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Anyone have any luck getting Alexa to switch scenes with Philips Hue bulbs and a bridge? I'm kind of out of ideas. I got Alexa to recognize the scenes as devices, and I can use her to control individual lights and turn them all on and off, but any attempt to trigger a scene results in the "that command cannot be used with device ..." I've tried lots of combos of room settings in Hue and groups in the Alexa app, but no dice. If anyone can offer some details on how to get it to work, I'd really appreciate it.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:07
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2nd gen hub. 2nd (I guess) gen iOS app. Am linked with my hue account. Scenes show up in the Alexa Smart Home section as devices. Am using "Alexa, turn on relax in living room" (also tried "the living room"). Hue skill is enabled. Scenes work fine through the Hue app. Frustrating thing is, after about an hour of fiddling with it yesterday, it worked. But today I decided the 2nd gen color bulbs I had wouldn't cut it (they have terrible greens and poor blues IMO) so I exchanged it for a kit with 3rd gen bulbs, and now all I get is "that command won't work". Housefly, since it seems to work for you, do you have "living room" as the name of a room (of type living room) set in the Hue app (sounds like it), and do you have any groups set in the Alexa app? And since I'm grasping at straws, would it matter if my Hue bridge is only a foot or two from my router?
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Nov 27, 2016 01:30
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Thanks for the info, guys. Still not working, but I have it kind of fudged with YonomI for now. From everything I've found, it looks like I have everything set up correctly, and am "working" it correctly, but no dice. Seems like it's a glitch somehow connected to the Hue"skill" (since all the other non-scene commands work without the skill enabled).
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Nov 27, 2016 13:26
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Also in smarthome deals, one of the Alexa deals today is a "works with Alexa" TP Link smart plug for $17.50 instead of $30.
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Nov 28, 2016 20:11
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Pissflaps posted:Does the amazon music subscription that is a cheap one for a single echo include increased upload space for your own music?
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Nov 28, 2016 20:13
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Heck, I don't think even the Unlimited Storage plan includes music.
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Nov 28, 2016 20:16
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Subjunctive posted:If you get a "works with Alexa" plug and have some lights through a hub, say, can you build a scene that controls all of them at once? If you read the last page I'm not having luck with hue scenes and Alexa, but I assume if scenes work for you, you can put a scene into the group (since Alexa sees scenes as devices).
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Nov 28, 2016 21:03
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So this morning, with no changes or actions on my part, no power cycles or reboots or anything, using Alexa to control Hue scenes just started working. Go figure.
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Nov 29, 2016 18:53
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Subjunctive posted:Firmware update? On a different note, in my Alexa app under devices it now shows "<name>'s 2nd Echo Dot". They just shipped my second one today, so I guess they automatically link it by default? That would be handy, except this new one is going to be a Christmas gift (I see the "Deregister" button).
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Nov 29, 2016 21:30
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Can someone confirm/deny that you can now use Alexa and a Harmony hub without a Smartthings hub in between? I'm pretty sure you guys used to say you needed the ST, but it seems they may have changed that about a month ago?
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Alright, thanks for the confirmation. Was hoping to avoid an extra hub, but figured I'd check before the ST $50 sale ended. On a side note, my wife is absolutely giddy about the Dot/speaker/Hue setup we installed last week (and even went from "Who needs to listen to music" to "sign me up for Amazon Music Unlimited"). Tonight she's going to flip when (hopefully) the TP Link plug lets her say "Alexa, turn on the Christmas tree". And next week if she can just say "Alexa turn on/off the TV" my standing as Awesome Man will be cemented. For a while, at least.
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Dec 1, 2016 20:43
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Almost a good idea.Three Olives posted:The only place this makes sense is a bedroom nightstand
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Dec 8, 2016 04:17
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Dots are back down to $40 at both Amazon and Best Buy this week.
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Pissflaps posted:Like, can she tell me what album a song is from? Spotify only tells me the song title.
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Dec 19, 2016 22:30
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For a short while, probably. Then the shine will wear off (HAH!) and you'll with live with a few neat tools or go off the deep end into That Guy territory.
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bobfather posted:Considering the way Apple has completely screwed up HomeKit, I wouldn't hold my breath for any sort of Echo competitor.
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Dec 25, 2016 19:26
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GobiasIndustries posted:My dad got a Dot for Christmas. Can you pair it with a speaker & iPhone via bluetooth at the same time? I know nothing about these things but will probably end up being his go-to person for issues regardless.
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Dec 27, 2016 19:23
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Oh I see, if you start the pairing from the phone you can. So how do you get the Dot audio output to play through the phone (or vice versa)? I'm paired and connected, but no dice.
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Dec 27, 2016 19:44
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I quit trying to figure out why people want to do stuff, especially when it's requests from parents.
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In any case, it appears to me that what GlobiasDad wants to do works with a *wired* speaker connected to the Dot, but the Dot can only connect to one BT device at a time. I see no "Connect" option on the second device (in the Alexa app) until I disconnect the first one.
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Dec 27, 2016 20:24
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Probably best to just directly connect, but with one very small downside -- you would lose Alexa using the speaker while music is playing from the phone (unless you pause the music before using Alexa*). Most likely wouldn't be a problem very often. * I'm assuming the Bose speaker in question is one of the ones that stays connected to the last two devices that streamed to it.
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Dec 27, 2016 20:44
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Also, I have been using the free trial of amazon music unlimited. I have thought about signing up for it especially for the Echo price but then I saw that I can only access the unlimited content from the echo itself and I am not able to access it from any tablet. I thought that was a weird set up.
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Just wanted to mention that an Anker Sound Core plus a Dot makes a drat good quasi-Echo for a lot less money than an actual Echo. We've got an Echo and now two Dots and put the new Dot in our bathroom with the Anker. Wife loves using it while she gets ready, showers, etc. The Anker sounds way better than any $30 speaker has a right to sound.
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Scrapez posted:I really wish Amazon would come out with a wall dot. A single gang unit would be excellent. *def: only having a slight idea of what the hell I'm talking about, but erring on the side of caution. WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Dec 31, 2016 |
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Dec 31, 2016 16:32
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:I just ran up and looked and it's on. It hadn't been used since last night. Also, it hasn't been plugged in since the day before yesterday. Edit: there are multiple versions of the soundcore, do you mean this one? WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Dec 31, 2016 |
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Dec 31, 2016 16:35
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Leaving it plugged in is fine. Rechargeable battery circuitry is smart nowadays.
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Thanks for the confirmation, ordered one. I got a Logitech X300 as a gift, and while it had really impressive sound for its size, the auto off thing made it a no-go for pairing with a Dot.
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housefly posted:Home IPs change often for some ISPs so this might get unwieldy for users.
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Jan 7, 2017 00:56
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At first I chuckled at the Alexa deals when I heard about them, but somehow ended up buying four or five things they offered in December. On the off chance people don't know, Alexa Deals are only for Prime members.
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Help me be lazier, goons. I got this command to work: "Alexa, tell Harmony to set a sleep timer for 60 minutes", which is great. but  that's a lot to say, anyone know of a way I can do that with a shorter command?
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I thought of that but I don't see how you can add the sleep timer as a step inside an activity in the Harmony app.
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Scrapez posted:It works well. Shine posted:Is there a skill/way to give timers a name that Alexa speaks when they go off? I like Alexa as a kitchen timer, but sometimes I'll have like 3 timers going at once and it'd be nice to have them "labeled." WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Jan 11, 2017 |
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Now if you have a Smart TeaPot (if they exist, but of course they do) and a shirt that keeps riding up, you can go Full Picard. E: bonus points if you make a Hue group called "phasers" for "set phasers to full". WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Jan 15, 2017 |
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Hue bulbs have a built in scene called "color loop" but as far as I know it's a canned routine and not customizable. It seems like random colors, but I never paid enough attention to it to see if there was a pattern. You're going to need their hub (called a Hue bridge) to use their colored lights. Something in the back of my mind makes me think you may need a (size) adapter to get Hue bulbs to work in ceiling fans, too.
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In a typical goon non answer I'm going to repeat something said earlier: if you have any interest at all in green or blue lights, do not get gen2 colored bulbs. Gen3 are way, way better. Not joking, you could almost argue the gen2 bulbs don't even have green, it's greenish-yellow at best. I don't know of any sales at the moment, but since we only wanted 2 rather than 3 color bulbs, it was a better deal to get a white starter kit and then just buy two colored bulbs. If you're looking to get it/them locally, don't forget to check Bed, Bath, and Beyond, oddly enough.
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Jan 17, 2017 20:41
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The Gen3 bulb and starter kit boxes will have a little picture of a light bulb in the upper right with "Richer colors" written over it. Like on this page that shows the gen3 kit next to the gen2 kit: http://www2.meethue.com/en-us/products/?subcategories=58389
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Jan 17, 2017 21:54
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Scrapez posted:http://m.ebay.com/itm/162105406698 If a person thinks it might matter at some point, that's a gen1 hub which isn't Apple HomeKit compatible. BR30 is a recessed light, iirc.
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eyebeem posted:So much loving money. E: plus I'm fairly sure a Hue hub can only control 50 bulbs. WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Jan 28, 2017 |
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TraderStav posted:Do you need Plex Pass?
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