[RELEASE] Echo Speaks v3 + Actions

cwwilson08 · January 22, 2021, 7:14pm

indeed you are right, not sure how I managed to miss that. It's perfect. You sir are legend. Thank you

terminal3 · January 22, 2021, 7:22pm

You can try it but I had that idea a while back and could not get it to return what I needed. My use case was a bit different so maybe it will work for you.

I was trying to send a phrase to a specific echo device and then use that to set a virtual switch. It seemed to work if you sent a general announcement that played on all devices but not when sending to one device.

tonesto7 · January 22, 2021, 7:26pm

It should work instantly now that the WebSocket is working correctly... Amazon changed the WebSocket init strings so all clients pre-4.0 haven't been working for a few months

nutcracker · January 22, 2021, 9:55pm

@tonesto7 have just removed existing installation to install beta... (feeling brave!).

Done the install via HPM but getting this:

Error Occurred During Installation

An error occurred while installing the package: Failed to install app https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tonesto7/echo-speaks/beta/apps/echo-speaks.groovy. Please notify the package developer..

Update: I’ve just removed HPM and reinstalled. I go to install beta and same error.

app:14232021-01-22 22:36:18.974 errorError installing app: groovyx.net.http.HttpResponseException: Server Error

What am I doing wrong?

Sebastien · January 23, 2021, 12:02am

Tried to go to Speech Test from the app and getting:

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 12:03am

Websocket Notice

Amazon has changed the websocket again...
So i'm in the process of reverse engineering it again to get it working.

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 12:31am

I'm looking at it right now... It the weirdest things that are breaking

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 12:41am

@Sebastien We pushed up a code fix please update manually using this code
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tonesto7/echo-speaks/beta/apps/echo-speaks.groovy

Sebastien · January 23, 2021, 12:44am

Yup, I can confirm that the fix did the trick. No more error. Thanks!

terminal3 · January 23, 2021, 1:23am

I have a rule to show the front door camera on the Echo Show in the office if there is motion detected at front door.

I was using a Alexa Routine using a custom command, but with the addition of VoiceCmdAsText I set it up in Webcore and it works great. With the VoiceCmdAsText I send "Alexa, Show front doorbell" as a string parameter. The Office show responds with Ok and it acts as if I spoke the command in the room. Exactly what it should do.

Now I also had a Alexa routine that would stop the feed after 5 minutes in case we don't tell it to stop playing for whatever reason.

If I send a Stop command, either as a custom action or controlling a speech device, from Echo Speaks to the office Echo it does not stop. If I use the VoiceCmdAsText and send "Alexa, Stop" it does stop.

Why does the Stop command not work, does that not work for a video feed? I tried with both RM and webcore with the same result.

steve.maddigan · January 23, 2021, 1:27am

Ok. That’s cool. Only had our echo show for a month so I haven’t thought down this path yet.

albertsmark · January 23, 2021, 1:44am

@tonesto7 thank you for the update! Do have any idea why I am seeing this checkGuard error.

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 2:12am

You don't have alexa guard active on your account? correct?

tony.fleisher · January 23, 2021, 2:20am

Bug with Voicecmd Actions?

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 2:38am

thanks for catching this... It hasn't been fully tested but i'll resolve before i push out other fixes tonight

albertsmark · January 23, 2021, 3:42am

Correct, I do not have it set up on my account.
I see this you your app.

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 3:44am

I have a fix in the latest release. I will be rolling that out in the next couple hours

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 4:27am

Release v4.0.1.0 BETA

Echo Speaks App

[UPDATE] Updated minimum code versions for Echo Device and WebSocket.
[UPDATE] Lot's of code cleanups
[FIX] Fixed guardData response error when guard is not enabled on Alexa account.
[UPDATE] Defined ES server version minimum as 2.7.0

Echo Speaks Actions

[UPDATE] Lot's of code cleanups
[FIX] Fixed issue with being able to un-pause action.
[FIX] Fixed issue with voicecmd action types.

Echo Speaks Zones

[UPDATE] Lot's of code cleanups
[FIX] Fixed issue with relaying voicecmds.

Echo Speaks Device

[FIX] lastVoiceActivity attribute should now update real-time now like it's supposed to.
[FIX] WebSocket fixes.
[UPDATE] Rename voicecmd sequence string to voicecmdtxt.

Echo Speaks WebSocket

[FIX] Fixed Issue with WebSocket not working in v4.x.

tony.fleisher · January 23, 2021, 6:25am

Found another minor issue with Actions.
When setting up sequence action, the legend options are not displayed, and logs show this error:

Fix

add method to parent app

def seqItemsAvail() { return seqItemsAvailFLD }

tonesto7 · January 23, 2021, 7:17am

i pushed up a fix... Its the same code version so it will require manual update.