Can an Echo Dot 3 do this?

[rf9000]

All,

 

Im trying to do something  very simple (in my mind) using Echos and C4. I will have about 14 Echos strategically placed throughout the home. In secondary rooms, where music would need to be turned on but there is no touchscreen, is it possible to say, “Alexa, turn on Main Laundry music”, whereas the Echo can communicate with the C4 matrix, identify the Main Laundry zone, and turn on a pre set radio station? Seems like basic 101 stuff, but wanted to get your thoughts

[rf9000]

To add, them I don’t have to place Programmble Keypads all over and can just use the Echos in those areas

[DawnGordon]

Routines.

[South Africa C4 user]

can also be done with the voice agent quite easily too.

I have set mine up as follows:

Turn on xxx in yyy

where xxx is one of 10 or so options:

- music (this would play a general playlist)

- John’s music (No idea who John is but this would be my playlist)

- Jane’s music (No idea who Jane is but this be my wife’s playlist)

- Whiteheart (A playlist with my favourite Whiteheart songs) etc.

and yyy is one of 12 or so options:

- the bedroom

- downstairs

- outside

- Jean’s room (no idea who Jean is, but this would play the relevant music in my daughter’s room) 

In the voice agent code, I then have (by way of example) for “turn on WhiteHeart in the bedroom”:

  MusicRoom = bedroom

  MusicToPlay = Whiteheart

  Execute SmartMusicMacro

 

In the SmartMusicMacro, my code is as follows:

   If MusicToPlay = Jean,

       play Jean’s playlist in the garage

    Else if MusicToPlay = WhiteHeart

       Play WhiteHeart playlist in the garage

   Else etc.

Execute SmartRoomMacro

 

And in the SmartRoomMacro my code is something like:

If MusicRoom = bedroom

     Set bedroom source to the same as the garage (using the RoomControl driver)

else if MusicRoom = outside

   Set patio and jacuzzi source to the same as the garage

else etc.

Turn off garage.

Note: I have no speakers in the garage, this room has a dummy audio end point so that C4 thinks I can play music there.

 

And for absolute clarity, please note that my name is not John, I am not married to Jane and I do not have a daughter called Jean!

[rf9000]

On 7/10/2020 at 8:55 AM, South Africa C4 user said:

can also be done with the voice agent quite easily too.

I have set mine up as follows:

Turn on xxx in yyy

where xxx is one of 10 or so options:

- music (this would play a general playlist)

- John’s music (No idea who John is but this would be my playlist)

- Jane’s music (No idea who Jane is but this be my wife’s playlist)

- Whiteheart (A playlist with my favourite Whiteheart songs) etc.

and yyy is one of 12 or so options:

- the bedroom

- downstairs

- outside

- Jean’s room (no idea who Jean is, but this would play the relevant music in my daughter’s room) 

In the voice agent code, I then have (by way of example) for “turn on WhiteHeart in the bedroom”:

  MusicRoom = bedroom

  MusicToPlay = Whiteheart

  Execute SmartMusicMacro

 

In the SmartMusicMacro, my code is as follows:

   If MusicToPlay = Jean,

       play Jean’s playlist in the garage

    Else if MusicToPlay = WhiteHeart

       Play WhiteHeart playlist in the garage

   Else etc.

Execute SmartRoomMacro

 

And in the SmartRoomMacro my code is something like:

If MusicRoom = bedroom

     Set bedroom source to the same as the garage (using the RoomControl driver)

else if MusicRoom = outside

   Set patio and jacuzzi source to the same as the garage

else etc.

Turn off garage.

Note: I have no speakers in the garage, this room has a dummy audio end point so that C4 thinks I can play music there.

 

And for absolute clarity, please note that my name is not John, I am not married to Jane and I do not have a daughter called Jean!

Thanks for the details! So, how do you have your Echos wired to the system for this to all work?

[zaphod]

The only problem with all of this is that you are playing pre-defined media.  I don't believe you can, with one command, give a voice command to play a specific song (or playlist/album/podcast/radio station) in a specific room unless you have a separate Echo device for each room tied into the matrix and use triggering.