Alexa & Media Scene Requirements?

[THE L1ZARD KING]

Hello,

I am trying to enhance my integration between Alexa and Control4.  Viewing other posts on this forum it sounds like the 'Voice Scenes' driver is required to control media scenes through Alexa. Will I also need the Echo driver too?  I've found references to both but they are from last year so I'm not quite certain which components are actually needed now that there is official Alexa integration.

Currently I have a workaround by telling Alexa to turn on a light that's not plugged in which then executes a script, however this is one sided and I would prefer the capability to give on/off commands.

Lastly, I found the 'Voice Scene' driver, but I cannot seem to locate the Echo driver.  My understanding is that Control4 has their own, in addition to a couple other 3rd party drivers which are available?

http://drivers.control4.com/solr/drivers/browse?q=voice+scene&fq=certified%3A"true"

Cheers!

-LzK

[d1amund]

You only need the echo dot driver if you are using the audio out of the dot so that you can make the virtual binding in composer. Otherwise it is not needed.

You're terminology is confusing otherwise. You state media scene (as in the agent). Is it safe to assume you are referring to the Voice Scene driver ?

I would recommend you peruse KB 1746, 1751 and 1890.

[THE L1ZARD KING]

Apologies for the confusion. I'm basically wondering which agents/drivers are required to invoke media scenes. As of now I can only invoke lighting scenes through my Echo.

 

 

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[thegreatheed]

What are you trying to do in real world terms? Turn on Pandora in the Kitchen?


"invoke media scenes" doesn't make sense and is not how anything in the C4 world is accomplished. Just tell us what you want to do.

[d1amund]

You need the voice scene driver. That's it.

[THE L1ZARD KING]

Thanks d1amund, sounds like the ticket.

 

thegreatheed, I'm looking to say things like the following "Alexa, turn on/off the <apple tv>,<fire tv>,<xbox>" etc.  I'd also like the ability to say "Alexa, turn off the entertainment center." Basically mimic, the media "watch", "listen" and "room off" options on the remote, but through voice.

[thegreatheed]

The Voice Scenes driver can trigger any custom programming apart from prohibited commands (things with security concerns like unlocking locks or opening doors).

[THE L1ZARD KING]

Thanks for the info gents!