LOL… Good luck with this mod.
Thinking about it some more - I would probably re-implement this in AppDaemon, and fix it so it only goes off when my wife is out!
If I have time I’ll put something together and post my code.
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You can also try the Presence Detection (OwnTracks/Locative) and make as a condition to play the chime.
Its just a thought 
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This is a really cool bit of automation. I really like this and think it’s great that you shared it. Thanks!
Before the Christchurch Earthquake we had a cuckoo clock that chimed randomly, sometimes even announcing 13 o’clock. Could you program that ?
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I was also thinking about the cuckoo clock sound effects. I will work on that and share it.
To announce the time, we can use the TTS.
I have created a TTS configuration using PicoTTS.
To see the details Click Here
Good idea to bring some vintage feel into the house. Anyway, since I am already using VLC media player and I am not good at command lines and bash file, I can simplify the automation to become this…
- alias: 'Grandfather Clock'
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: time
minutes: 00
seconds: 00
condition:
condition: time
after: '05:30:00'
before: '22:30:00'
action:
- service: media_player.play_media
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.vlc_living_room
media_content_id: '/home/pi/.homeassistant/www/sounds/GFChime/GrandFatherChime{{ now().strftime("%I") }}.wav'
media_content_type: 'music'
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I built my AppDaemon version - works like a charm, but I had to write an APP to stream the media to my Sonos It switches off when my wife gets home too!
Thanks again for a great idea!
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i have also taken the chime files and use appdaemon to play it.
@aimc change your wife 
mine loves it.
i use my soundfunctions, but with an audiodevice configured in HA it would be simular.
my code:
###########################################################################################
# #
# Rene Tode ( [email protected] ) #
# ( with a lot off help from andrew cockburn (aimc) ) #
# 2017/01/07 Germany #
# #
###########################################################################################
import appdaemon.appapi as appapi
import datetime
class play_hourly(appapi.AppDaemon):
def initialize(self):
runtime = datetime.time(12, 0, 2)
self.run_hourly(self.playclock, runtime)
def playclock(self, kwargs):
runhour = datetime.datetime.now().hour
if runhour > 12:
runhour = runhour - 12
sound = self.get_app("soundfunctions")
volume = str(self.get_state("input_slider.klokvolume"))[:-2]
self.log("klokvolume: " + volume)
sound.playsound("/home/pi/GrandFatherChime" + str(runhour) + ".mp3","5",volume)
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She won’t let me 
change her sdcard with system files 
They are encrypted!
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Finally got around to implementing this. Love it! Here is my code if anyone wants it. I went with the Cuckoo Clock and pure Yaml. Plays cuckoo on the hour and a single on the half. Just like my mom’s clock used to.
https://github.com/CCOSTAN/Home-AssistantConfig/blob/master/automation/System/CucKoo_Clock.yaml
This uses my ChromeCast Audios, cheap AMPs and optional Etekcity Outlets.
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Super awesome! Good work!
The links with the sound files do not work (both cookoo and grandfather’s). Can someone forward them again?
Here are the cookoo soundfiles:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a3n7ki66zqdp0md/AACS9qGbhULp36lwDCuTfQb_a?dl=0
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tx a bunch
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I seem to be following @masterkenobi, I’m his humble padawan…
For those wanting to do this from scratch with the AIO install of HomeAssistant, here were my steps:
I tried installing vlc but it didn’t work. I had to update first
(sudo apt-get update) to avoid 404 not found errors.
install vlc on aio homeassistant
sudo apt-get install vlc
Change audio output to headphones/speakers:
sudo amixer -c 0 cset numid=3 <n>
(n is a number: 0=auto, 1=headphones or 2=hdmi)
Change volume on the pi by typing in a terminal (set mine to 60%):
alsamixer
I found a suitable half hour chime and downloaded it off
the webs. Notice that I had to put my sound file in
/home/hass/.homeassistant/
I read somewhere that if it is placed in the www folder it can
be shared by other services/devices (I’m just a simple guy wanting to aggravate my wife with automation).
My configuration files are:
#VLC Media Player
media_player:
platform: vlc
name: 'vlc1'
This under the automation:
- alias: Grandfather Clock Hour
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: time
minutes: 00
seconds: 00
condition:
condition: time
after: '07:30:00'
before: '21:30:00'
action:
- service: media_player.play_media
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.vlc1
media_content_id: '/home/hass/.homeassistant/GFChime/GrandFatherChime{{ now().strftime("%I") }}.wav'
media_content_type: music
- alias: Grandfather Clock Half
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: time
minutes: 30
seconds: 00
condition:
condition: time
after: '07:30:00'
before: '21:30:00'
action:
- service: media_player.play_media
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.vlc1
media_content_id: '/home/hass/.homeassistant/GFChime/halfhour.wav'
media_content_type: music
Now you can enjoy some nice chimes while you’re forced to sleep on the couch!
Partybug, the humble padawan.