So while not immediately available for apps, could an intermediary device be created and rm could pass the data in? Apps can subscribe to all devices now correct?
I can think a few ways to use this ability. One is to capture the current state of my Yamaha Receiver mute state and volume and some of the harmony settings so I can restore them later.
i didn't get the upload screen in chrome, but it came right up in edge. microsoft is coming back with a vengeance! 
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I see another great potential use for this..
Dumping the config of an app to a local file then importing it into a duplicate
Hmmm.....
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I tried adding a locally stored .wav file triggered by motion. It just read the file name and did not play the file. Any ideas?
The string entered should look like http://192.168.0.x/local/Untitled.mp3
I would recommend trying an mp3 file.
Also the filename is case sensitive. Hope one of these helps.
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I tried mp3 and got the same result. I am doing this on an echo. Could that be the reason? It just reads the file name.
Thank you Brandon... I switched to the sonos and it works fine. Echo doesnt play the track, it just reads it. The Sonos plays it.
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Glad you got it sorted, to bad about the echo.
Google devices play local files too.
I've used both wav and mp3, if the player can handle the file type then it doesn't matter.
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Hey guys, am I wrong or there's something missing here?
I'm pretty sure that there was an option to set a variable (global or not) here ...
Do you have any variables defined?
You could also just use /local/file.extension if the file is on the local hub. If you have multiple hubs, then you should specify the IP
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The magic happened ....
I've used global variables a long time ago and I completely forgot how it works.
Sorry and thanks!
For appends, what signifies a carriage return/line feed?
Great. Thank-you!
And for a string local variable append, %newinfoToAdd%, what do we use?
