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Type the following into terminal (again I've removed my personal key and replaced it with the words 'personal_key': curl -basic https:/ //trigger/PicoLog_alarm/with/key/personal_key While you're in terminal, you may as well test your newВ curlВ command with the personal key.

#Ittt alexa hue party trigger install

So in Linux (I tested in Ubuntu 18.10), you can use theВ curlВ command.В curlВ is not installed as standard in Ubuntu 18, so open a terminal and typeВ sudo apt install curl, you will probably be asked for your admin password, and then the package installs. Indeed, PicoLog is cross-platform compatible with most supported Linux distros and macOS. Is there support for other operating systems? To invoke a browser in a Windows command line, you must use the Powershell application. IFTTT receives this web request and fires the 'then that' action. The 'Run application' command line in the alarm setup dialog allows you to invoke a browser on an alarm event and trigger the personal URL generated earlier. Once the Webhook is configured, a personal URL is generated for use in your application to trigger the next action. If only PicoLog 6 had a way of invoking an application that could send a URL to to trigger a web request.ДЄs you've guessed by now, it turns out PicoLog 6 can send a URL to make a web request from. This service is called The Webhooks service, and can either be used toВ receive a web request (called a 'Maker Request')В or make a web request. However, IFTTT offers a way for third-party applications to send a trigger signal, which can be configured to do anything available on IFTTT (turn on lights, wake up the dog, order the groceries, turn on the heating, send an email, SMS, phone notification, order a pizza and so on).

#Ittt alexa hue party trigger how to

Now back with PicoLog and how to use it with IFTTT to send an alarmДЄt the time of writing, PicoLog 6 does not specifically support IFTTT with a special app for your PC, phone or tablet. An example might be 'When I leave my house in the morning, turn off my Hue lights', (HueВ is a brand of Smart Lighting compatible with your chosen voice assistant). IFTTTВ means 'If this, then that' which simply means that if some trigger event happens, then do something. Applets are specific things that can happen when youВ connect services - things your apps can't do on their own'. The company goes on to say 'We bring services together into Applets. That's all very well I've heard all this hype before, but what does it actually do?

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On the company's website, they describeВ their IFTTT service as 'the free way to do more with hundreds of the apps and devicesВ you love, includingВ Facebook,В Twitter,В Dropbox,В Evernote,В Nest,В Fitbit,В Amazon Alexa, andВ Gmail'. If you don't own a SMART home voice assistant such as Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, Google Assistant or Apple HomeKit, and haven't quite got into automating your home yet, you probably won't have heard of this company's web service. First, you need some background on voice-controlled devices at home to get a handle on this IFTTT thing and why it exists.