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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Does VoxCommando have an API?

« on: January 20, 2014, 08:03:58 PM »

I can use VoxCommando to control a bunch of different programs: Vera, XBMC, EventGhost but.. is there a way for me to control VoxCommando from another program? I have Vera for a home automation controller, I'd like to trigger VoxCommand off of a scene on Vera. I'm watching TV and a trigger fires on Vera, say sunset and VC announces this to me or my camera sensor is tripped and Vera sends a request to VC to announce someone is outside..

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Windows 8 / 10 / No language suitable for speech were found...

« on: January 18, 2014, 06:58:33 AM »

...If you are sure you have languages installed that support speech recognition, then you may need to run as administrator.

This just started showing up after the blue. I'm on Win 8.1 64-bit, only recent changes are some Windows updates.

Running with admin privs shows the same message.

I've not added any new voices

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Kodi (XBMC) Frodo / Gotham / Isengard / Jarvis / Large Payload XML Warning

« on: January 11, 2014, 07:40:03 AM »

Each time I generate XML from xSQL and restart VC, I get the warning:

Payload XML file XbmcPayload\xbmcSongs.xml contains 28,677 items.
Do you wish to load this command?

Is there a way I can stop this from being asked?

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Command Builder Reference / Am I doing this right? Scrape and Results.SetVar

« on: January 08, 2014, 11:07:29 AM »

I have a NetAtmo which allows me to retrieve temperature information for both inside and outside my house.
I have a plugin for my Vera that stores the data locally so I don't have to deal with the NetAtmo cloud service
I'm creating a simple action, when I ask "temperature", I want VC to tell me the temperature inside and outside along with the humidity

So, I started by adding a Scrape action that goes to my Vera to get the OutsideTemperature
I then call Results.SetVar and set OutsideTemp to {LastResult} [I gather if I omit {LastResult} it'll default to that]
I then piece together my TTS.Speak by placing {Var.OutsideTemp}, etc for each variable I've set
Is this the correct way to go?  Or is there a simpler way?


Here's the actual code [this works as expected]:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<command id="393" name="Get Temperature" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="">
  <action>
    <cmdType>Scrape</cmdType>
    <cmdString>http://192.168.1.106:3480/data_request?id=variableget&amp;DeviceNum=253&amp;serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:TemperatureSensor1&amp;Variable=CurrentTemperature</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>Results.SetVar</cmdType>
    <cmdString>OutsideTemp&amp;&amp;{LastResult}</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>TTS.Speak</cmdType>
    <cmdString>It is currently {Var.OutsideTemp} degrees outside.</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>OSD.ShowText</cmdType>
    <cmdString>It is currently {Var.OutsideTemp} degrees outside.</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <phrase>temperature</phrase>
</command>


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Kodi (XBMC) Frodo / Gotham / Isengard / Jarvis / Play Track/Song

« on: January 05, 2014, 01:46:06 PM »

I'm on Frodo 12.3. I'm finding most of the XBMC commands working flawlessly:

Play Artist Rush
Pllay Album Power Windows

No problems but when I attempt to play a song either by:

Play Track Countdown
Play Song Countdown

VC is showing:

Play
Play Some...
or play some hits from

I'm attempting to speak as distinctly as possible.

I checked that xbmcSongs.xml exists in my XbmcPayloads directory, and it does.

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Kodi (XBMC) Frodo / Gotham / Isengard / Jarvis / WASAPI and TTS on 12.2

« on: December 01, 2013, 08:01:27 AM »

I'm running XBMC 12.2 on Windows 7 64-bit. The PC is a NUC DC3217IYE that is connected to my receiver via HDMI (Onkyo that can do DTS-MA, TrueHD, etc) and then to the TV via HDMI. As best as I can tell, it is not possible to have TTS running when your audio mode in XBMC is set to WASAPI.  I've tried DirectSound and while TTS does work, I'm unable to watch some of my 1080p films with HD audio (they stutter, having a second or so lapse between frames)

So, does anyone have XBMC 12.2 running with WASAPI and have TTS working with VC?

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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / New Install and VoxCommando crashes with certain TTS engines

« on: November 26, 2013, 09:23:59 PM »

I am running Windows 8.1 64-bit on an i3 NUC -- freshly set-up and downloaded the latest version of VoxCommando 1.1.6.6 along with the Vera.dll update. On every startup of VoxCommando, it crashes. The event viewer shows:

Faulting application name: VoxCommando.exe, version: 1.1.6.6, time stamp: 0x526528c1
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.3.9600.16408, time stamp: 0x523d4548
Exception code: 0xe0434f4d
Fault offset: 0x00012eec
Faulting process id: 0x%9
Faulting application start time: 0x%10
Faulting application path: %11
Faulting module path: %12
Report Id: %13
Faulting package full name: %14
Faulting package-relative application ID: %15




I have the amulet devices usb dongle hooked up as well

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Kodi (XBMC) Frodo / Gotham / Isengard / Jarvis / How do you handle audio on remote machines?

« on: October 24, 2013, 06:37:24 PM »

I have XBMC set up and under voxCommando control - how cool!

I find it immensely useful, especially for getting to albums quickly or movies for that matter
I especially like asking VoxCommand "who is this artist?", "what is this song", which works perfectly when VoxCommando is on the same box that XBMC is running. BUT, if I'm controlling an XBMCBuntu box, is there a way to pipe the audio to the XBMC box when I'm controlling it? Or do I need to have each box running Windows with its own install of VoxCommando to get that functionality?

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Vera Home Automation Controller / Vera and Building Voice Commands

« on: October 22, 2013, 12:19:39 PM »

I'm brand new to VoxCommando but with the XBMC functionality built-in, I went ahead and bought it   

When I had installed the XMBC plugin, I see numerous commands already created for me [open VoxCommando and then select Edit from the menu bar] and it's working fantastically

I installed the Vera plugin and was able to connect to my Vera unit and Generate XML and Update. I can see events while they happen in VoxCommando as well. However, I don't see any pre-built commands from my devices and/or scenes. Do I have to manually create these or is there a way to automate their creation?

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XBMC (Old board see 'KODI' above) / XSQL: Run on a schedule

« on: October 22, 2013, 10:54:07 AM »

Is it possible to have the XSQL plugin run on an unattended schedule?
I'd like it to scan all my DB files nightly