Posts made by Xander

Hi, Russ. I saw in the New comments that you'd posted an update so went to install it. The app updating itself failed so I downloaded the new installer.

The install failed and I wanted to prune down the log so that only that attempt was in there (less clutter) so I cleared it out and went to reinstall again BUT, when it failed, the log was empty. That said, there were multiple mentions in the log of not having access to "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Discord" which seemed odd but I set that folder for Everyone's access which didn't help.

Any ideas?

(Fully updated Win11 Home)

@Russ Yes, just the .json into a clean install. Seemed safest.

I've un/reconnected the Triggercmd Smart home skill. It re-found the triggers on my less-used other computer but nothing from the new one. After some fiddling, it finally kicked in - I think setting a voice name finally did it.

It was just Alexa -- "triggers work on the PC and from the dashboard here" (this site)

Banana set to run notepad was added into Alexa within seconds. Which got me thinking and what I did was Cut out all my content from my .json, saved, ensure that the triggers disappeared from the Alexa app, repasted them back in, saved, and they all showed up ... AND WORKED.

Thanks for your help.
Saying "good night" to Alexa and having her turn off my monitors (smart plug) and hibernate the PC (trigger) is a big part of my routine.

@Russ Been trying that since last night and now the Alexa app won't rediscover them at all now, "organically" or even when I try to force detection.

@Russ Necroposting as this is pretty much on target for me. Replaced my old computer with a newer one, copied everything over ... triggers work on the PC and from the dashboard here. I've made the new one the default and even deleted the old one but the devices in Alexa aren't triggering. I thought I might need to delete them and let them be rediscovered so I tried that and the newly-discovered ones aren't working.

I'm scratching my head here.

@Greg-Larsen Correct. They are optional should someone want to just use the triggercmd site to set off their actions but absolutely needed for Alexa/Google integration.

@Greg-Larsen If you want to add hardware, a $5 smart plug (Aliexpress) would do the job of your $25 (+hub) suggestion. Set the BIOS to turn on when power is provided and you're done.

I have my three monitors on one smart plug so when I say Good Morning to Alexa, she fires them up. I don't really need WoL so pressing the button is fine with me.

@Joao-victor-0 That's not TriggerCMD causing the problem, it's another device connected to your PC that's causing it to power back on. If you run the command outside of TCMD, it will do the same thing.

Try unplugging your USB devices and see which one is reawakening your PC.

"2021-08-26 19:54:08 Program: About to install to: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Discord"
"2821-08 1-26 19:54:21) Apply 21 ApplyReleasesImpl: Updating shortcut C:\Users\User\Desktop\Discord.Ink"

@Igor-Marinho Looks like you're installing Discord, not TriggerCMD.

@matheus-venancio What is the actual command that you're using? And does it work from a cmd prompt?

@Bruno-Rafael Look through recent posts for NirCmd instructions. It can simulate key presses but I don't know that a virtual press will suffice.

If it does, simply create an Alexa routine with both actions (and you'd probably want to throw a Wait command in between)

@Russ Sorry for the delayed reply; crazy week.

Background was the problem on the one part.
On the other, for some weird reason, Task Scheduler was renaming the actual .job from "SCoff" to "SC off" so that the path was wrong. Once I spotted that, I got it working.

Just to check - I've been running the x86 version of TCMD on that PC for...years? Other than the updated .js, there's no newer version? The main DL is x64.

@Russ D'oh. The link here showed it went to ...node.js so I downloaded from here but now it's clear that it was a page about it so I've DL'd it properly ‍️
That's back up and running.

Question, though. I switched the command to use SCHTASKS to run a job of the same batch files to circumvent any UAC issues but SCoff doesn't work in either bat or task form. The cmd window -says- it's being called but no window is called. Any ideas?

[
   {"trigger":"Users","command":"schtasks.exe /run /tn users","ground":"foreground","voice":"users"},
   {"trigger":"Connect","command":"schtasks.exe /run /tn SCon","ground":"background","voice":"connect"},
   {"trigger":"Disconnect","command":"schtasks.exe /run /tn SCoff","ground":"background","voice":"disconnect"},
   {"trigger":"Remote","command":"schtasks.exe /run /tn SCon","offCommand":"schtasks.exe /run /tn SCoff","ground":"foreground","voice":"Remote","voiceReply":"Okay","allowParams":"true" },
   {"trigger":"Reboot","command":"shutdown /r /t 10","ground":"foreground","voice":"reboot"}
]

In case I would need them as separate commands, I created the Connect/Disconnect commands which I think are fine but they don't show in the TCMD trigger page at all.

@Russ That's probably it. The agent.js has a date stamp of Nov 2017. Closed tcmd, updated from your link (old was 23kb, new is 348kb. Quite the diff!)

But, on starting the batch file, I get an "unexpected token" error. It also overwrote my .json file but it was mostly the line above so I'll redo it if I need to. Swapped the old .js back and it runs so something is amiss.

SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:599:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:646:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:554:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:497:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:489:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:676:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:187:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:608:3

@Russ I'm trying to setup an on/off command for some services. The PC is x86 so I'm just editing the JSON file.

Here's the line inside the JSON:
{"trigger":"Remote","command":"C:\Users\STICK10\Documents\SC on.bat","offCommand":"C:\Users\STICK10\Documents\SC off.bat","ground":"foreground","voice":"Remote","voiceReply":"Okay","allowParams":"true" },

When I try to trigger it, it's only running the SC ON batch file, not the OFF. What's my error? Or do I need to set these as two different commands altogether?

Inside TCMD's cmd window:
{ trigger: 'Remote',
id: '____',
params: 'on' }
Running trigger: Remote Command: C:\Users\STICK10\Documents\SC on.bat
Reported: Command Ran
{ trigger: 'Remote',
id: '____',
params: 'off' }
Running trigger: Remote Command: C:\Users\STICK10\Documents\SC on.bat
Reported: Command Ran

@Russ I'm trying to get this to work on an old (out of date) Win10 micro-PC that's x86.

{"trigger":"Users","command":"schtasks.exe /run /tn users","ground":"background","voice":"users"},

Here's the command in the JSON file. If I run the schtasks from a command prompt, it works. If I try to trigger this, it doesn't. Am I missing some syntax?

(The goal is to run a batch file at c:\ which deletes a file in Program Files and replaces it with a backup.)

EDIT: Just needed to change it to Foreground ‍️

@Contamiply You need a space after the .exe
C:\Windows\MultiMonitorTool.exe /TurnOff 0

Every program/parameter works that way - Windows has to know where the program name ends and the parameters begin.

@Russ Don't forget that if you run Nircmd without any parameters at all, it provides a button to copy it to c:\windows. It must be run with Admin privileges (Run box ... ctrl+shift+enter) though.

@kanashi横維 [Moved to General Discussion as this is not an Announcement]

@MichealDean Did you read the first reply which the OP said worked?

This is a thread that's been dead for three years.