Alarm Integration with Google TTS problems - please help!

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Okay so I have a Yale Smart Sync Alarm integrated nicely with HA via their API.

I’m trying to write a script that activates when a command on my Google Home Mini is heard - which I have got working, however I wanted the feedback from the GHM to be a bit more dynamic. See below from my scripts.yaml file:

>  arm_alarm:
>   alias: Arm Alarm
>   sequence:
>    - service: tts.google_say
>      entity_id: media_player.stes_room_speaker
>      data_template: 
>       message: >
>         {% if is_state("alarm_control_panel.yale_smart_alarm", "armed_away") %}
>         "Alarm is already armed"
>         {% endif %}
>         "STEVEN"
>    - condition: state
>      entity_id: alarm_control_panel.yale_smart_alarm
>      state: 'disarmed'
>    - service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away
>      data:
>       entity_id: 
>        alarm_control_panel.yale_smart_alarm
>    - wait_template: "{{is_state('alarm_control_panel.yale_smart_alarm', 'armed_away') }}"
>    - service: tts.google_say
>      entity_id: media_player.stes_room_speaker
>      data_template:
>        message: >
>         {% if is_state("alarm_control_panel.yale_smart_alarm", "armed_away") %}
>         "Alarm is now armed"
>         {% endif %}

The problem I am having is that the first `tts.google_say` call throws an error, as per below (ignore the messages, this is just for testing purposes):

> Error executing service <ServiceCall tts.google_say (c:15de4878b5eb4e8dbc5bac0a72b4726e): message="STEVEN", entity_id=['media_player.stes_room_speaker']>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 1177, in _event_to_service_call
>     await service_handler.func(service_call)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/tts/__init__.py", line 137, in async_say_handle
>     options=options
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/tts/__init__.py", line 306, in async_get_url
>     engine, key, message, use_cache, language, options)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/tts/__init__.py", line 318, in async_get_tts_audio
>     message, language, options)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/tts/google.py", line 83, in async_get_tts_audio
>     token.calculate_token, part)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 56, in run
>     result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtts_token/gtts_token.py", line 28, in calculate_token
>     seed = self._get_token_key()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtts_token/gtts_token.py", line 57, in _get_token_key
>     tkk_expr = re.search(".*?(TKK=.*?;)W.*?", line).group(1)
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

The second tts.google_say works perfectly and I get a response once the alarm status has changed in HA, so doubt anything to do with tokens / credentials and stuff?

I’m just starting out with scripts, and my gut feeling is that this script probably isn’t the most efficient way to achieve what I want, so am open to suggestions.

Any help out there? Thanks in advance!

2

Update: I have setup a test script and some extremely strange behavior, I get the error depending upon the message. It seems the only thing I can get tts google to say is “Alarm is now armed” - If I put “alarm is now armed” (so make it a lowercase ‘a’ for alarm) - I get the error.

Bamboozled, any help appreciated.

3

Never mind - this was resolved with the latest 0.83.0 update!

4

How have you got the alarm working with HA?

I have the Yale smart alarm (not the sync version)

The official ha component has stopped working and a github issue was raised to see if someone (more skilled then me) can get it working again

5

Alright mate, it’s dead easy. I do have the sync version, but I doubt that changes anything as you only get Amazon Alexa integration.

I would make sure you firstly are running the most up to date version of HA or Hass.io, which ever method you are using. They may have updated the alarm_control_panel component, or the yale_smart_alarm platform with an updated API.

Then just add this to config.yaml:

alarm_control_panel:
 platform: yale_smart_alarm
 username: yourusername
 password: yourpassword

I have only just purchased mine, and it works fine. I would suggest possibly registering for a new Yale account and setting the system up from scratch and see if that works.

6

That’s the same one that doesn’t work for everyone.
I’m surprised to see it working for you, just added it back in and it only shows disarm

7

The only thing I can think at this point is that Yale have disabled the API working if your account has a ‘non Sync’ device registered against the account potentially? Not sure, can you verify other users with the Sync are also affected?