I saw the Nanomote , bought one and will receive it in a few days. I was wondering if I could program the buttons to make call through either Google Home or Alexa.

Anyone has an idea on how to achieve this ?

10 minutes ago, asbril said:

program the buttons to make call through either Google Home or Alexa.

I'm not sure I'm understanding what you mean by this.

The Nanomote is a Z-Wave button device.  As long as the device is supported on the ISY you can use the buttons to trigger programs to do something.

4 minutes ago, simplextech said:

trigger programs to do something

Exactly.... I know that, with or without a notification nodeserver, I can create a program to send an email or a push message to a phone, but I am wondering whether it is technically possible to create a program that makes Google Home or Alexa make a phonecall.

6 minutes ago, asbril said:

create a program that makes Google Home or Alexa make a phonecall.

Amazon hasn't released any API or method of directly interacting with Alexa.  There are some hacks but only for devices so nothing I'm aware of for triggering a phone call.  Google has a more open API and developer program however I'm not aware of anything that can trigger a phone call.  Interesting though.  Now if you had a SIP system say Asterisk or something that's more probable.

9 minutes ago, asbril said:

Alexa make a phonecall.

Possibly by linking an AT&T account to Alexa and create a routine to call a contact when the a button on the Nanomote is pressed. 

30 minutes ago, simplextech said:

if you had a SIP system say Asterisk or something that's more probable.

Interesting...........  While I primarily use Google Voice on  OBI 200 and  OBI 2162 , I also have a ANVEO SIP connection for 911 calls and I wonder whether that would make it possible......

BTW, as an aside,  Google Voice has been working great for me for many years now. I have 1 GV nr for professional, 1 GV for personal and 1GV for my wife. These numbers ring on our respective Iphones and also on the OBI 200 box and the OBI 2162.  The OBI 200 is connected to a Panasonic 2-line cordless system throughout our home, with different ring tones for each number.  The same number will ring simultaneously on our respective Iphone and the home system.  Callers don't have to figure out whether we are at home or not, nor know where we are when we answer.

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7 minutes ago, dbuss said:

Possibly by linking an AT&T account to Alexa and create a routine to call a contact when the a button on the Nanomote is pressed. 

Both Alexa and Google Home can make phone calls, though I only have done this on GH. The trick would consist on getting a GH or Alexa routine to react on a  prompt from my ISY.  I already have a Alexa routine announcing "There is motion in the lobby"  on a prompt from a motion sensor. Maybe I can create a routine that makes a phonecall, but would it also then "speak" a message ?

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5 minutes ago, asbril said:

Both Alexa and Google Home can make phone calls, though I only have done this on GH. The trick would consist on getting a GH or Alexa routine to react on a  prompt from my ISY.  I already have a Alexa routine announcing "There is motion in the lobby"  on a prompt from a motion sensor. Maybe I can create a routine that makes a phonecall......

You can create a routine to have Alexa make a call to a contact. However, when the routine is triggered ,Alexa will ask you how you want to call your contact. By phone, Alexa, dropin, etc. 

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2 minutes ago, dbuss said:

You can create a routine to have Alexa make a call to a contact. However, Alexa will ask you how you want to call your contact. By phone, Alexa, dropin, etc. 

Somebody can develop a nodeserver  ?

1 minute ago, asbril said:

Somebody can develop a nodeserver  ?

Or link Alexa to an AT&T account.

You can also create a routine in Alexa to call a certain phone number. Then when the routine is triggered Alexa will call that number from the Alexa device you choose in the routine.

56 minutes ago, dbuss said:

You can also create a routine in Alexa to call a certain phone number. Then when the routine is triggered Alexa will call that number from the Alexa device you choose in the routine.

I will explore this. Getting a ATT account is not an option, as I have an excellent family plan with TMobile (since 19 years)  and (as explained above) Google Voice is my free "land line".

4 minutes ago, asbril said:

I will explore this. Getting a ATT account is not an option, as I have an excellent family plan with TMobile (since 19 years)  and (as explained above) Google Voice is my free "land line".

AT&T is not an option for me either. I've been a Verizon customer for over 20 years. 

Your post gave me some ideas on using routines and remotes though. Thank you!

@asbril Here's what I did to make calls from Alexa. 

1. Created a state variable for each device I wanted to call.

2.Created a routine in Alexa to call the device when the variable was changed.

3.created this program to to change the variable. 

Master BR Call Dick's Phone - [ID 00C3][Parent 0001]

If
        'Master BR Alexa Remote - B' is switched On
 
Then
        $Master_BR_Call_Dicks_Cell  = 1
        Wait  30 seconds
        $Master_BR_Call_Dicks_Cell  = 0
 
Else
        $Master_BR_Call_Dicks_Cell  = 0

I'm using an Insteon eight button remote in non-toggle mode. It works great.

I see no reason you couldn't do the same thing with the Nanomote. I have a Nanomote and after a few trys, the ISY added it.

Today I received my Aeotec Nano Mote Quad and successfully added this device to my ISY. See picture.

However I am at a loss how to use it. I created a program :

IF  Scenebutton 1 is switched ON

THEN Light X is set ON

but nothing happens

I also created a Scene with scenebutton 1 as controller and a few lights as responders. That does indeed set the responder lights ON.  In fact I want the scenebutton to switch those responder lights OFF and in the scene I changed the default to command OFF (and clicked on update) but with all the responder lights set with command OFF, the only thing that pressing the corresponding click on the Nano Mote does is turning those lights ON.

What am I doing wrong ? It is true that, even after more than 6 years using ISY, I have not really used Scenes before.

@asbrilShould you decide to get another nanoMote, below is how the NanoMote can be used in programs with ISY.

 

When you program a "Control" as an IF, these are the 2 statements that you can use to access Tap or Held.

 

If NanoMote = (Control) Scene Button 1 - 4 == On

• This is single tap

 

 

If NanoMote = (Control) Scene Button 1 - 4 == Fade Stop

• This is held (2 seconds, then release)

 

curious what version you guys added the nanomote on.  I can't seem to add it to my 5.3.0 instance after just successfully adding a couple of fibaro motion sensors.