Any idea why this batch is failing to run?

Strahan

Hi. Ever since IFTTT and Alexa stopped working, I started making a bunch of TriggerCMD triggers to fill in the void. I made a website to log health data (calories eaten, exercise done, etc). So I made a batch file:

@echo off
echo %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 >>log.txt
if "%1"=="med" goto :medication
if "%1"=="bedtime" goto :bed
c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=food&food=%1"
goto :eof

:medication
if "%2"=="fi8" c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=insulin&type=fast&amt=8"&goto :eof
if "%2"=="fi10" c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=insulin&type=fast&amt=10"&goto :eof
if "%2"=="fi12" c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=insulin&type=fast&amt=12"&goto :eof
if "%2"=="fi14" c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=insulin&type=fast&amt=14"&goto :eof
if "%2"=="fi18" c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=insulin&type=fast&amt=18"&goto :eof
if "%2"=="li50" c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=insulin&type=long&amt=50"&goto :eof
if "%2"=="night" c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=nightmeds"&goto :eof

c:\misc\wget.exe "https://mysite.com/index.php?m=api&sm=meds&mid=%2&units=%3"
goto :eof

:bed
echo %2 >>log.txt

I have a bunch of commands. Here is a sample:

Trigger: diet pepsi
Command: c:\misc\loghealth.bat dpepsi12
Off command: (greyed out)
Ground: foreground
Voice: diet pepsi
Voice reply: (empty)
Allow parameters: false

This works great. I say "Alexa, turn on diet pepsi" then check my health site and it has logged a can of Diet Pepsi. I also track my bedtime/getting up times so if I feel drug out I can look at my health site and be like well yea, I slept 5 hours 12 minutes no doubt heh. I wanted to leverage the on/off ability, figuring I'd say "Alexa turn on bedtime" to mark myself asleep and turn off to mark awake:

Trigger: bedtime
Command: c:\misc\loghealth.bat bedtime on
Off command: c:\misc\loghealth.bat bedtime off
Ground: foreground
Voice: bedtime
Voice reply: (empty)
Allow parameters: true

However, neither on nor off works. I added the echo to log.txt lines and I never even get a log.txt, so it's not firing the batch at all.

Any idea why? Thanks!

Russ

@Strahan, that should work.

Do you see an Alexa device called "bedtime" in the Alexa app?

FYI, you could also remove the on and off portion of the command, and clear the "Off command" field like this because the agent will add " on" or " off" to your command depending on whether you're flipping the virtual switch on or off.

Trigger: bedtime
Command: c:\misc\loghealth.bat bedtime

At first I was concerned that bedtime might be a reserved word, but I tried "bedtime" and "bed time" in the Voice field and both worked for me.