Controlicz - Domoticz to Google Home/Assistant integration Topic is solved

[Madgeni]

Hi Madgeni

i would like to test it too.
Can you add me ,please? My Mail starts with christia.schm......... and I´m registered in controlicz.

thanks

I can't find you?

[thomasvillagers]

Hi Madgeni!

Starting today, I encounter some strange problems with Controlicz -- /some/ of my devices stopped working! This is odd ...
I'm trying to explain what's happening:
I have mainly ZWave and 433 Mhz devices. Most switches (on/off) stopped working, but *some* switches still work.
The Alexa App tells me either "Waiting for RFXCOM ... Device not responding" or "Waiting for ZWAVE ... Device not responding".
Deleting & rediscover did not fix it.
If I should guess, it might have something to do with the icons I set up in Domoticz, since all switches with a non-lighbulb-icon stopped working.
I found this on Controlicz FAQ:

/To assign the right type of device in Alexa/Google - if you have a device with the lightbulb image in Domoticz, that isn't a Light, change it to be the 'Generic' image - this will provide On/Off functionality in Alexa/Google - Thanks!/

hm ... yeah that might be it, but I would not like it too much to change all the icons in Domoticz back to the generic lightbulb image ...
Is there a way to fix this?

- thomas

ps. 10 Euro-Bucks transfered to you via paypal.

[Madgeni]

Hey - thanks for the money, wasn't sure who that was

Is this still not working? I've been making some underlying changes (not Google-specific) today, and so there have been some outages.
Also, Not sure if this is a Google issue, or an Alexa one? Maybe PM me the details

[knacki123]

Hi Madgeni

i would like to test it too.
Can you add me ,please? My Mail starts with christia.schm......... and I´m registered in controlicz.

thanks

I can't find you?

Sorry, my mistake.
This is the Correct Email Christian.Schm.....@gmx....

[Madgeni]

Hi Madgeni

i would like to test it too.
Can you add me ,please? My Mail starts with christia.schm......... and I´m registered in controlicz.

thanks

I can't find you?

Sorry, my mistake.
This is the Correct Email Christian.Schm.....@gmx....

i'm afraid Google dictates:
Email addresses and domains must be associated with an active Google Account or Google Apps account.

[Madgeni]

Briliant stuff, repect Geni! Finally light in the end of the tunnel to combine Google Home/Assistant with Domoticz!

Some feedback/an issue:
After i cleaned-up my Rooms and added new MiLights (in Domoticz) i wasn't able to see them in 'Home Automation'. So 2-hours later i decided to unlink/link again (Google Home-App), except now i see only 3-devices. All the other ones aren't comming back anymore? Please advice.

Hi - sorry, I missed this - PM me your email address, and i'll take a look

[knacki123]

I can't find you?

Sorry, my mistake.
This is the Correct Email Christian.Schm.....@gmx....

i'm afraid Google dictates:
Email addresses and domains must be associated with an active Google Account or Google Apps account.

Oh, sorry. I didn´t read that
Now it is [email protected]

Thanks

[frenchyyii]

Hi, Madgeni

Just the first test made on my side and in french.
No more problems than the one already reported.
I Have now something like 15 devices in the plan, mostly temperature/hum and switches
In french like already said temperature are recognized as thermostat, no humidity reported.
I'have tested with mesure devices but they do not appear in my home devices.
I didn't find the way to know the status of switches in french

I have tested to refresh the devices like on alexa but not way.

Will come back with next review.

Sorry for the PM as I can't reply but ....with pleasure

[mottola]

bonsoir Madgeni

mon mail commence par [email protected]

Merci

[Madgeni]

d'accord - vous avez mail (j'espère!)

[toxicated101]

Hi Madgeni,

I have Domoticz Setup with an alexa and controlicz and have just got a google home mini (Black friday special) I would be happy to do some testing.

Thanks

[ultratoto14]

I didn't find the way to know the status of switches in french

Hi frenchyyii, the way i found to get the status of a switch in french is to say:
Dis google, est-ce que le "switch" est allumé ?
U.

[frenchyyii]

Thanks It works !
Not the smartest way to ask (or door sensors for example)but it works.

[alanlsmith]

After a few days of using Controlicz and Google Home I've only come across a couple of things.
Two of my devices are called 'Living_Room_LEDs' and 'Living_Room_Lights' in Domoticz which have Controlicz names of 'Sofa Lights' and 'Living Room Lights respectively. When I ask Google to turn the Living Room Light off the reply is 'Sure, turning 2 lights off.' and they both go off, however if only the LEDs will dim when asked. Neither were in a room in the Home app. I have added the sofa lights to the 'Living Room' and the Living Room Lights to the 'Front room and the both now turn on/off and dim as expected with the correct response from Google. ( It was as if Google had grouped them by name before.)
The second is that I can't get 'set my thermostat to xx degrees' to work, I get a reply which tells me the temperature of each sensor in the house followed by saying that each one is off.

All other commands are working fine, including things like TV Volume and find a device/phone.

Great job so far, hope Google sees sense regarding approval.

[Madgeni]

Thanks alanlsmith.
it's my fault for not being clear - the 'Controlicz name override' in the Domoticz description only provide a 'friendly name' for Google and Alexa, the actual names still apply - so if you have things called Living room xxx - it will probably interact with all of them.

Re: Temperature - that is odd, as it's working for me - do me a favour? Can you PM your email address, and i'll take a look in the logs

[heggink]

Just so I understand, do I need a Google home device to use this or does this also work using "OK Google" on my phone?

[Madgeni]

works with the Google Assistant on your phone Sometimes the Home Devices option in the Settings doesn't show up, search on Google, there's a work around

[heggink]

It does indeed. Just installed and quite a bunch of devices show up .

[Madgeni]

it's actually very neat - works with multiple languages - can query all sorts of devices, turn off all types of things per room.

[heggink]

Indeed! You just need to accept that now Google really knows everything about you . Not figured out how to reload devices once updated in Domoticz... Thoughts?