topic Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group in Home Automation

Alarm broadcast to speaker group

felipe6102 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 02:03:32 GMT

I would like to set up an alarm to broadcast to a speaker group but cannot figure it out. I would like to broadcast an alarm for 10am Monday-Friday to my Home speaker group. Anyone know how to do this?

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

absurdwin4 — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:22:56 GMT

metadata: name: 10am Alarm Example description: Scripted automation automations: starters: - type: time.schedule weekdays: - MON - TUE - WED - THU - FRI actions: - type: assistant.command.Broadcast message: This is your 10am weekday alarm devices: # put your Speaker group name here

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

absurdwin4 — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:26:05 GMT

metadata: name: 10am Alarm Example description: Scripted automation # Update automation description automations: starters: - type: time.schedule at: 10:00 AM weekdays: - MON - TUE - WED - THU - FRI actions: - type: assistant.command.Broadcast message: This is your 10am weekday alarm devices: # put your Speaker group name here

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

Muddi — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:17:35 GMT

Hey felipe6102,

Thanks for visiting the Community.

My apologies for the late response. Creating a routine is a perfect way to broadcast a message that can be used as an alarm. You can follow the steps below and add the actions shared by absurdwin4, or visit this link for more information on how to create a routine on the Google Home app.

Open the Google Home app.
Tap Automations > Add > select Personal.
To name your Routine, tap Untitled. If you add a voice starter before you name your Routine, the voice starter becomes the name.
Add the starters and actions you want. Note: If your Routine is set to start automatically and includes actions with audio, specify the device you want the audio to play on. At the bottom, tap Device for audio, select a device and tap Save.
Tap Save.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Muddi

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

Muddi — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:39:09 GMT

Hi there,

I'm just checking in to make sure that you saw our responses. Please let us know if you still need our help, as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Cheers,

Muddi

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

Muddi — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 17:35:13 GMT

Hello folks,

We haven’t heard back, so I'll be locking this thread if we won't hear from you in 24 hours. Feel free to create a new one if you have more questions or have other concerns in the future.

Cheers,

Muddi

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

felipe6102 — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:00:34 GMT

This seems too complicated for me. Has to be an easier way.

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

felipe6102 — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:02:18 GMT

Thank you, I'll try this.

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

felipe6102 — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:06:10 GMT

I found a different way by using family bell on the Nest Hub Max.

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

felipe6102 — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:06:54 GMT

Thanks for the help.

Re: Alarm broadcast to speaker group

Muddi — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:37:36 GMT

Hello felipe6102,

Happy to hear that you were able to find different ways to broadcast an alarm. It looks like we can consider this one complete, so I will lock the thread shortly unless I can help out with anything else.

Cheers,

Muddi