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Requirements:
Google Home
IFTTT account link to your Google Home
Nvidia Shield (This should work on any Android box.)
Tasker App
Tasker Network Event Server App
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This Tasker profiles, tasks, and javascripts
Steps:
- Install the “Tasker” and “Tasker Network Event Server” apps on the Nvidia Shield
- Configure your Nvidia Shield so you can access the storage remotely
- Under the Tasker folder on the Nvidia Shield, create a folder called javascripts
(You should be about to do this on your PC after you mount the Nvidia Shield storage) - Copy the javascripts files (see above) to the javascripts folder
- Copy the xml files (see above) to a convenience location on the Nvidia Shield
- Launch Tasker on the Nvidia Shield and import the tasks and profiles (the xml files) into Tasker
- Open up port 8765 on your router to the private IP of your Nvidia Shield
- On the Nvidia Shield, launch Kodi and turn on the web server
(“Setting > Service Settings > Control”; set username and password) - Create three IFTTT applets
- First of three IFTTT applets:
- Choose “Say a phrase with a text ingredient”
- For “THIS” choose “Google Assistant”
- For “THAT” choose “Maker Webhook”
- Google Assistant
- What do you want to say?: mildred $
(I chose mildred because it was unique. You can chose any name you want.)
(Current commands: mildred stop, mildred pause, mildred play, mildred update, and mildred clean.) - What do you want the Assistant to say in response? okay
- What do you want to say?: mildred $
- Maker Webhook
- http://yourkodiusername:yourKodiPassword@YourPublicIP:8765?perform=<<<Textfield>>>
For Textfield, click your text ingredient. - Method: Get
- Content Type: text/plain
- http://yourkodiusername:yourKodiPassword@YourPublicIP:8765?perform=<<<Textfield>>>
- Second of three IFTTT applets:
- Choose “Say a phrase with a text ingredient”
- For “THIS” choose “Google Assistant”
- For “THAT” choose “Maker Webhook”
- Google Assistant
- What do you want to say?: please launch $
(Google Home ignores the word “please”, so you can just say “launch app name”.) - What do you want the Assistant to say in response? launching $
- What do you want to say?: please launch $
- Maker Webhook
- http://yourkodiusername:yourKodiPassword@YourPublicIP:8765?launch=<<<Textfield>>>
For Textfield, click your text ingredient. - Method: Get
- Content Type: text/plain
- http://yourkodiusername:yourKodiPassword@YourPublicIP:8765?launch=<<<Textfield>>>
- Create the third of three IFTTT applets:
- Choose “Say a phrase with a text ingredient”
- For “THIS” choose “Google Assistant”
- For “THAT” choose “Maker Webhook”
- Google Assistant
- What do you want to say?: please play $
(Google Home ignores the word “please”, so you can just say “play movie name” or “play TV show name”.) - What do you want the Assistant to say in response? showing $
- What do you want to say?: please play $
- Maker Webhook
- http://yourkodiusername:yourKodiPassword@YourPublicIP:8765?play=<<<Textfield>>>
For Textfield, click your text ingredient. - Method: Get
- Content Type: text/plain
- http://yourkodiusername:yourKodiPassword@YourPublicIP:8765?play=<<<Textfield>>>
- First of three IFTTT applets: