Automation to have Alexa Announce Visitors not working

Configuration
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Hi All,

i seem to be failing with the Automation here:

- id: "1742061084483"
  alias: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  description: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.g4_doorbell_pro_doorbell
      to: "on"
  condition: []
  action: notify.send_message
  data:
    entity_id: notify.media_everywhere
    message: "Es ist jemand an der Tür"

I have Alexa Media Player installed. The entities for Alexa and Doorbell are there. I do get some Erros in Studo Code Server.

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Can anyone help?

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Actually my initial Plan was to reuse this to have Alexa announce Visitors via Speech, but it did not work.

Original Article on how to do it

- id: '1640995128073'
  alias: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  description: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door_doorbell
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: notify.alexa_media_everywhere
    data:
      data:
        type: announce
        method: speak
      message: Someone is at the front door
  mode: single
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- id: "1742061084483"
  alias: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  description: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.g4_doorbell_pro_doorbell
      to: "on"
  conditions: []
  actions:
    - action: notify.send_message
      target:
        entity_id: notify.media_everywhere
      data:
        message: "Es ist jemand an der Tür"
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oh great you are superfast. Automation seems to work without errors. But i am not getting any Announcementa from Alexa … any idea?

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No sorry, I don’t use it. You may find something using the forum search: Search results for 'notify alexa' - Home Assistant Community

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service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id:
    - media_player.echo_spot_arbeitszimmer
    - media_player.echo_dot_gen_4_uhr_schlafzimmer
data:
  media_content_type: custom
  media_content_id: "Sprich mir nach. Es hat geklingelt: jemand steht vor der Haustür"

This seems to work, how do i combine these now :slight_smile:

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Combine what?

8

Install

action: notify.alexa_media_yor_device
data:
  message: test

Works as intended

9

it is installed

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this code snip to be triggert after the doorbell state changes.

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also i get the Feeling that it works with single entities, not with a group (in my case “everywhere” that consists of multiple alexa’s.

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Then the method I shared and your service action both work.

If you want to combine create a media player group

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thats what i did, its called “everywhere” - but nothing happens. The code snip with targeting each device seems to work.

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- id: "1742061084483"
  alias: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  description: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.g4_doorbell_pro_doorbell
      to: "on"
  conditions: []

– So how tod i add:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id:
    - media_player.echo_spot_arbeitszimmer
    - media_player.echo_dot_gen_4_uhr_schlafzimmer
data:
  media_content_type: custom
  media_content_id: "Sprich mir nach. Es hat geklingelt: jemand steht vor der Haustür"

to combinde this – EG: Door reacts → Alexa Talks

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- id: "1742061084483"
  alias: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  description: G4 Doorbell Announcement with Alexa
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.g4_doorbell_pro_doorbell
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
  conditions: []
  actions:
    - action: media_player.play_media
      target:
        entity_id:
          - media_player.echo_spot_arbeitszimmer
          - media_player.echo_dot_gen_4_uhr_schlafzimmer
      data:
        media_content_type: custom
        media_content_id: "Sprich mir nach. Es hat geklingelt: jemand steht vor der Haustür"
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Awsome it works :D. - Thank you very much