@oz-perrenoud, here's another idea for you. Put "start " at the beginning, like this:

start C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe && C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe

The "start" command exits right after it spawns Notepad so it runs the next command, calc.exe immediately.

I tried it and it worked for me.

@legtod2, if you want to use the TRIGGERcmd Smart Home Alexa skill to turn on and turn off galculator, I'd recommend using the offCommand field like this:

{"trigger":"Open Calculator","command":"/home/pi/open_galc.sh","offCommand": "/home/pi/close_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"calculator","allowParams": "true"},

Notice I set "allowParams": "true" which is necessary to use offCommand, but because you're using offCommand, your /home/pi/open_galc.sh command won't receive the on parameter.

Alternatively you could use one shell script that expects the on or off parameter like I did here.

@legtod2, I remember your fruitbox jukebox project. It's a cool idea. I might end up dedicating one of my own Pi's to that use-case.

You're apparently using the TRIGGERcmd or TRIGGER command skill. Both of those skills allow you to specify text that Alexa will say and display after the command runs.
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You can set that text for the command in the GUI editor:
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In my commands.json it looks like this:

"voiceReply": "Also try, \"Alexa, next song.\"",

BTW, for "Alexa, next song" to work, you'd need to create an Alexa Routine to run the next song command when you say that.

@raquel, I've tried AutoHotKey before. There's also MacroMaker, Macro Express, but I haven't tried them.

@russ Thanks Russ!

@david-jones, awesome. I'm so sorry for the trouble. Please email me a copy of that commands.json file so I can prevent that problem in the future.

@david-jones Have posted the app now as part of a GiHub repository I'm building for TRIGGERcmd on PC and RPi: djaus2/TRIGGERcmdRPi Look for WhatCanISay app.

@hdegenaro, good. Also thank you for subscribing.

@david-jones, if you enable the TRIGGERcmd Google Action it should work.

You've only enabled the TRIGGERcmd Smart Home Google Action so far.

I like the Smart Home action better personally because it creates on/off smart home switches for each of your commands, so Google Assistant just has to match your words to one of them when you say turn on X or turn off X. It has a much better chance of matching your words to your commands because it has a list of them ahead of time.

@tuicemen,

This is actually wrong ^. "deviceType":"light" is not a thing.

If adding that made it work, it's because when you change a command, TRIGGERcmd deletes and re-creates the Alexa smart home device. That needed to happen for the Alexa device associated with your command to have the new brightness feature.

Sorry I didn't tell you that sooner. Any newly created commands will have the new brightness and color features. Old commands just need to be changed so they get re-created. Or you can delete and re-discover them at https://alexa.amazon.com.

Also btw, only Alexa supports brightness and color so far. I'll look into Google Assistant soon.

EDIT 3/21/22: The "TRIGGERcmd Smart Home" action on Google Assistant supports color and brightness now too.

@russ Ya it is so simple to use. I like the list option for showing trigger names. My memory isn't what it use to be and my spelling never was the greatest!

@david-jones, have you considered this tool?

https://github.com/vishen/go-chromecast

It's a Go utility so they have binaries for all different OS's, including arm7 (Rpi).

@esaltat, in Linux you could use a command like this:

curl 'https://triggercmd.com/api/run/list?&sortOn=createdAt,DESC&command_id=(your command id)&token=(your token)'

You'll see your command id in your browser URL when you click the View Runs button for that command:
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Or install jq and use this command will show two fields you're interested in:

curl 'https://triggercmd.com/api/run/list?&sortOn=createdAt,DESC&command_id=(your command id)&token=(your token)' | jq -r '.records[] | .createdAt + " " + .status' 2022-01-23T18:38:03.008Z Command ran 2022-01-23T18:38:02.844Z Trigger sent from website 2022-01-22T19:34:41.879Z Command ran 2022-01-22T19:34:40.150Z Trigger sent from Google Assistant Smart Home params = on 2022-01-15T16:38:46.310Z Command ran 2022-01-15T16:38:46.067Z Trigger sent from Google Assistant Smart Home params = on 2022-01-15T16:38:39.210Z Command ran 2022-01-15T16:38:38.205Z Trigger sent from Alexa Smart Home params = on 2022-01-15T16:18:52.395Z Command ran 2022-01-15T16:18:52.274Z Trigger sent from Alexa

@russ Very cool suggestion. Send the equivalent to pressing a local keyboard keypress.