I'm interested in this too and was surprised that the skill wasn't already there. But then I read the other thread and...ok, I can see it's trickier than I first suspected.
The "here" concept would be very useful, but would be awkward to extend to other systems. I only have one Echo (so far), but I have a 3 story house and have LMS sound, HomeSeer automation, and webcams (along with WAPs and routers) on each so am looking to add an Echo or two. I've got most of the HomeSeer devices on the main floor hooked up to Alexa through their "simple" interface that puts them into "Smart Home" area so I can say "turn kitchen lights on" - but I have to configure this for each device in HS (mostly "turn voice recognition on" and it's a bit tedious, then tell Alexa to re-survey the devices. The alternate "tell homeseer to turn the kitchen lights on" handles all devices and I think that's the model you are working on. So my first ask is...how about a simple skill that handles (for instance) "turn squeeze1 on", "set squeeze1 to 20%", and "turn squeeze1 off" - on and off would probably be "play" and "pause" and the volume percentage might require tuning. And I don't really care about the music I have ripped to my server - we play Pandora about 98% of the time - so (for me) the important content is under "Favorites" or "Pandora | Your Stations". I'm fine with only being able to select a favorite.:) But the player - that's an issue. I can rename mine, but it's yet another thing to remember in a command string. How about a default? I haven't really thought about the security aspects of exposing my LMS - is there a reason why the username / password is insufficient? I also see a setting for "CSRF Protection Level" - no real idea what that requires. In general, I'd suggest contributing to the LMS project if additional security is required over creating a new local proxy. I have an AWS account (not Developer) and would be interested in testing this skill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ centerisl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
