Alexa and other smart speakers (media_player) announce your doors/windows opening and closing. Comes in handy specially for garage doors or side/main exits for homes and shops where you need to stay informed of any changes. Trust me, it's a secured feeling to know the status of your garage, main/side exits.
Ever since we've set this up in our home, we don't think we can do without it now. Your home suddenly gets a voice, something like Jarvis ... Awesome!
Please ⭐ this repo if you like my work and also check out my other repos like
- Home Assistant 'STEROIDS' Configuration
- Alexa (& Friends) Talking Clock
- Alexa (& Friends) Doorbell
- Alexa (& Friends) Door/Window Announce
- Alexa (& Friends) Smart Talking Thermostat
- Auto 'Crappy Internet' Rebooter
Also, if you want to see a walkthrough of my Home Assistant configuration, I have my video walkthrough on youtube below
Needs the Alexa Media Player or Sonos integration
Use HACS or download the alexa_door_window_announce.py from inside the apps directory to your local apps directory, and add the following configuration to enable the app.
alexa_door_window_announce:
module: alexa_door_window_announce
class: AlexaDoorWindowAnnounce
alexas:
- media_player.kitchen_alexa
- media_player.living_room_alexa
doors_windows:
- cover.garage_door_big
- cover.garage_door_small
- binary_sensor.main_door
- binary_sensor.side_door
announcements:
delay: "00:00:00"
close: True
start_time: "00:00:00"
end_time: "23:59:59"
debug: false| key | optional | type | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
module |
False | string | The module name of the app. | |
class |
False | string | The name of the Class. | |
alexas |
False | list | Your smart speaker device(s) to target for the door/window announcements. | |
door_windows |
False | cover, binary_sensor | The doors/windows to monitor. | |
announcements|delay |
True | time | 00:00:00 | The time duration to wait before announcing a door open (24h format). Useful to notify if a door has been open for a long time. |
announcements|close |
True | bool | True | Announce the closing of the door. Set to False if you just want opening announcements. |
announcements|start_time |
True | time | 00:00:00 | The time to enable the service. (24h format) |
announcements|end_time |
True | time | 23:59:59 | The time to disable the service. (24h format) |
debug |
True | bool | False | if True, outputs messages to the AppDaemon Log |
This app wouldn't be possible without the amazing work done by the developers and community at Home Assistant
A very special thanks to Keaton Taylor and Alan Tse whose work on Alexa Media Player was the basis of my inspiration and my work to code all the above listed apps!
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