Thanks Russ. Will give it a go this weekend, but I think I've got it.

@superpan, you can see here I'm using wayland:

TRIGGERcmd Ubuntu

@parker-reed, yes actually, I did that a while ago. Sorry I never updated this thread.

Here's the announcement:
https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/topic/111/now-you-can-pass-parameters-to-your-alexa-commands

@jebus-jones, that will be really cool. I hope you'll do a video showing it off when you get it working.

Right now it's unclear to me whether you've gotten Stringify to talk to TRIGGERcmd yet. Have you seen this article or this article?

You should be able to add a "Connect: Maker" thing and select "Send an HTTP POST" and use a URL like this:
https://www.triggercmd.com/api/Stringify?trigger=Netflix&computer=MediaPC

Now that last scenario, where you're turning on your Media PC, waiting for it to boot, then launching Netflix - that's trickier because you'll need another computer to turn on your Media PC, then you'll need to wait for it to boot, then trigger the next command. Do you have a Raspberry Pi or something on your network? I boot my computer using my Raspberry Pi because it's always on so I can open my garage with it.

Assuming you have Raspberry Pi, you could have it run a bash script that runs wakeonlan to boot the PC, then loops until it gets a successful ping, then runs a curl command to trigger Netflix on the PC.

First thing's first - please tell me if you've gotten Stringify talking to TRIGGERcmd yet.

@rbmcgee, good job troubleshooting. I didn't even think of that.

I programmed the Alexa skill to use the word on to split the command word(s) from the computer word(s).

The idea is if you have a bunch of computers you need to say "on macbook" or "on downstairs" to specify which computer to run the command on.

The trial is programmed to behave the same way, although with the trial you can only have one computer so there's no point in saying "on macbook."

@caulford, you don't have to change your IP address. As long as your computer has access to the Internet this should work.

I recommend going to the cmd prompt and running the batch file from there. That way if the batch file is failing, you'll get to see the error.

It should prompt for a token like this:

D:\tools\test>triggercmdagent.bat D:\tools\test>node D:\tools\test\agent --console Daemon install: false No token exists. Login to request one. prompt: token:

You'll need to copy/paste the token from the Instructions page.

If it's not prompting for your token, please send a screenshot of the output you see.

@jános-tarcsa, actually I did make an agent that works on any 32bit windows newer than Windows XP.

It doesn't have a GUI, but it works.

Check out this page:
https://www.triggercmd.com/forum/topic/99/no-gui-triggercmd-agent-that-works-on-32bit-windows

@mwink4689, that error happens when you've added a command to SmartThings, then deleted or changed it in TRIGGERcmd.

In the latest SmartThings code I added an hourly check to see if the commands still exist, and it deletes the obsolete virtual switches if they don't.

Can you try unchecking your commands, then deleting any remaining TRIGGERcmd virtual switches, then re-checking the commands you want?

@twinturbogtr, I really need to redo that Android app because that Google login button doesn't work.

I have a solution for you:

Log into your account at www.triggercmd.com Open your Profile by clicking your name in the upper-right, then click Profile Fill in the Password field.

Now you can use your email address and that password to log into the Android app.

OR, don't use the Android app. Instead, just use the browser on your phone, and bookmark this page:
https://www.triggercmd.com/user/computer/list

@clconner09, awesome, thank you!

@david-vávra, it seems that command was actually running, but in the context of your TRIGGERcmd background service, and in that context it couldn't turn off your displays.

The background service is meant to run things that need to be able to run while you're not logged on, like a reboot command or something. It has limited value on Windows, so I set the default to foreground. I think background commands are more useful on a Linux box because they run as root.

Anyway, in my next version I'll try to make it clearer what that background/foreground field means.

Sorry @iamisobe. Stay with me. We'll get this.

First of all - you have send the "magic packet" from a computer that's turned on. My Raspberry Pi computer is always turned on - that's why I run the wakeonlan command from it.

Do you have two computers? One that's always on, and one that your want to wake up? Assuming you have two computers, what's the Operating System of the one you want to use to tell the other computer to wake up?

@robhaynes, a good place to look for what Alexa heard is the Alexa app on your phone.

I see in the log that Alexa often hears xten, and sometimes she hears x. I think x10 / xten is difficult for Alexa to hear and convert to text consistently.

@russ
Got it. Looks like you already set that up for me .. as I could see my laptop on the default computer field .. and it is working ! Thank you!

P.S: Is there a location on this forum or site for "How-to's" / Knowledge base - for people to find such information there .. if yes, please direct me to the same, if not, might be a good idea to create one 🙂

@buddahs808 ,

The trick is to use a simple word for google to hear in the 'voice' field for the command.

Does 'calculator' work?

@cameronlives ,

I'll try opening a website when I get home. I think you can do something like this:

open http://www.google.com

@ron

Man, I don't know. If calc and notepad work, the agent is working, so that's a start. What exactly do you have in your command field? If you type that same thing in your cmd prompt while you're in a different folder, does it run the batch file? I ask just to verify that the folder is in the PATH..

It might be that batch file is expecting you to be in the folder where the batch file is, so you could add a command to your batch file to cd to that folder.

EDIT: Ron and I figured this out. It turned out he needed to close and open the TRIGGERcmd agent (or just reboot) after he added the batch file's folder to his PATH.

Ron also explained how ahcmd works. It can send commands to X10 devices. It's a simpler way to do it than @Nate-Hales (aka Bubba's) method that uses the curl command. The ahcmd.exe tool comes with this installer: http://voxcommando.com/files/ahsdk_install.exe

FYI, Ron's command to turn on a lamp via X10 was:

ahcmd sendrf e1 on

So with SmartThings, he could turn on parameters and make the command:

ahcmd sendrf e1

And SmartThings would add the on or off part of the command.

More info about ahcmd: http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Plugin_X10

Thank you @mallea ! Merry Christmas!

@dlaugh14, your example is way cooler than mine.