Hey all, I'm in the process of setting up some critical alarms for my system. I've already found the bit in the documentation mentioning how to use channels to send critical notifications. I wonder if there is any way to make the mobile play a more aggressive sound instead of the rather benign wakeup sound I've configured for my alarms. Are there any other default channels besides alarm_stream? Perhaps one tapping into the functionality used by public warning systems?
#More options for notifications on the android companion app
ornate kite
crude oar
Hey all, I'm in the process of setting up some critical alarms for my system. I'...
once set to the alarm stream, modify the channel settings to any media file you have
by default your default alarm ringtone is picked up
ornate kite
by default your default alarm ringtone is picked up
How does one do that? Can you give me a link or an example?
crude oar
should be set in your alarm app?
no sorry settings
settings > sound & vibrations > default alarm sound
ornate kite
I know how to change my alarm tone. What did you mean by "once set to the alarm stream, modify the channel settings to any media file you have"? Did you mean in the settings of the mobile or in the yaml for the notification action?
If I set the default alarm ringtone to what I want to use for critical alerts, I'll fall out of bed in the morning.
crude oar
mobile settings, every notification needs to use a channel...so for alarm_stream we have a special dedicated channel for it
so in the app if you go to settings > companion app settings > notification channels > edit alarm_stream and from there set the sound you prefer
crude oar
If I set the default alarm ringtone to what I want to use for critical alerts, I...
thats what we pick by default, the sound thats louds enough to wake you up by default 😄
if you prefer you can try the TTS version
you can have it speak as loud as possible in the alarm stream
https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/notifications/critical-notifications#android-text-to-speech-alarm-stream-max-volume may not be what you are after but anotehr avenue
ornate kite
The options in the compainon app only offer me notification pings, not alarm ringtones.
Ok, so let's sum this up: chosing channel: alarm_stream will cause the configured alarm ringtone to play as if an alarm or timer was going off, and while I can modify the actual notification ping (which will be completely drowned out by the alarm sound), I can't select which alarm sound will play.
And now it doesn't work at all any more, and alarm_stream is gone from the app config...
apparently modifying the alarm_stream channel breaks the tie-in to the android alarm mechanism.
crude oar
The options in the compainon app only offer me notification pings, not alarm rin...
you should be able to provide a custom sound there as well
ornate kite
Don't have that option. Just what I would see if I edited the settings for any notification. Also, as I said, selecting any option in that list makes it so ONLY that sound plays, but not the alarm ringtone any more, and short of deleting all data and setting the app back up fresh, I have no option to reset that.
crude oar
for alarm_stream to be reset properly clearing app data is the only way actually....what you can try is this....in your device settings temporarily set the default alarm ringtone to the one you wish the app to have....reset the app and send an alarm_stream notification so it can propelry save what you want...then you can change the default back. Those settings can only be set the first time we create a channel and yes user can override the settings we put in
you used to be able to change just the sound and that would apply but its quite possible with recent updates that couldve changed in time
ornate kite
Curiouser and curiouser... There seems to exist a default alarm sound, which I can change on a per-alarm basis but not globally - and that's what plays when the alarm_stream channel is addressed. Seems to be a Samsung peculiarity.