Need better/louder notifications

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I’ve put this in this thread as I couldn’t find a better fit, but ops, please move if you think it’s better elsewhere.

By “louder” I really mean more noticeable, as too frequently I miss the notification if a print fails, ends, or whatever. I get around the end print one simply by using a timer on my phone. This isn’t a problem with Bambu Studio, the printer, or whatever, this is me being me.

What I’d like to do is have Alexa alert me when there’s a problem.

I have Home Assistant set up, and it displays information from the printer, but I’m unable to go further with it.

In theory, I think it should be possible. The printer uses MQTT to send out its status. I think there should be a way for something to pick that up and turn it into an Alexa alarm. I did find a thread for using something called Homeseer but it’s beyond me to translate that to Alexa.

I have a BLLED connected (highly recommend these, great little things) and that takes it’s status from the MQTT. However, the printer is tucked away in the corner of my spare room, so I can’t see it. I am considering taking that off the printer and using it to control an LED strip in my living room, as maybe I’ll notice that. However, I’d much prefer to go the audio/Alexa route if I can.

This may be beyond the scope of this forum, but there are some pretty smart cookies here, so I thought I’d see if anyone has any ideas on this.

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slight hijack :

would you share in private message what you 've done / used for this ?
my printer is in an other building, and I’m new to HA

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Hi

Will PM you with what I’ve don’t, but it’s nothing special and I probably don’t know much more about HA than you.

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thanks for the pointers : much appreciated

in order to pass some HA alerts to Alexa devices, you probably need to add to your HA instance the Alexa integration :

then you’ll be able to use HA automation to send message or request a sound from such devices

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Oh, I hadn’t stumbled across this. Thanks, I’ll explore and see how I go.

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Thanks! I’ve got it working now but that integration will make it even better.