@aaaaa12345, this is a method you could use TRIGGERcmd to say something any time.

Alexa routines can execute commands by flipping the TRIGGERcmd virtual switches that the TRIGGERcmd Smart Home skill creates for each command, but routines can also execute commands using the original TRIGGERcmd skill using the "custom" action like this:
alexa routine

The routine will run a command using the original TRIGGERcmd skill, which allows you to use the Voice Reply field with the {{result}} placeholder that you fill using the SendResult.bat script.

So if you have a long running script and you want Alexa to say something about the result, you could write your result message to a file somewhere, then trigger the Alexa routine by running a tcmd command that runs the routine by tiggering the TRIGGERcmd command you've tied to the Alexa routine. The routine would run another TRIGGERcmd command that uses the SendResult.bat script to say your message via the {{result}} placeholder in the Voice Reply field.

It's complicated because it uses all these ingredients:

TRIGGERcmd Alexa skill (the old original skill) to run a command and hear the result. An Alexa Routine with a custom action has Alexa say "Alexa, ask TRIGGERcmd to run result" to itself. TRIGGERcmd Smart Home Alexa skill to run the Alexa routine when you trigger a command. The tcmd command to run the command that triggers the Alexa Routine.

I had another case where I couldn't use TRIGGERcmd because the purpose was to have my Echo next to my bed tell me if the TRIGGERcmd site is down. I used https://voicemonkey.io with IFTTT for that. It worked great. I have montastic.com call this endpoint which tells Alexa to have my Echo Dot speak "Trigger CMD is down"

https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/Montastic/with/key/(my IFTTT key)?value1=Trigger%20CMD%20is%20down

My IFTTT applet looks like this:
8d3a1085-a78f-471c-a202-6718a9d827fe-image.png

@mark-hollis, last night I finally found the root cause and I'll be working on fixing it today. Basically, AWS has been throttling my server when it gets too busy. That's why it's intermittently slow. I'm going to upgrade to a different type of server today.

EDIT: It's done now - AWS won't throttle the server anymore. Thanks again for reporting the problem. If you see slowness again, please let me know, but I think I got it this time.

JFTR...
The above-linked "German" page contains the in-depth instruction/tutorial (shouldn't be a problem for Google-Translate/deepL), while the "English"-linked one is providing the code for download.

Would have edited the page above but there's a "editing time restriction" of 3600s 👎 . Wouldn't it make more sense that a page can't be edited anymore once a follow-up posting/reply occured?

@russ

Before I read your reply, I changed it to "Abre netflix en mi ordenador" and it kinda worked out. I still have to add the word "apaga" before that setence on the voice command so Alexa recognise it.

I tried your way with "Alexa, encender netflix" and now Alexa tells me that the voice command is "Alexa, activa encender netflix"

For some reason, there's always a word before my voice command that I cannot delete or change. At first it was "apaga", now is "activa" 😕

@tuicemen said in Account administration:

If you mean your wishing to contact the software developer @Russ without joining a forum then that is something he can address.

Right. I'm a member of the AutoHotkey staff, and for those cases, we've added a Forum section that is accessible for guests to sort out registration issues...

https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5008

Not necessary if a dedicated eMail address is available "just in case". 🙂

It's kinda astonishing/irritating if you've used the same login credentials within the system of a vendor, where the web-based portal responds that your login is corrupt while the exact same login for the web-based product works fine. SSO?
IMHO something that has to be mentioned in the FAQ, or be displayed during a "forgotten password"-request.
Thx for listening.

Bo

@sebastian-rodriguez Not all programs support command line parameters. TriggerCMD can't magically make them accept them.

@russ well, honestly this shouldn't be my problem. This shouldn't be customers problems. TriggerCMD should find a better subscription platform. I wasn't sure if I'd renew my subscription and now I am 100% sure I won't.

@rancor, awesome. Thank you.

@mark-hollis, thanks. I thought I had it fixed this morning and found out just recently it went down again. Working on it again now.

@barry-hamilton, @Ricale-Kincheski, @k8nr, @marcelo-muller, @Moacir-Vilela-Sêga, thank you for reporting the problem. I do see I had a problem in the logs. I'm looking into it now.

@russ goodness! I rest easy knowing that there is no need to log in or issue any commands.
Thank you!!!

@renan-hugo, please try this:

Run which gulp to get the path to the gulp command. Like this:

russ@russmac % which gulp /Users/russ/.nvm/versions/node/v8.17.0/bin/gulp

Then make your shell script something like this:

#!/usr/bin/env bash cd /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/cative/wp-content/themes/cative/gulp/ /Users/russ/.nvm/versions/node/v8.17.0/bin/gulp assistir > /tmp/output.txt 2>&1

For some reason you need to specify the full path to the executables you install via npm i -g. That's been my experience on Mac anyways.

If that doesn't work, please try running the gulp script like this:

node /Users/russ/.nvm/versions/node/v8.17.0/bin/gulp

Or even like this:

/Users/russ/.nvm/versions/node/v8.17.0/bin/node /Users/russ/.nvm/versions/node/v8.17.0/bin/gulp

To do that last one, you'll need the full path to your node executable which you can find with this command:

which node

@alexander-cleary,

I'm trying to reproduce the problem myself. I setup my Windows laptop the same way - to not go to sleep when I close the lid (while plugged in to AC power). Hopefully I can reproduce the problem you see. I'll know in about an hour. So far I know it's working because I see the "Command ran" entries in the runs list.

Also if you haven't already done it, could you see whether leaving the lid open makes a difference?

EDIT:
I waited more than an hour and the TRIGGERcmd agent on my laptop is still responding.
f7c92b55-e3a6-4787-9219-9e280cb52f4a-image.png

My laptop is Windows 10. Is yours Windows 11 by chance?

@newstuffoldstuff, I see. If you want to avoid reducing your User Access Control setting, you could try installing the background service and running it as a background command. It will run as Local System.

@paola-castillo, I used Google Translate to translate what you wrote as:

"Hello, I downloaded and installed the program, but the pop up where the token is put never appeared, and I have not been able to link my computer, how else can I do this process to be able to link my computer?"

Assuming you're running Windows, you could run this command to run the agent in text mode in a cmd window with this command:

node %LOCALAPPDATA%\TRIGGERcmdAgent\app-1.0.25\resources\app\src\agent.js --console

You'll need to install Node JS first.

@Favored-live-Tech , please try again, it should work now.

For some reason Zapier changed how they send parameters for their oauth flow. I was able to make a corresponding change on my end to accomodate it.

@dinco, like @Xander said, WOL needs a second device/computer on your network to turn on your PC. The script you run on that second device could in theory turn on your PC, then loop until the PC until it's up, then use the tcmd command to remotely run a command on the PC.

The trick is what to put in the loop to detect whether the Trigger CMD agent started.

This is one idea this:

Wait 10 seconds Use tcmd to run a script on the PC that runs a command on the original PC that just creates a flag file. If the flag file is detected, delete it and exit the loop.

You'd want uncheck this in your profile page if you do that though. Otherwise you'll get an email saying the command didn't run because the agent isn't started.
88b5c88a-d267-492f-86cc-025908202a6b-image.png

@favored-live-tech, here's one simple way to add a button to trigger one of your commands:

First add Generic HTTP Requests under Connections.

facc1bb3-57ff-4c08-a058-6b88aa905954-image.png

Click the Bookmark button next to the command you want to run.
37c274fd-cb5a-4fd9-9af1-de758106a69c-image.png

Copy the bookmark URL for that command. It looks like this:
https://www.triggercmd.com/trigger/bookmark?token=blahblah..

Create a "Regular button" with http: GET as the "Press action"

Paste the bookmark URL into the URL field (lower-right in this screenshot).
bdfaf20f-cb9f-4623-9e64-cd2eac1f76ab-image.png

Instead of the bookmark URL you could also use a URL like this:

https://www.triggercmd.com/api/run/triggerSave?computer=(your computer name)&trigger=calculator&token=(token)

Where token is a token from the Instructions page. Also replace calculator with your command's name.

If there's a lot of demand, I'd be willing to make an official TRIGGERcmd connection module for it.

@emristv, good. I'm glad you figured it out. I answered here too.

@russ Wonderful, thank you!