Dimming support via echo-ha-bridge and REST calls

[dgeist]

I'm running the newest version  of the ha-bridge package (0.4.0) to emulate the hue platform with my Echo Dot 2. Basic on/off features seem to work fine, but I'm unable to do dimming. Per the bridge's github repo:

Dimming is also supported by using the expression ${intensity.percent} with a value of 0-100 or ${intensity.byte} with a value 0-255, respectively.

 

So, I'm putting the following in (which works):

{
  "name":"Kitchen Table Light",
  "deviceType":"switch",
  "offUrl":"http://admin:*****@192.168.1.7:80/rest/nodes/7959/cmd/DOF",
  "onUrl":"http://admin:*****@192.168.1.7:80/rest/nodes/7959/cmd/DON"
}. 

Per the ISY REST guide:

• Insteon - /rest/nodes/<node-id>/cmd/DON/128 - turn on a scene to 50% (valid parameters = 0 - 255)

 

If I update the onUrl to: 

"http://admin:*****@192.168.1.7:80/rest/nodes/7959/cmd/DON/${intensity.byte}"

The update is accepted, but Alexa complains that the device is not reachable.

 

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

 

Dan

[larryllix]

Try the parameter outside the double quotation delimiters.

 

 

ohhhhh. you can't set a scene to a dim level...just on or off.

[dgeist]

The parameter thing is a good idea, but the configurator is generating that part, not me (I tried POSTin the HTTP without it and it wouldn't parse correctly.

 

I thought of the scene thing, and tried calling one of the dimmers the same way, but with the hardware ID instead of the scene number, but still no-go:

http://admin:*****@192.168.1.7:80/rest/nodes/29 D3 86 1/DON/${intensity.byte}

Anything wrong with the syntax of that one?

 

<edit> the "POST" above refers to populating the ha-bridge hue-emulator application, not the call to the ISY </edit> 

[larryllix]

I am not familiar with this technique you are using.

 

All Rest commands are GET.

 

Try a hard coded number first to get it going, then the variable later.

[apnar]

I'm running the newest version  of the ha-bridge package (0.4.0) to emulate the hue platform with my Echo Dot 2. 

 

 

As an aside, assuming you're talking about the BWS Systems version of ha-bridge, the Latest version is 3.2.0.

 

https://github.com/bwssytems/ha-bridge/releases/

[dgeist]

Negative. This is the version at https://github.com/armzilla/amazon-echo-ha-bridge

 

As an aside, I was able to manually get the REST commands to DIM to a specific percentage based on the switch hardware address and utilizing %20 in the expressions instead of spaces (not too surprising, there). I'll validate if "Alexa" will properly trigger the numeric value through the bridge once I get home.

 

 

 

<edit> Sure enough, I'm able to get simple dimming now with a REST call configured in the bridge like this:

http://admin:****@192.168.1.7:80/rest/nodes/29%20E0%2084%201/cmd/DON/${intensity.byte}

It supports numeric percentages as well as keywords like "half" and "three quarters" but not yet "dim" or "brighten" but that's an Echo thing.

</edit>

 

Dan