Echo Devices (Alexa) as Media Player - Testers Needed

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5395

Can we get any data at all from devices added to alexa directly?? I was under the impression that amazon did not allow this, so I moved all my devices to HA. Just curious as too my options.

5396

You usually can set/override an entity’s device class using YAML homeassistant: customize:

5397

Same here!

5398

Hi,

  1. Is there a way to know when a echo device has completed a TTS message using homeassistant?

  2. Amazon plugs are not getting integrated. How to integrate Amazon plugs?

  3. Songs from AMAZON_MUSIC is not playing if linked to an Indian account. Is there a way to play songs from AMAZON_MUSIC while staying with Indian account?

Kindly help

5399
  1. no, not as far as i know. but if you use announcement the next command is done after the announcement.
  2. amazon plugs are normally zigbee or wifi, so automate/intergrate them in another way not through amazon.
  3. i got not clue what an indian account is. i think you can only play amazon music on amazon devices, devices connected to amazon devices or devices that have an amazon app.
5400

  1. I tried… the next action is executed while alexa is still announcing… any way to check is previous action/command has finished.

  2. Any guidance or tutorial on how to do this?

  3. If I switch to Amazon US. I can send command to play music thru HA on my echo devices, and the music selection is done from amazon_music. But if I change the location to india fromm amazon account. Then I am not able to send commands to play music from HA

5401

  1. no, because amazon doesnt send a message when the announcement is finished. if you send 2 announcements they will come after each other, but if you send an announcement and want a light to turn on AFTER that, then there is no way. youll need to calculate the time yourself.

  2. depends on what type of plugs you got. if they are zigbee then youll need another zigbee hub or zigbee coordinator and then use zigbee2mqtt or zha. if they are wifi youll need to check the integration for that brand in HA.

  3. you will need to connect both amazon accounts with HA, to be able to send commands to both accounts. personally i think its best just to use only 1 account with amazon if you want to automate.

5402

  1. Yes… using a delay in between.

  2. This is the plug. The plug is from Amazon only. (Amazon Smart Plug, for home automation, Works with Alexa- A Certified for Humans Device https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089DR29T6/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_RM906EDNTPN0N4BWPCXF)

Any idea how to add this to HA.

  1. Got it…

Thanks a lot for the clarifications.

5403

The made for Alexa plugs can’t really be integrated directly into Home Assistant:

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5404

Thanks a lot for links… really appreciate it.

5405

i didnt even know that existed. but thats wifi and you are depending on the control from the brand, so in this case amazon, who doesnt release its api yet.

i would integrate it the same way as in the second link digeridew gave you.

5406

Yes… really thanks a lot for your support

5407

Hi, from time to time since a few weeks I receive this error:

Logger: homeassistant.components.alexa.state_report
Source: components/alexa/state_report.py:179
Integration: Amazon Alexa (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 6. Mai 2022, 21:28:20 (3 occurrences)
Last logged: 6. Mai 2022, 21:28:20

Error when sending ChangeReport for light.wohnzimmer to Alexa: THROTTLING_EXCEPTION: Request could not be processed due to throttling.

Everything works fine. At least I cannot notice any strange behavior.
Can somebody explain what that is?

5408

It’s not related to this custom component.

5409

OK, then it comes from the cloud integration. Thanks

5410

hello,

is it not possible to listen to the “ResponseNone” Event?

i tried it with this code

platform: event
event_type: alexa_actionable_notification
event_data:
  event_id: actionable_notification_firetv_kueche_switch_off
  event_response_type: ResponseNone

but the automation get never triggered when alexa get no answer from me.

here is the automation for the question

service: script.activate_alexa_actionable_notification
data_template:
  text: Hallo, Soll ich die Shield ausschalten?
  event_id: actionable_notification_firetv_kueche_switch_off
  alexa_device: media_player.echo_show_kueche

and in the script is everything correct, the ResponseYes works well.

5411

This isn’t the right thread for this discussion. Try Actionable Notifications via Alexa Media Player - #256 by dbrunt

5412

Please post your question and the entire automation(s) and script(s) over in Actionable Notifications via Alexa Media Player - #256 by dbrunt

5413

Will this work on locally stored MP3? I tried it but no success. I replaced the URL to the local full file path but it did not work.

5414

Amazon has set very specific limits on bitrate and length so you need to make sure your file is properly formatted and isn’t too long. One of the best resources on this topic is Mark Watt’s video: Play a local mp3 file on Alexa Echo dot - #33 by MarkWattTech