Play song thru echo speaks

#1

Need help building a piston that will play a song thru echo speaks when someone breaks into my home and trips shm. Any help would be great.

#2

This is only a small part of a much larger piston i created for SHM but this portion of the piston should do what you want or at least give you a idea on creating what you want.

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I created a device global variable called @DoorOutsideSensors and put the contact sensors of all my doors leading to the outside in that global variable. I use smartthings multipurpose sensors so they can detect when someone knocks on the door as well as opening it. So this plays a dog barking sound.

Hope this helps

#3

So with a global variable, you can group all of your contact sensors together?

#4

yes. Not only that any of your pistons can use the global variables. Check ou this link to understand variables better https://wiki.webcore.co/Variable

#5

Awesome, this helps tremendously.

#6

Can u use a song that is on your phone.or does.it have to go thru amazon music?

#7

There are several music services that it supports

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#8

Is there a way to have it repeat or loop the playback?