdk.send_text_command
data:
command: !!!!REPLACE!!!! *What is the Status of the Vaccum*(In your set Google SDK language)
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: status
sequence:
- service: input_text.set_value
data:
value: "{{ trigger.event.data.response }}"
target:
entity_id: !!!!REPLACE!!!! input_text.YOUR_Text_Helper
mode: queued
max: 10
Ok, when you did that, your Text Helper is updating every 10 Minutes with the Vacuum Status.
You can also trigger the update manually, I show you how.
3rd: Make a GUI
Go to the Dashboard and make a new card where ever you like.
Choose manual and copy this into the card:
Don’t forget to replace what I marked with → !!!REPLACE!!!
type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: markdown
content: >-
<ha-alert alert-type="info">{{ states('!!!!REPLACE!!!! input_text.YOUR_Text_Helper')
}}</ha-alert>
title: 360 Robot
- square: true
columns: 3
type: grid
cards:
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: google_assistant_sdk.send_text_command
data:
command: Start Vacuum Robot(In your set Google SDK language) !!!!REPLACE!!!!
target: {}
name: Start
icon: mdi:play
hold_action:
action: none
show_state: false
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: google_assistant_sdk.send_text_command
data:
command: Stop Vacuum Robot(In your set Google SDK language) !!!!REPLACE!!!!
target: {}
name: Stop
icon: mdi:stop
hold_action:
action: none
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: google_assistant_sdk.send_text_command
data:
command: Vacuum Robot back to charging station(In your set Google SDK language) !!!!REPLACE!!!!
target: {}
icon: mdi:ev-station
hold_action:
action: none
name: charge
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: google_assistant_sdk.send_text_command
data:
command: !!!!REPLACE!!!! with the same sentence you have defined in your automnation
target: {}
icon: mdi:sync
name: get status
It should work now and look something like this.
Final Thoughts
It is way too complicated, and 360 should be ashamed of themselves for not just letting us use an API and make our own integration.
But it works pretty good! Sometimes it has a delay of up to 20 seconds or something, but I guess that’s ok for a robot vacuum.
Hope it works for you
Cheers 