Overall questions including motion detection, voice response, and integration.

raffles hogan

Hey (probably Russ)!
My end goal is to use something like this (happy to take other suggestions) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB2QLC2/ref=twister_B0866TMCMQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 and when I walk in, alexa or google asks me if I want to turn my computer on, and of course, If I say yes, it does. (even cooler if when I said no, it said "okay, please let me know if there is anything else I can do"
So been messing around with trigger cmd and my google home mini, was able to get it to turn my computer off (using one of the example triggers)

I also tried to get the computer to turn on through pressing a key, but got the "can not find script file". I looked at the forum that was linked but I don't even have a scripts folder.

The last thing is i'm not entirely sure how to have google actually respond. I know russ was talking about how it doesn't work on smart home, but how can I make it not smart home.

Thank you all!!!!

Russ

@raffles-hogan, as far as I know, there's no way to invoke an Alexa skill or Google Assistant action without saying the wake words like "Alexa" or "Hey Google" first.

About pressing a key - you would have to create the scripts folder and create the script that presses a key. Also, if the computer is actually off, nothing can run on it. I think the post you read was about turning the monitor on.

This page lists all the ways you can trigger commands. I pasted the section that shows the Smart Home and original skills here:

Smart Home voice assistant skills (Example: "Hey Google, turn on calculator")

Original voice assistant skills (Example: "Alexa, ask TRIGGERcmd to run calculator"):