EventGhost

Sorry for the slow response, I use the following-

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pdftoprinter.html


Works well for me. I use it with the Alexa plugin to print shopping lists.... Every little helps

Hi Dan,

Nice idea, it would certainly bring a new dimension to controllers

I'm intreaged how you intend to make use of the 3 axis movement in your setup?

good luck

Is there any existing plugins for the ESP8266? I have a tone of sensors, switches etc setup working with another inferior home automation tool, it would be good to get migrate them to EG.

Fair comment, you would think getting the command to come in would be the hard part! :D

Is your Windows firewall definitely not restricting the returned message?

Also, I don't have authentication enabled like you do in the screenshot. I would try disabling it and see if that fixes it.

I don't ...

hi, let's figure it out.

have you opened the webserver port on your router?

Can you confirm you added the index file for your EG webserver?

If yes to both, try changing the port number. I had issues with port 80, im not sure if it was my router or my ISP, but with port 80 being the standard port ...

Hi guys,

Forked, updated and tutorial written. It turned into much more of a in depth monster than I realised it was going to be!! Honestly it was one of those, "I've started, some I'm damn well gonna finish" situations.

Hope it helps someone

Getting Started with EchoToEG for Amazon Alexa

Overview

EchoToEG allows you to trigger events in EventGhost using voice commands through Amazon Alexa.

There are 3 ways to interact which are configured in Alexa skills.

There is a detailed step-by-step instruction with screenshots in the repo ...

Nice one K, your efforts are appreciated by all! I think time is on your side

I hope the other things in your life are bring you some joy for your effort.

Ta K, that's enough guidance. I'll get on it

There may also a way I could configure it to work with the smart home skill, this would address the issues with option 3. If this becomes a popular request I'll consider updating it. Personally I'm happy with it... for now

Hi Guys,

I have finally finished updating the plugin code to provide additional functionality. The changes now allow 3 modes of interaction, as below:-

OPTION 1
(Invocation, Intent, Action)
Example 1: Alexa, "Event ghost", "perform action", "lights on"
Example 2: Alexa, "ask Event ghost to ...

hi paul, sorry for slow response, I've been super busy.

You need to replace the slot validation code (XXX's) in my example with your unique number. it is somewhere in the tutorial. send me a PM if you are atill struggling and I will step you through it

I have been doing some more work on this as ...

lolz, i remember all too well! MS are terrible for having a great idea, releasing something that is 20% of the initial idea and then abandoning the project 2 years later when unsurprisingly unsuccessful

at least they are willing to gamble, unlike some... apple?

sweet, gives me sommin to do at the weekend

Hi,


Could you offer a hand when you have a minute? my username @ gmail would ping me fastest, cheers



Sure thing, I can talk you through it this weekend. Suggest some times in a PM and we'll sort it out.

I modified my json code slightly from the template (not only to suit the changes to ...

There are probably many ways to achieve this.

I do it by using dedicated buttons on the remote which triggers the enable and disable action on groups of functions (in folders) relating to the device/program you are trying to control.

In the image below I have 4 modes, plex, kodi, screensaver and ...