Using Node-Red for Google Home TTS announcements and other stuff eWeLink

ElCid · December 8, 2020, 1:41pm

Ok.

i have added a global context so you can change the default and reset with out opening function.
edited function 1 and 3, so replace them

To change global defaults just edit change node and the press the inject button

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once you press the inject you can see the defaults here

Press the refresh icon in the global section to update the side panel view

so first it will use msg.payload.volume, if that does not exist it will use global default and if that is not been set it will use hard coded value.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 1:49pm

Nice idea !

I’ve changed function 1 and 3 and added the inject and change node.

I get this however after pressing the inject

ElCid · December 8, 2020, 1:57pm

the inject is standalone it should not be connected to anything except the change node, as in my image.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 2:01pm

That error above is coming from the Lounge Mini debug output by the looks of it.

Yes the Inject and Change Nodes are not connected to anything else, other than themselves.

So after I have pressed the Inject button were do I look to see its changed the volume levels?

I don’t see a Context.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 2:03pm

Just found it but its empty

ElCid · December 8, 2020, 2:03pm

here where my cursor is then click context data, then refresh global.

do you have persistant context enabled in the settings js, if not then set inject to inject once after 0.1 sec. This will set global defaults at system reboot. Or update your settings js file to use persistant context.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 2:06pm

Got it and understood

OK let me finished adding the functions in between each blue CastV2 mode and I’ll test it again.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 2:15pm

How it looks now:

I’m adding Comments with documentation so others will be able to follow what we have done.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 2:23pm

Question:

The function for the MIOS IN monitoring still has the volume specified individually for each device is that right?

   let sensors={
    "Kitchen:Patio Door:Tripped":{
        "ips":"192.168.0.16|192.168.0.19",
        "message":["Patio Door Closed","Patio Door Opened"],
        "volume":60
    },
    "Porch:Front Door:Tripped":{
        "ips":"192.168.0.16|192.168.0.19",
        "message":["Front Door Closed","Front Door Opened"],
        "volume":60
    },
    "Porch:Letterbox:Tripped":{
        "ips":"192.168.0.16|192.168.0.19",
        "message":["null","Letter box Opened"],
        "volume":60
    },
    "Back Garden:Garden Gate:Tripped":{
        "ips":"192.168.0.16|192.168.0.21",
        "message":["Garden Gate Closed","Garden Gate Opened"],
        "volume":60
    },
    "Lounge:Fireplace:Status":{
        "ips":"192.168.0.16",
        "message":["Turning Off Fireplace","Turning On Fireplace"],
        "volume":60
    }
}

ElCid · December 8, 2020, 2:31pm

if you omit volume then the global default is used or hard coded default

you can also attach the delay and debug of the mios monitoring to the other mios node so only one mios required.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 2:38pm

OK I am removing the hard coded volume levels from this function.

I’ve tested with them removed and the Global level does work.

Like that…

ElCid · December 8, 2020, 2:39pm

yes thats correct

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 2:54pm

Here is the final flow code, with the instructions in the Comment labels, for the CastV2 integration.

Flow Code you can Import:

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1 : 0;\nif(sensor[\"message\"][msg.payload] !== \"null\"){\nmsg.payload = {\n    \"message\": sensor[\"message\"][msg.payload],\n    \"ip\": sensor[\"ips\"],\n    \"volume\": sensor[\"volume\"]\n    }\nmsg.sensor = true;\nreturn msg;\n}else{\n    return;\n}\n}else{\n    return;\n}","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":350,"y":360,"wires":[["de79989a.a52818"]]},{"id":"de79989a.a52818","type":"function","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"function for TTS","func":"var IPS = msg.payload.ip.split(\"|\");\nvar message = msg.payload.message;\nvar ttsVolume = msg.payload.volume || global.get(\"ttsVolumeDefault\") || 60;\nfor (var i in IPS) { \n    //msg.ttsVolume = true;\n    msg.payload = {\"type\":\"VOLUME\",\"volume\":ttsVolume,\"ip\":IPS[i]};\n    node.send([null,msg]);\nmsg.payload = {\n    type: \"TTS\",\n    text: message,\n    language: \"En-gb\",\n    ip: IPS[i],\n    }\nmsg.iptts = IPS[i];\nnode.send([null, [msg]]);\n}\nif(!msg.sensor){\nmsg.payload = \"ok\"; // the response message\nreturn [msg];\n}else{\n return;\n}\n","outputs":2,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":240,"y":240,"wires":[["3be8a007.b440f"],["961c039f.d9511"]]},{"id":"624339ce.70a148","type":"http in","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"http request from Vera scene","url":"sceneTrigger","method":"get","upload":false,"swaggerDoc":"","x":160,"y":140,"wires":[["de79989a.a52818"]]},{"id":"3be8a007.b440f","type":"http response","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"http response","statusCode":"200","headers":{},"x":400,"y":40,"wires":[]},{"id":"961c039f.d9511","type":"switch","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"IP Switch","property":"payload.ip","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"192.168.0.16","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"192.168.0.19","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"192.168.0.20","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"192.168.0.21","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"192.168.0.24","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":5,"x":440,"y":200,"wires":[["bcb2ede6.8e6be"],["ae3e1796.60de38"],["f0ddf7c4.b12bb8"],["3b8e7ccb.9fd924"],["f8a77c67.f07e1"]]},{"id":"bcb2ede6.8e6be","type":"castv2-sender","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"Lounge Mini .16","connection":"6f8783fb.3dd50c","spotifyAccessToken":"","spotifyAccessTokenExpiration":"","spotifyDeviceName":"","x":740,"y":160,"wires":[["fe70ae7a.b52e4","bf3a7cec.7b0c2"]],"icon":"node-red-contrib-cast/google-home-mini2.svg"},{"id":"ae3e1796.60de38","type":"castv2-sender","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"Kitchen Home .19","connection":"84b64104.c6bd5","spotifyAccessToken":"","spotifyAccessTokenExpiration":"","spotifyDeviceName":"","x":750,"y":260,"wires":[["b9e34b7e.af5118","d781600d.1fe4e"]],"icon":"node-red-contrib-cast/google-home1.svg"},{"id":"f0ddf7c4.b12bb8","type":"castv2-sender","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"Bathroom Mini .20","connection":"eefe01fb.d0bec","spotifyAccessToken":"","spotifyAccessTokenExpiration":"","spotifyDeviceName":"","x":750,"y":360,"wires":[["4cdb0217.44aedc","686877d7.4b8df8"]],"icon":"node-red-contrib-cast/google-home-mini2.svg"},{"id":"3b8e7ccb.9fd924","type":"castv2-sender","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"Masterbed Mini .21","connection":"7f5d6c3c.415914","spotifyAccessToken":"","spotifyAccessTokenExpiration":"","spotifyDeviceName":"","x":750,"y":460,"wires":[["bc00f492.b58de8","7231cd7f.49e0b4"]],"icon":"node-red-contrib-cast/google-home-mini2.svg"},{"id":"f8a77c67.f07e1","type":"castv2-sender","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"Bedroom 2 Home .24","connection":"292a4ac3.634916","spotifyAccessToken":"","spotifyAccessTokenExpiration":"","spotifyDeviceName":"","x":760,"y":560,"wires":[["de3f625d.eb99d","5b5dc80a.94bce8"]],"icon":"node-red-contrib-cast/google-home1.svg"},{"id":"fe70ae7a.b52e4","type":"debug","z":"2c1c608.171caa","name":"Debug","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":true,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"        (payload.idleReason = \"FINISHED\" ? 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Mini","target":"","host":"192.168.0.21","port":"8009"},{"id":"292a4ac3.634916","type":"castv2-connection","z":"","name":"Bedroom 2 Home","target":"","host":"192.168.0.24","port":"8009"},{"id":"db098590.052cd8","type":"mios-server","z":"","name":"Vera-Plus","host":"192.168.0.12","port":"3480"}]

Or you can import the attached .json file.

flows-Google-TTS.zip (4.1 KB)

Thank you once again to @ElCid for his expertise.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 3:08pm

I’ve updated the first post with the needed information.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 3:54pm

With all the debug nodes in the flow disabled and turned off and no debug nodes selected in the debug window, I am seeing lots of these messages.

Not sure if it is something to be concerned about or not.

Its coming from the function nodes in between the two CastV2 nodes.

ElCid · December 8, 2020, 3:59pm

It is comming from those undefined payloads. It wont break anything but is messy.
Try this function 3

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cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 4:12pm

That seems to have done the trick, the messages aren’t appearing now.

Thanks.

cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 6:15pm

@ElCid

Do you have a ChromeCast Video device ?

Wondering what else we might be able to do with this new CastV2. Maybe some transport control buttons in the Home Remote dashboard app as they don’t currently support any ChromeCast integration.

I’ve got all of them to work except for the “Queue_Next” and “Queue_Prev” don’t work.

And the GET ones don’t seem to do anything.

Flow code:

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cw-kid · December 8, 2020, 6:46pm

Interesting I’ve just discovered you can also send TTS announcements to the ChromeCast Video device on the TV.

Although it kills and stops what ever was already playing on the ChromeCast before the TTS was sent to it.

ElCid · December 8, 2020, 6:55pm

No not a google user, except android(and they are slowly poisoning that)

I think you would need to be playing from a playlist for QUEUE_NEXT to work.

the apps it works with.
DefaultMediaReceiver
GooglePlayMusic - media control only
GogolePlayMovies - media control only
Netflix - media control only
Spotify - media control only
TuneIn - media control only
YouTube

so you should be able to link to youtube media