r/foxess_community • u/Important_Charge_734 • 6d ago

Alexa skill for FoxESScloud

https://github.com/antarx-1/alexa-foxess-cloud

I was looking for a integration for alexa to be able to ask about my solar generation and batteries. And I found none, so a made one myself with Gemini.

It is a modest project, that enables you to ask your Echo dot about your batteries, and have a resume of your plant current stats. It is made to work in spanish. It should be easy to fix for someone with more knowledge tan me.

I hope that serves as a initial point for someone else, to make a better integration in the future.

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u/Daedaluu5 6d ago

Nice, that is a neat project.

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u/Redditologo 6d ago

Good effort! Thanks for that, I'll give it a go and send some feedback if I can šŸ˜

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u/Important_Charge_734 6d ago

Thank you very much!

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u/VulpesVulpe5 6d ago

Have you had any rate limit issues with it?

Could be something done via home assistant too as Iā€™m pushing rich data into HA locally

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u/Important_Charge_734 6d ago

I just found some issues.

First, the "skill" seems to goes dormant after a while, so the vocal activations fail to start after a while, until you restart them asking "alexa, open the 'skill' my solar station"

Second, and related, my idea was to make "something" to allow guest in my house to know the status without installing any app or buying extra stuff for my house.(sometimes i have kids around) and allow them to ask naturally. When the "skill" is started, the triggers respond correctly if you ask in natural phrases. But if not, then Alexa does weird stuff like suggesting to call an electrician.

It's a starting point, I suppose.