try 1 with a few minutes instead of seconds
Tried five and ten minutes - same thing. Alexa responds with: “Ten minutes, Starting now”.
i would look in the app.
maybe you disabled something or did set the sound from timers to zero, or something like that.
also check in the app if the timer really isnt set.
Presumably you have tried to rule out the obvious by just saying it directly to the echo to be sure that timers actually work and if it doesn’t something along the lines of what suggested @ReneTode looks most likely
Yes - works perfectly when I say it directly. In fact if I just send it “Set a Timer”, Alexa responds with: “for how long?”. I then can say how long and the timer works!
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@eBoon I am experiencing something similar. I am trying to automate my Echo Show to display Arlo cameras. I created a test automation, and noticed that the first time I execute it Alexa says “OK” but nothing happens. But the second time (executing within seconds of the first) will work. It may be quirk with the Arlo skill, which generally works like garbage with the Echo. But I’m curious if your scenario will work if you execute it a second time a few seconds after the first?
By the way: with this new functionality, I finally could release to play my amazon music on speaker groups.
That’s what I changed:
Some of the music commands, first two radio the others playlists:
command_play_1live:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.command_play_music
data:
variables:
media_content: "spiele eins Live"
media_type: custom
command_play_charivari:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.command_play_music
data:
variables:
media_content: "spiele Charivari Lounge auf tunein"
media_type: custom
command_play_aladin:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.command_play_music
data:
variables:
media_content: "Shuffle meine Aladin playlist"
media_type: custom
command_play_trance:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.command_play_music
data:
variables:
media_content: "shuffle meine Trance best playlist"
media_type: custom
The play music command:
The group “erdgeschoss” contains my pioneer receiver which has to switched on before.
command_play_music:
mode: queued
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- "{{ states('sensor.active_harmony_scene') != 'Blutooth Music' and states('input_select.music_sources') in('receiver','erdgeschoss') }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.lounge_bluetooth
- service: media_player.play_media
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.receiver
media_content_id: "{{media_content}} auf receiver"
media_content_type: "{{media_type}}"
- conditions:
- "{{ states('sensor.active_harmony_scene') == 'Blutooth Music' or states('input_select.music_sources') not in('receiver','erdgeschoss') }}"
sequence:
- service: media_player.play_media
data_template:
entity_id: >
{% if states('input_select.music_sources') in('receiver','erdgeschoss') %} #group
media_player.receiver
{% elif states('input_select.music_sources') in('unten','haus') %} #groups
media_player.wohnzimmer
{% else %}
media_player.{{ states.input_select.music_sources.state }}
{% endif %}
media_content_id: "{{media_content}} auf {{ states.input_select.music_sources.state }}"
media_content_type: "{{media_type}}"
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.add_log
data:
variables:
name: "{{media_content}} auf {{ states.input_select.music_sources.state }} - Type: {{media_type}}"
message: "has been triggered"
The gui:
cards:
- cards:
- name: Musik
layout: name_state
show_icon: false
show_label: false
show_state: false
styles:
card:
- height: 2px
name:
- font-size: 20px
- font-weight: bold
tap_action:
action: none
type: 'custom:button-card'
type: horizontal-stack
- cards:
- entity: switch.toggle
hold_action:
action: none
show_icon: true
show_name: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
- entity: switch.lounge_bluetooth
hold_action:
action: none
show_icon: true
show_name: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
type: horizontal-stack
- cards:
- entity: script.command_play_antenne_bayern
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:radio'
name: Antenne Bayern
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/Chillout.png
show_entity_picture: true
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
- entity: script.command_play_absolute_chillout
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:radio'
name: Absolute Chillout
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/AbsoluteChillout.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
- entity: script.command_play_charivari
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:radio'
name: Charivari
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/Charivari.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
type: horizontal-stack
- cards:
- entity: script.command_play_1live
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:radio'
name: 1Live
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/1Live.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
- entity: script.command_play_wdr2
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:radio'
name: WDR 2
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/WDR2.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
type: horizontal-stack
- cards:
- entity: script.command_play_raggae
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:playlist-music'
name: Raggae
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/Raggae2.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
- entity: script.command_play_aladin
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:playlist-music'
name: Aladin
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/Aladin.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
- entity: script.command_play_trance
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:playlist-music'
name: Trance
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/Trance.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
type: horizontal-stack
- cards:
- entity: script.command_play_party
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:playlist-music'
name: Party
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/Party.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
- entity: script.command_play_christmas
hold_action:
action: more-info
icon: 'mdi:playlist-music'
name: X-MAS
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity_picture: /local/images/XMAS.PNG
show_entity_picture: true
styles:
card:
- height: 90px
tap_action:
action: toggle
type: 'custom:button-card'
type: horizontal-stack
type: vertical-stack
Thanks to all alexa media player contributors!!
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This is so great! Works perfectly, even here in Germany, where this functionality isn’t even available in routines yet.
Hi all!
suddenly my automation started to bring up music during Alexa announcement.
my automation informs daily solar production, informs current weather outside and then forecast for tomorrow.
i found that the service calling “Alexa.Weather.Play” that suppose to be equivalent to “what´s the weather” is calling some french music.
anyone knows whats happening? did anything changed on Amazon sevices?
data:
entity_id: media_player.my_echo
media_content_id: Alexa.Weather.Play
media_content_type: sequence
entity_id: media_player.my_echo
service: media_player.play_media
Can anyone try the code to check if the same is happening?
I’m sorry, where and how exactly do you do that?
Either Configuration>Helpers then ‘add helper’ bottom right, should be self explanatory from there, or just add to configuration.yaml in the traditional way.
I changed the tts to announce still no luck, also tried it with the virtual light and no luck I did make some sensors read with virtual light thing so I know that is working ok.
Just to let you know, I tried this on one of my echo’s and it worked as expected.
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create in configuration.yaml two input_selects.
The entries are your media players.
Hmm, did you check if all templates have the right value? You can do that in the developers tools section.
And try data_template instead of data.
If that doesn’t help I’m out. No further idea.
Well I finally got it working I have never used developers tools templates. There I found the target was unknown I had to change
target: "{{ states('sensor.last_called_alexa') }}"
to
target: '{{ states.sensor.last_alexa.state }}'
now to works thanks @Pirol62 for your help
It turns that out from nothing come back working as before… maybe it was some server maintenance.
Thank you so much for this new feature and all the work you and the community have put into this integration.
My TPlink smart plugs had become disconnected with HA with a recent firmware update, but now I can go back to using them in HA with Alexa as the go between.
Your work has saved me a bunch of time and money, not having to replace all those plugs.
Thank you!
Is there a way to refresh cache/login token etc and start from fresh? Recently I had to re-login every 2-3 days.
Delete the integration and add it again, then try the new built-in automatic 2fa.