Set a Timer

[abstract nest]

Hello there, I have a question and couldn't find anything about it online. When I try to set a timer, I get the response “Sorry, timers are not supported on this device.” But I don't understand why. As far as I understand, this is a default configuration and should work out of the box.
Background information: I use HA as an image and run it on a Linux (x86) computer in HVM.
Can anyone give me a tip as to what the problem might be? Thanks!

[plain sleet]

what voice assistant hardware are you using?

[abstract nest]

I use an Intel NUC (a cheap version of it) with an AMD processor, a USB microphone, and a USB speaker. I am trying to use the “Set a timer for 5 minutes” function in chat with the conversation agent “Home Assistant.”

[plain sleet]

as in on a browser?

[abstract nest]

yes i use the GUI of HA in the Browser

I access the it via NAT, because HA is running in HVM on my Linux machine

[plain sleet]

browser frontend does not support timers

also if your running haos in a VM then you should have networking set up so it gets its own ip on the main network not through a nat. otherwise device discovery will be flakey at best and you may have some other issues.

stuff like the Voice-PE supports timers

[abstract nest]

I don't quite understand that. What does the browser have to do with the timer? I only use the browser to interact with HA. If a use a Timer-Helper and add a custom sentence (like "start myCustomTimer) i can start this specific timer and when the timer in gone, i can play a sound.

and yes currently i use nat, but i will change that

[plain sleet]

assist timers and timer helpers are not the same thing.

assist timers run on the VA device not the backend. and browsers do not support this (at least currently)

what OS are you running the browser on that your accessing the frontend on? if its a linux system you could run the new "experimental" voice assistant directly on the system - https://github.com/OHF-Voice/linux-voice-assistant

[abstract nest]

okey now i think i understand, the assist timer functionality is not handled by the backend

i use Ubuntu

[plain sleet]

then you could run the linux VA i beleive and speak directly to it

[abstract nest]

right now i can already speak to it

i have Whisper and Piper an openWakeWord and a wyoming-satelite all running on my fake intel nuc

[plain sleet]

gotcha, btw wyoming-satelite is probably going to be replaced with linux-voice-assistant in the future.

[abstract nest]

all right, now i see

[plain sleet]

LVA uses the same protocol as ESPHome based satellites which makes feature parity easier

there was a livestream explaining a lot of stuff about assist/voice last night actually - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIkguv0NEQI
worth a watch if your interested in messing with it more and learning how all the pieces fit together and things work.

[abstract nest]

alright, nice info!

just to make sure this is my setup:

and maybe i can use assist timers when i replace my wyoming satelite with linux-voice-assistant

looks like this

[plain sleet]

yes by talking directly to LVA timers (not using a browser) timers I think should work. they are supported by it but its still in "experimental" so some issues may occur etc...

[abstract nest]

Thank you verry much! The chat with you was very important for me!! Now i know a lot more

[plain sleet]

glad I could help clear things up a bit and how they work. and as I said that video will give a lot more detail. and although thought proccess around the development etc...

[abstract nest]

Shout i close the post, to keep the channel clean?

[plain sleet]

ill set it as resolved for you 🙂 good luck with your setup.