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
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Thanks but I need to trigger a device in Google Home from Homey⌠this is the reverseâŚ
Nope.
The washing machine is in GH only.
A virtual switch in Homey, makes the washing machine start by GH.
Iâll try to write a manual.
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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 canât add devices to Homey from GH.
I think turning a GH device on/off from Homey, is a one way âshoot and forgetâ command.
But did you manage to control the device in GH by your virtual switch in Homey?
Your Q was âControlling devices at Google Home from Homeyâ
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,
Youâre 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 âBudget TV boxâ device
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Homey:
A virtual switch called âArris SetTopBoxâ is used as a GHome Routine-starter;
Make sure you pick âHouseholdâ as Routine type
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This routine pushes the virtual âONâ 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.
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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)
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Maybe Iâm allowed to give this thread a kick.
My question is, is it true that homey virtual devices canât 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,
âHomey virtual devices can be used as starters in Google home routinesâ
See the original post by @Ria_Banis :
When starting a routine, make sure you choose routine-type âhouseholdâ and not âpersonalâ.
Thx. for your reply, again. I saw that topic, but I canât get it done. I use harmony hub for my audio Video activities in homey. The activity âTV kijkenâ appears in GH. Since I switched from Ziggo to KPN I have a new settopbox obviously. The sagemcom DIV7022 doesnât 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 âTV kijkenâ to switch de DIV 7022 settopbox on or off with google routines. However, âTV kijkenâ 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 âTV kijkenâ (two routines 1for on and 1 for off). This is not ideal, because wen you switch âTV kijkenâ on or off in the homey, or GH app the settopbox stays on.
So I thought lets make a virtual device tot turn âTV kijkenâ and the settopbox on or off. I tried different virtual devices (Modus, device as âknopâ, âstopcontactâ, âAfstandbedieningâ). The donât 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? Iâm lost!
Yes, did that. Doesnât change anything.
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To me itâs quite a difficult storyâŚ
Iâll give it a go.
I have to stand corrected: I just checked, somethingâs appears to be changed (again) in GH routinesâŚ
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 wonât appear in GH in the starter list.
Too bad.
Hi,
What I donât 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 arenât supported on homey and Iâd 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 âlockâ. Thereâs no âunlockâ available for Ggl routines as far as I could find.
EDIT: setting device class to âKettleâ works great.
With the avd settings, I use the shower light (âSpiegel lamp Badkamerâ) to control the lock, without any flows:
Google Home:
The lock triggers the routine which starts a Spotify playlist on a Ggl mini speaker:
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Oooh nice find!! That could probably work. Iâll try it.
Thank you!
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YW, It works here 
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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
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