I would like to suggest you edit the about section for the Hubitat branch to this so users don't get confused which branch to actually use....

if (!(state.appversion == null)){ AboutApp += "Big Talker ${state.appversion}\nhttps://github.com/rayzurbock/BigTalker2/tree/Hubitat-Dev\n" } else { AboutApp += 'Big Talker \nhttps://github.com/rayzurbock/BigTalker2/tree/Hubitat-Dev\n' }

All seems to be installed OK. Configure and Test Talk is working. What could be wrong ?

Getting null pointer exceptions when the on switch tries to kick off the bigtalker2 app.

I installed BigTalker2 about 10 days ago. It is an amazing app. I have about 10 Echo capable devices of various types. That includes 2 ecobee4s and a Fire 8 and Fire 10 of the most recent generation. Initially, all devices worked as expected. However, in the last couple of days, the 2 tablets stopped announcing. I use Bigtalker2 with Echo Speaks. When I execute a test announcement via the Echo Speaks app the two tablets announce. However, they do not announce when automations run that use Bigtalker2 or when I manually test the announcements in the BigTalker2 app.

Is this a common or known issue and is there a solution?

Thanks very much.
Luke

Hi, I am having a problem with my switches. When operating the switch the app says "turned on" then repeats itself every 5 minutes. It does this in both the on and off position. Although it only happens with my TP-Link switches.
My Energenie switches only speak once for each operation.

Was working fine until last week. I noticed it failing after updating bigtalker. Any ideas what happening? I didn’t change anything.

Looking for some help please,
Ive set up Bigtalker and VLCThing it is working fine however i have an issue, the music does not resume after announcements.
I have the settings set to attempt to resume music in the main default and for each set of messages, my media is loaded into the "my media" section of VLC, when playing music and an announcement comes through, the music stops and the message starts, when finished i get 5 seconds of the next track and it stops, i can press play on the app it plays but then after another message i get the same 5 seconds of the next track before it stops again.
The same happens if no music is playing, after the message i get 5 seconds of music?
is there anything else i should have selected in either in Bigtalker or VLC.
Many thanks
Sonny

I've just spent the weekend beating my head against a wall, baffled by the instructions for Lannouncer and Big Talker thinking the instructions were gobbledegook when in fact the issue was I had the new Samsung SmartThings app installed (which now comes as standard) and it does NOT support SmartApps, despite the IDE instructions all working.

Anyone reading this with the same issue, go to google play and installed SmartThings Classic instead and everything makes sense and will work.

I hope this is the right place to specify this question but is there a way to repeat a message on an interval in BigTalker2? (ie repeat the door is open if the status hasn't changed every few minutes)

I can't find the place to do so...

I used the IDE to install that app. I published the parent and just saved the child as instructed in the wiki. When I go into smartthings on my phone I tap "configure" the next screen shows the option for Music Player or speech synthesis. There is no Next button to continue further. I had the bigtalker1 install and ran into issues where it quit working so I removed all of that and installed the new one. I am stuck. I really enjoyed version 1 and am missing the functionality and want it back. Help please.

Custom messages are playing on action, but music or TV audio will not resume once message has played.

Smarthings changed the Sonos integration to use their newer API and any speaker that i configure to use the new DH, is unable to work with BigTalker
I left one speaker on the old DH and it continues to work

Hi, I loved BigTalker and have used it for some time on my android phone alongside Lannouncer but since upgrading to BigTalker 2 I can no longer see Lannouncer as a device?
I have completely removed and reinstalled Lannouncer and BigTalker 2 but Lannouncer just does not appear.
Any help is much appreciated
Thank you

Ray

I recently started trying to use Bigtalker 2 and have not been able to add event groups. Each time I try, I just get an error in the smartthings app saying "sorry, there was an unexpected error". I'm setup with LANNOUNCER and can successfully send audio from ST to my android device running ST.

When try to add to SmartThings repository, it said "You don't want access to rayzurbock/BigTalker2

I just found your program and I installed it in my hubitat for my Alexa but how do I get my Alexa to show up?

The instructions was not clear on what to do once it's installed

Installation via Hubitat
Install

• Login to your Hubitat web interface
• Click Apps Code
• Click New App
• Copy the Hubitat code URL above into your clipboard
• Click Import
• Paste the URL
• Click Import
• Click Save
• Repeat for both parent and child code
• Click Apps
• Click Add User App
• Select BigTalker2
• Select Configure to configure the app defaults
• Important: Select your mode. Read the prompt.
  • Speech Synthesis works with devices using the speak() function. Only supports text to speech. Doesn't support mp3 playback.
  • musicPlayer works with devices that use the playText(), playTextAndRestore, playTextAndResume functions, does support mp3 playback.
• Go back into the BigTalker2 app
• Test using Talk Now
• Configure Event Groups as desired

I’m struggling to work out how to have announcements made to a second echo dot ?? Both show in the Alexa App but only one is available to Bigtalker.
Any insight ?

After fresh install of BigTalker2 (after removed Big Talker), I'm trying to add event group, but upon clicking "Add Event Group", it kept showing a spinning circle. The very limited debug message shows:

5002393f-2375-41cd-9b92-3ed3e40506da BIGTALKER2(P2.0.6) || [PARENT] install state=COMPLETE.
5002393f-2375-41cd-9b92-3ed3e40506da  9:26:16 PM: debug BIGTALKER2(P2.0.6) || [PARENT] checkConfig() returning TRUE ()

And nothing happens after.