thx for pointing that part out.
didnt know that that was already there.
I am trying to find the attribute that will tell me if an Echo device is on-line but have been able to locate it. Can someone post the name? I assume it is attached to an entity?
Thanks!
Thanks. Do you have any example code I am referencing too?
Thanks. I enabled this option and rebooted HA, the bluetooth bulb is not showing up in HA. I think this doesn’t work for my case.
nope, because i dont use a recent HA 
but i know that the mediaplayer has a service that you can use to send commands to alexa.
and you can connect services to booleans.
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It’s the custom command. Home · alandtse/alexa_media_player Wiki · GitHub probably tied to an input boolean. How to make a input Boolean switch? - #7 by SteveDinn. One difference is we won’t have a value sensor for state, but you can probably set it manually depending on the last command.
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Just reporting back that my bluetooth light connected via alexa/echo dot is now available in HASS.
When I tested 9 days ago (rebooted HA) the light was not there. Today I am trying to use the custom command way and trying to add an input boolean, and surprisingly found the entity is already there! Not sure why, I did have a few more reboots since 9 days ago though.
seems like my announcement to more than one echo isn’t working. Not sure when it started. It will announce to first echo, but not second. Here is my code.
alias: Garage Door opened
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: device
device_id: 6d2fe2ea6e1b466a9f09f75f2df390d1
domain: cover
entity_id: cover.garage_door
type: opened
condition: []
action:
- data:
data:
type: announce
message: The Garage Door just opened.
target:
- media_player.twilight_zone
- media_player.office_dot
title: Attention
service: notify.alexa_media
mode: single
Try this:
action:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
message: The Garage Door just opened.
data:
type: announce
target:
- media_player.twilight_zone
- media_player.office_dot
title: Attention
Just updated to HA 2021.12 and the Alexa integration no longer loads - getting the following errors in the log file. Anyone else seeing this?
2021-12-12 21:14:51 WARNING (SyncWorker_3) [homeassistant.loader] We found a custom integration eufy_security which has not been tested by Home Assistant. This component might cause stability problems, be sure to disable it i>
2021-12-12 21:14:51 WARNING (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.loader] We found a custom integration icloud3 which has not been tested by Home Assistant. This component might cause stability problems, be sure to disable it if you >
2021-12-12 21:14:51 WARNING (SyncWorker_4) [homeassistant.loader] We found a custom integration arris_dcx960 which has not been tested by Home Assistant. This component might cause stability problems, be sure to disable it if>
2021-12-12 21:14:51 WARNING (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.loader] We found a custom integration hacs which has not been tested by Home Assistant. This component might cause stability problems, be sure to disable it if you exp>
2021-12-12 21:14:57 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.frame] Detected integration that called async_timeout.timeout with loop keyword argument. The loop keyword argument is deprecated and calls will fail after Home >
2021-12-12 21:14:57 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for alexa_media: unknown error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/setup.py", line 181, in _async_setup_component
component = integration.get_component()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 522, in get_component
cache[self.domain] = importlib.import_module(self.pkg_path)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 850, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/config/custom_components/alexa_media/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
from alexapy import (
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
from .alexaapi import AlexaAPI
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/alexaapi.py", line 21, in <module>
from alexapy.aiohttp import ClientConnectionError, ClientResponse
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/aiohttp/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
from .client import (
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/aiohttp/client.py", line 35, in <module>
from . import hdrs, http, payload
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/aiohttp/http.py", line 7, in <module>
from .http_parser import (
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/aiohttp/http_parser.py", line 15, in <module>
from .helpers import NO_EXTENSIONS, BaseTimerContext
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/aiohttp/helpers.py", line 667, in <module>
class CeilTimeout(async_timeout.timeout):
TypeError: function() argument 'code' must be code, not str
2
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FYI - updating the integration in HACS fixes this - working now!
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I tried that, but it didn’t work. Then I tried just the office dot (the one that wasn’t working) and it didn’t announce. I tested just twilight zone, and it worked.
What’s weird is that my office dot works with my media card and sending text to speech. Think I need to figure out why this dot isn’t working like the rest.
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Yeah, I’m an idiot. The dot was on do not disturb.
Can anyone clarify what is going on with the latest HA version and AMP?
I’m still on HA V2021.11.
My AMP is V3.10.12.
Is that the latest version of AMP? there isn’t a newer version of it according to HACS.
I saw that to be on HA v2021.12 you need to be on the beta version of AMP so as to not cause errors.
seeing all of the above how do I need to move forward?
If I update HA will the new version of AMP show up in HACS then? Or am I OK to update HA right now on my current AMP version?
I can confirm after upgrade to 2021.12, the new version of AMP 3.10.15 did show up automatically as a new update available in Hacs. I upgraded AMP and all has been working well with it and 2021.12 so far.
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Ok, thanks.
So the procedure is:
update HA
update AMP
Hi everyone,
Looking for some help here, I am a newbie to home assistant (around 4 - 6 weeks roughly) I have been trying to get the Alexa media player working, I found that it was not working previously due to needing the December update of home assistant which I have now installed.
I have managed to get it installed and working and have automated some bluetooth speakers turning on and off via the status which works fine.
The next step for me is getting the announcements working via Alexa, one of the use cases is that it will announce when my washing machine or tumble dried has finished but this is where the trouble comes in, I am trying to run the following test via the call service.
when it runs I receive the following error
Looking in the logs I get the following text:
Logger: homeassistant.helpers.script.websocket_api_script
Source: helpers/script.py:1382
First occurred: 17:44:15 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 17:45:12
websocket_api script: Error executing script. Invalid data for call_service at pos 1: expected dict for dictionary value @ data['data']
Followed by
Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/websocket_api/connection.py:134
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 17:44:15 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 17:45:12
[140239490520448] Error handling message: expected dict for dictionary value @ data['data']. Got None
[140239343222640] Error handling message: expected dict for dictionary value @ data['data']. Got None
I also tried to create a small input boolean that announces test when switched on but I never get any announcement
alias: Alexa Test
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_boolean.alexa_test_toggle
from: 'off'
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
message: Testing
data:
type: announce
target: alexa_media_lr_s_echo_dot
title: Test
mode: single
It is very likely I am doing something wrong here I would guess so thought I would do a quick forum post to see if anyone can tell me where I am going wrong?
I am running on the latest version of HA 2021.12.4 & Latest version of the media player V3.10.15
Hi, for the first (the test) try something like this (you’re missing the data part and its value announce or tts):
service: notify.alexa_media
data:
message: The Garage door has been open for 10 minutes.
data:
type: announce
target: media_player.echo_office2, media_player.echo_office
title: Your Garage Door friend
For the test automation:
alias: New Automation
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: input_boolean.input_boolean_alexa_test_toggle
from: 'off'
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
message: Testing
target: media_player.echo_office2, media_player.echo_office
data:
type: announce
mode: single
ps
are you sure that this → alexa_media_lr_s_echo_dot is the internal name of your echo dot?
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what is the best way to tell what the internal name is, I got these names from VS code when typing it autofills.
And the names that show up under the devices tab
And the name of the one I am trying to test with using the Automation\Service call.
Looking at the entity itself is making me think realise I might have been using the wrong name all this time 
Yeah, I wasn’t 100% sure that they all should start with media_player or if they could be renamed…
Go there → 
click on entities and on the top, to the left type in media_