Plugin List

Here is a list of all the standard Plugins Included with VoxCommando.

Note: Plugins must first be enabled in Options under the "Plugins" tab, before they can be used in your commands.

AccuW

Current version: 2.0.0.7
View plugin page AccuW
Description:
Gets weather from the Weather Underground. Powerful formatting options are available.

Audio

Current version: 2.0.0.0
View plugin page Audio
Description:
Actions to play back various types of audio files on specific output devices.

AudioEndpoint

REMOVED. Use core action instead: https://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Actions#Sound

Beam

Current version: 2.0.1.0
View plugin page Beam
Description:
Send and receive messages on TCP sockets.

Bing

Plugin removed in VC version 2.2.2.2

DxInput

Current version: 2.0.2.3
Only works in the 32 bit version of VoxCommando View plugin page DxInput
Description:
DirectX keyboard emulation. Some applications (such as games) do not respond to InputKeys, or Sendkeys actions. In these cases, you can try to use DirectX keyboard emulation, using the actions provided by this plugin.

GgCal

Current version: 2.0.0.5
View plugin page GgCal
Description:
Access data on your Google Calendar(s). You can create calendar events, get a list of events, and automatically trigger timed events in VoxCommando that correspond to your calendar events. A number of things need to be set in the GgCal plugin settings for these actions to work.

GTTS

Current version: 2.0.0.5
View plugin page GTTS
Description:
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech actions.

IMAP

Current version: 2.0.0.5
View plugin page IMAP
Description:
Description of the plugin

Growl

Current version: 0.1.0.0
View plugin page Growl
Description:
Send notification messages to Growl for Windows. http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/

Halx

Current version: 2.0.0.0
View plugin page Halx
Description:
Send commands to HALi Home Automation controller. Utilities to learn and store codes are available. The base url for halx is defined in plugin settings.

HitServer

Current version: 0.2.0.0
View plugin page HitServer
Description:
Commands to communicate with the HOME in touch HitServer http://www.homeintouch.com

Hook

Current version: 2.0.1.6
View plugin page Hook
Description:
Generates events for certain keyboard combinations. See plugin settings to select which keys will generate events.

Hue

Current version: 2.0.1.7
View plugin page Hue
Description:
Communicate with Philips Hue Bridge. Lights and groups can be send strings to control them. Example: "on":true, "hue":5000, "bri":40%

"on" can be true or false "sat" (saturation) can be a value from 0-254 "bri" (brightness) can be a value from 0-254 or a value from 0-100 if you add a % symbol to the end of the number.

For more info see: http://www.developers.meethue.com/documentation/core-concepts

"hue" can be a value from 0 (red) to 65280 (red).

iTunes

Current version: 2.0.0.1
View plugin page iTunes
Description:
Commands to control iTunes and to retrieve information about currently playing media. Various playback events are generated.

JRiver

Current version: 2.2.1.3
View plugin page JRiver
Description:
Control plugin for JRiver Media Center

MB3

REMOVED

MM

Current version: 2.1.1.2
View plugin page MM
Description:
Actions to control MediaMonkey and to retrieve information about currently playing media.

MpMessage

Current version: 0.1.0.0
View plugin page MpMessage
Description:
Send buttons codes to MediaPortal

MpScan

Current version: 2.1.1.1
View plugin page MpScan
Description:
Scan MediaPortal database and generate payloadXML files.

MpWifi

Current version: 2.0.1.0
View plugin page MpWifi
Description:
Communicates with MediaPortal via the plugin WifiRemote. Complex commands for controlling and querying MediaPortal are available.

MsAgent

Plugin removed in VC version 2.2.2.2

MQTT

Current version: 2.0.2.0
View plugin page MQTT
Description:
Description of the plugin

Onkyo

Current version: 0.2.2.1
View plugin page Onkyo
Description:
Control Onkyo network-enabled receivers using ISCP commands.

PY

Current version: 2.0.2.5
View plugin page PY
Description:
By leveraging the power of Iron Python, the "PY" plugin allows us to run python scripts in VoxCommando. Scripts can interact with VoxCommando, reading and settings variables, triggering events and executing other actions.

RoboB

Current version: 2.0.2.2
View plugin page RoboB
Description:
RoboBrowser (RoboB for short) allows you to automate a web browser contained within a VoxCommando window. A new RoboBrowser is created using the "Select" Action.

The window can be hidden. There are several ways to manipulate the browser to load, edit, and interact with web pages. You can "click" on items based on position and sometimes by ID etc. To really use this plugin to create new uses, it will help if you know a bit about html / css / javascript etc.

The embedded web-browser is running Internet Explorer.

Skype

Current version: 2.1.5.3
View plugin page Skype
Description:
Commands to perform various actions with Skype, including placing voice calls, sending text messages, answering, hanging up, etc.

Sonos

Current version: 2.0.2.5
View plugin page Sonos
Description:
Control over Sonos wireless audio systems.

TCP

Current version: 2.3.3.2
View plugin page TCP
Description:
A multipurpose networking plugin that allows the following and more:

• Send and receive messages on TCP sockets.
• Host simple web pages and accept API commands
• Allow Google Speech in Chrome to be used for speech recognition

TcpMic

Current version: 2.1.6.3
View plugin page TcpMic
Description:
Typically used with VoxWav, TcpMic allows another device to stream a short piece of audio to VoxCommando. There are no actions associated with the plugin yet, but you can set various plugin settings. More information can be found here: http://voxwav.wikispaces.com/Other+Settings#TcpMic

TTS

Current version: 2.2.0.1
View plugin page TTS
Description:
Text-to-Speech actions.

TTSMS

Current version: 2.1.1.3
View plugin page TTSMS
Description:
Text-to-Speech actions.

UsbUIRT

Current version: 2.0.0.1
View plugin page UsbUIRT
Description:
Sends and receives IR signals using the USB-UIRT transceiver IR received will generate an event. IR codes are sent using the Pronto code format. Learning mode allows Pronto codes to be learned and stored.

Vera

Current version: 2.1.1.1
View plugin page Vera
Description:
Home automation for the VeraLite and Vera3 devices provided by http://getvera.com/

Watcher

Current version: 2.1.1.1
View plugin page Watcher
Description:
Monitors a folder for creation of new files which can either generate events, or be read and processed as actions according to the VoxCommando action API. See the plugin settings page for details.

There are no actions (yet) for the watcher plugin.

Wemo

Current version: 2.0.0.4
View plugin page Wemo
Description:
Description of the plugin

Win

Current version: 2.0.1.1
View plugin page Win
Description:
Tools to select (find), query (get) and manipulate (set) other windows and processes.

First use a Win.Find.* action to find and select a window. Then other Win.* actions will be applied to this window until another is selected using Win.Find.*

WMC

Current version: 2.1.0.3
View plugin page WMC
Description:
Sends command messages to Windows Media Center via the VMC plugin, which must be installed on the computer running Windows Media Center.

See: Installation_WMC on the wiki

WUnder

Current version: 2.3.0.4
View plugin page WUnder
Description:
Gets weather from the Weather Underground. Powerful formatting options are available.

X10

Current version: 2.0.0.1
View plugin page X10
Description:
Sends commands to X10 Home Automation devices. Can also generate events based on X10 events. Tested with CM15A USB transceiver. Other transceivers may also work.

Requires installation of the ActiveHome Pro SDK: http://voxcommando.com/files/ahsdk_install.exe

XJson

Current version: 2.0.3.4
View plugin page XJson
Description:
Actions for interacting with XBMC version 12 - Frodo (or later?).

Most actions communicate with XBMC through the JSON protocol. Some simple actions use the event client (UDP). Some actions require the installation of the XBMC addon called VoxTools.

XSQL

Current version: 2.1.1.2
View plugin page XSQL
Description:
Used to create payloadXML files by scanning the XBMC sqlite ".db" files. Custom queries can be defined in the plugin settings.