Condor Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I've been using the UDI Portal with the ISY V3 Alexa skill for several years to control my devices with spoken commands. I also have several A/V Virtual devices that control a Roku TV and a Windows PC with Windows Media Center. All the A/V Virtual device functions under the Basic, Volume and Playback tabs work perfectly. However, I cannot get the 8 inputs under Input Select tab to respond to spoken commands on any of the A/V Virtual devices I have created. The spoken syntax is supposed to be: "Alexa, change input to <input name> on <device>". Alexa responds with "I don't know how to set <device> to that setting" on the first attempt and with "" on subsequent attempts. Example: I have an A/V Virtual device with the device spoken "media center" and input-1 named RECORDED. When I speak the command, "Alexa, change input to recorded on media center" the response is "I don't know how to set Media Center to that setting". If I then speak the command for another input on the same device, the response is a soft "bong bong" which shows up as "" in the Alexa app voice history. I experience this behavior with the A/V Virtual devices for both the Roku TV and the Windows PC with Windows Media Center. The A/V Virtual device for the Roku TV uses network resources for all 8 input selects and the Windows PC uses programs for all 8 input selects. The network resources and programs work fine when triggered manually through the management console. I'm pretty sure my A/V Virtual device names are okay because functions like On/Off, Mute/Unmute, Volume Up/Down, Channel Up/Down, Play/Pause/Stop, etc work fine. I've tried different device spokens, different input names, deleting and recreating the A/V Virtual devices. I've even tried just waiting for a few weeks since some folks have reported that strange Alexa integration problems sometime clear up on their own after waiting for a few days. Nothing seems to work for input select. I've searched the forums here but I can't seem to find any reference to this issue. Any ideas? Link to comment
bmercier Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Please try different and easier input names. Because the the input select names are custom, Alexa has to really understand very well the name so that it can be an exact match to what you entered. Link to comment
Condor Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 Thank you for your reply. The input select names I've recently used are: recorded, guide, live tv, movies, music, pictures, videos, radio. None of these input names have worked. I've also used in the past: aquatic, yoo tube, amazon, player. These actually worked for a while about a year ago, but have now stopped working as well. I noticed that sometimes I had to use a "phonetic" spelling, such as "yoo tube" for YouTube. I figured the names above are pretty clear. Could you suggest some better choices? Link to comment
bmercier Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I have made a few more tests. Some that work: HDMI1 HDMI2 DVR ANTENNA Many don't though. When you hear <device> doesn't support that, it's a sign that the input was understood, but your A/V device did not have that input defined. If you hear any other error message or a beep, Alexa does not understand the input you spoke. Link to comment
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