Hello,
Is there a way other than IFTTT to control the devices at the Google Home hub from Homey?
Thanks,
Yes there is. Thanks to Ria (in Dutch) Wasmachine in Homey koppelen via Google - #4 by Ria_Banis
Thanks but I need to trigger a device in Google Home from Homeyā¦ this is the reverseā¦
Nope.
The washing machine is in GH only.
A virtual switch in Homey, makes the washing machine start by GH.
Iāll try to write a manual.
Hmm ,
Well I created a virtual switch and I can see at GH but there is no way to link the on/puff status of Virtual switch to reflect the actual on/off status of the actual device at GH.
Ah, so you want the status of a device get returned to a Homey virtual device. I think that is not possible, while you canāt add devices to Homey from GH.
I think turning a GH device on/off from Homey, is a one way āshoot and forgetā command.
But did you manage to control the device in GH by your virtual switch in Homey?
Your Q was āControlling devices at Google Home from Homeyā
Thanks for the help and here is the whole situation:
I have a Tuya Hub with Zigbee Garage Door opener connected to GH. At GH I can see the zigbee garage door opener and I can control.
Unfortunately this is not possible at Homey.
So now I need to turn ON/OFF a device at GH from Homey.
Thanks,
Youāre welcome, Senad.
Okay, my example.
Device to control: Arris TV settop box
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Controlled by Broadlink IR blaster device called Budget TV box.
Screenshot of the mobile phone Broadlink app:
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GHome:
Broadlink is coupled to GHome, with the āBudget TV boxā device
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Homey:
A virtual switch called āArris SetTopBoxā is used as a GHome Routine-starter;
Make sure you pick āHouseholdā as Routine type
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This routine pushes the virtual āONā button of the Broadlink IR remote.
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For the OFF switch I made a similar routine.
Offtopic:
In your particular case, you can also choose to use the Tuya cloud app tap-to-run method. A garagedoor opener is not directly supported by the app yet, but you can always make a request here.
I tried this for you. I changed the status in google home and then the status in homey also changed. And visa versa ( the change in google home takes some time, from Google home to homey is instantly)
Maybe Iām allowed to give this thread a kick.
My question is, is it true that homey virtual devices canāt be used as starters in Google home routines (so that you can use Google home devices manually or in flows in homey) or am I missing something?
No,
āHomey virtual devices can be used as starters in Google home routinesā
See the original post by @Ria_Banis :
When starting a routine, make sure you choose routine-type āhouseholdā and not āpersonalā.
Thx. for your reply, again. I saw that topic, but I canāt get it done. I use harmony hub for my audio Video activities in homey. The activity āTV kijkenā appears in GH. Since I switched from Ziggo to KPN I have a new settopbox obviously. The sagemcom DIV7022 doesnāt have IR. It uses BT en is neither available in harmony, nor in homey. It is however available in GH. I wanted to use the activity āTV kijkenā to switch de DIV 7022 settopbox on or off with google routines. However, āTV kijkenā is not available as a starter. It is available as an action. I solved this now bij using a spoken phrase as a starter to activate both DIV 7022 and āTV kijkenā (two routines 1for on and 1 for off). This is not ideal, because wen you switch āTV kijkenā on or off in the homey, or GH app the settopbox stays on.
So I thought lets make a virtual device tot turn āTV kijkenā and the settopbox on or off. I tried different virtual devices (Modus, device as āknopā, āstopcontactā, āAfstandbedieningā). The donāt become available as starters in a routine, they all do on the action side.
What am I doing wrong? Is there a specific VD I should use? Is there a specific icon I should use? Iām lost!
Yes, did that. Doesnāt change anything.
To me itās quite a difficult storyā¦
Iāll give it a go.
I have to stand corrected: I just checked, somethingās appears to be changed (again) in GH routinesā¦
My virtual switches can no longer be used as routine starter 
, it accepts now the (virtual) capabilities lights, curtains, alarm clocks, (motion) sensors, media players, robovacs.
But a virtual light just wonāt appear in GH in the starter list.
Too bad.
Hi,
What I donāt understand,
How does GH send BT signals? I thought you need a BT blaster of some kind for that?
I was suprised too. GH uses Wi-Fi to control settopbox I think. The set-topbox is android TV based I was let to believe.
I see. You can try this app?: Android TV App for Homey | Homey
It seems Google got rid of using homey virtual socket as a starter. Is there any alternative? I have some devices that arenāt supported on homey and Iād like to be able to control them.
Is there any other alternatives to control a Google home device inside of homey?
Yeah that seems to be the case, unfortunately.
But, after quite a while of experimenting, I found out it still works with a virtual lock - literally ālockā. Thereās no āunlockā available for Ggl routines as far as I could find.
EDIT: setting device class to āKettleā works great.
With the avd settings, I use the shower light (āSpiegel lamp Badkamerā) to control the lock, without any flows:
Google Home:
The lock triggers the routine which starts a Spotify playlist on a Ggl mini speaker:
Oooh nice find!! That could probably work. Iāll try it.
Thank you!
YW, It works here 
I ended up finding a better option. Essentially, use the device for kettle. And then a button with on/off will allow running Google automation with on and off
