Merge pull request #79 from adn77/master

Enhanced TTS volume

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ TMP       - location of the temp dir
 OATHTOOL  - command line for oathtool MFA
 MFA_SECRET- the MFA secret
 SPEAKVOL  - the volume for speak messages
+NORMALVOL - if no current playing volume can be determined, fall back to normal volume
+VOLMAXAGE - max. age in minutes before volume is re-read from API
+DEVICEVOLNAME   - a list of device names with specific volume settings (space separated)
+DEVICEVOLSPEAK  - a list of speak volume levels - matching the devices above
+DEVICEVOLNORMAL - a list of normal volume levels- matching the devices above
 ```
 You will very likely want to set the language to:
 ```
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ export LANGUAGE='de,en-US;q=0.7,en;q=0.3'
 alexa-remote-control [-d <device>|ALL] -e <pause|play|next|prev|fwd|rwd|shuffle|repeat|vol:<0-100>> |
                     -b [list|<"AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF">] | -q | -n | -r <"station name"|stationid> |
                     -s <trackID|'Artist' 'Album'> | -t <ASIN> | -u <seedID> | -v <queueID> |
-                    -w <playlistId> | -i | -p | -P | -S | -a |  -l | -h |
+                    -w <playlistId> | -i | -p | -P | -S | -a | -z | -l | -h |
                     -m <multiroom_device> [device_1 .. device_X] | -lastalexa
 
    -e : run command, additional SEQUENCECMDs:
@@ -48,11 +53,12 @@ alexa-remote-control [-d <device>|ALL] -e <pause|play|next|prev|fwd|rwd|shuffle|
    -a : list available devices
    -m : delete multiroom and/or create new multiroom containing devices
    -lastalexa : print device that received the last voice command
+   -z : print current volume level
    -l : logoff
    -h : help
 ```
  
-There's also a "plain" version, which lacks some functionality (-i, -p, -P, -S and no radio station names and no routines) but doesn't require 'jq' for JSON processing.
+There's also a "plain" version, which lacks some functionality (-z, -i, -p, -P, -S and no radio station names and no routines) but doesn't require 'jq' for JSON processing.
 
 In order to use MFA, one needs to obtain the MFA_SECRET from Amazon account:
 1. You should have MFA using an App already working before proceeding

alexa_remote_control.sh

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 # 2019-08-05: v0.14 added Volume setting via routine, and $SPEAKVOL
 # 2019-11-18: v0.14a download 200 routines instead of only the first 20
 # 2019-12-23: v0.14b Trigger routines by either utterance or routine name
+# 2019-12-30: v0.15 re-worked the volume setting for TTS commands
+# 2020-01-03: v0.15a introduce some proper "get_volume"
 #
 ###
 #
@@ -99,6 +101,14 @@ SET_SPEAKVOL="30"
 # if no current playing volume can be determined, fall back to normal volume
 SET_NORMALVOL="10"
 
+# max. age in minutes before volume is read from API
+SET_VOLMAXAGE="30"
+
+# Device specific volumes (overriding the above)
+SET_DEVICEVOLNAME="EchoDot2ndGen  Echo1stGen"
+SET_DEVICEVOLSPEAK="100 30"
+SET_DEVICEVOLNORMAL="100 20"
+
 ###########################################
 # nothing to configure below here
 #
@@ -118,6 +128,10 @@ TMP=${TMP:-$SET_TMP}
 OATHTOOL=${OATHTOOL:-$SET_OATHTOOL}
 SPEAKVOL=${SPEAKVOL:-$SET_SPEAKVOL}
 NORMALVOL=${NORMALVOL:-$SET_NORMALVOL}
+VOLMAXAGE=${VOLMAXAGE:-$SET_VOLMAXAGE}
+DEVICEVOLNAME=${DEVICEVOLNAME:-$SET_DEVICEVOLNAME}
+DEVICEVOLSPEAK=${DEVICEVOLSPEAK:-$SET_DEVICEVOLSPEAK}
+DEVICEVOLNORMAL=${DEVICEVOLNORMAL:-$SET_DEVICEVOLNORMAL}
 
 COOKIE="${TMP}/.alexa.cookie"
 DEVLIST="${TMP}/.alexa.devicelist.json"
@@ -145,13 +159,14 @@ CHILD=""
 PLIST=""
 BLUETOOTH=""
 LASTALEXA=""
+GETVOL=""
 
 usage()
 {
 	echo "$0 [-d <device>|ALL] -e <pause|play|next|prev|fwd|rwd|shuffle|repeat|vol:<0-100>> |"
-	echo "          -b [list|<\"AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF\">] | -q | -r <\"station name\"|stationid> |"
+	echo "          -b [list|<\"AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF\">] | -q | -n | -r <\"station name\"|stationid> |"
 	echo "          -s <trackID|'Artist' 'Album'> | -t <ASIN> | -u <seedID> | -v <queueID> | -w <playlistId> |"
-	echo "          -i | -p | -P | -S | -a | -m <multiroom_device> [device_1 .. device_X] | -lastalexa | -l | -h"
+	echo "          -i | -p | -P | -S | -a | -m <multiroom_device> [device_1 .. device_X] | -lastalexa | -z | -l | -h"
 	echo
 	echo "   -e : run command, additional SEQUENCECMDs:"
 	echo "        weather,traffic,flashbriefing,goodmorning,singasong,tellstory,speak:'<text>',automation:'<routine name>'"
@@ -171,6 +186,7 @@ usage()
 	echo "   -a : list available devices"
 	echo "   -m : delete multiroom and/or create new multiroom containing devices"
 	echo "   -lastalexa : print device that received the last voice command"
+	echo "   -z : print current volume level"   
 	echo "   -l : logoff"
 	echo "   -h : help"
 }
@@ -311,6 +327,9 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ] ; do
 		-lastalexa)
 			LASTALEXA="true"
 			;;
+		-z)
+			GETVOL="true"
+			;;
 		-h|-\?|--help)
 			usage
 			exit 0
@@ -540,6 +559,7 @@ set_var()
 
 	DEVICETYPE=$(jq --arg device "${DEVICE}" -r '.devices[] | select(.accountName == $device) | .deviceType' ${DEVLIST})
 	DEVICESERIALNUMBER=$(jq --arg device "${DEVICE}" -r '.devices[] | select(.accountName == $device) | .serialNumber' ${DEVLIST})
+	DEVICEFAMILY=$(jq --arg device "${DEVICE}" -r '.devices[] | select(.accountName == $device) | .deviceFamily' ${DEVLIST})
 
 	# customerId is now retrieved from the logged in user
 	# the customerId in the device list is always from the user registering the device initially
@@ -589,16 +609,52 @@ if [ -n "${SEQUENCECMD}" ] ; then
 	else
 		# the speak command is treated differently in that the wolume gets set to $SPEAKVOL
 		if [ -n "${TTS}" ] ; then 
+			if [ "${DEVICEFAMILY}" = "WHA" ] ; then
+				echo "Skipping unsupported command: ${COMMAND} on dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER} family:${DEVICEFAMILY}"
+				return
+			fi
+			SVOL=$SPEAKVOL
+
+			# Not using arrays here in order to be compatible with non-Bash
+			# Get the list position of the current device type
+			IDX=0
+			for D in $DEVICEVOLNAME ; do
+				if [ "${D}" = "${DEVICE}" ] ; then
+					break;
+				fi
+				IDX=$((IDX+1))
+			done
+
+			# get the speak volume at that position
+			C=0
+			for D in $DEVICEVOLSPEAK ; do
+				if [ $C -eq $IDX ] ; then
+					if [ -n "${D}" ] ; then SVOL=$D ; fi 
+					break
+				fi
+				C=$((C+1))
+			done
 
 			# try to retrieve the "currently playing" volume
-			VOL=$(${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
+			VOL=$(get_volume)
-			 -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
-			 -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
-			 "https://${ALEXA}/api/media/state?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | grep 'volume' | sed -r 's/^.*"volume":\s*([0-9]+)[^0-9]*$/\1/g')
 
-			if [ -z "${VOL}" ] ; then VOL=$NORMALVOL ; fi
+			if [ -z "${VOL}" ] ; then
+				# get the normal volume of the current device type
+				C=0
+				for D in $DEVICEVOLNORMAL; do
+					if [ $C -eq $IDX ] ; then
+						VOL=$D
+						break
+					fi
+					C=$((C+1))
+				done
+				# if the volume is still undefined, use $NORMALVOL
+				if [ -z "${VOL}" ] ; then
+					VOL=$NORMALVOL
+				fi
+			fi
 
-			ALEXACMD='{"behaviorId":"PREVIEW","sequenceJson":"{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\",\"startNode\":{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.SerialNode\",\"nodesToExecute\":[{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${SPEAKVOL}'\"}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"'${SEQUENCECMD}'\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\"'${TTS}'}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${VOL}'\"}}]}}","status":"ENABLED"}'
+			ALEXACMD='{"behaviorId":"PREVIEW","sequenceJson":"{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\",\"startNode\":{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.SerialNode\",\"nodesToExecute\":[{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${SVOL}'\"}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"'${SEQUENCECMD}'\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\"'${TTS}'}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${VOL}'\"}}]}}","status":"ENABLED"}'
 		else
 			ALEXACMD='{"behaviorId":"PREVIEW","sequenceJson":"{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\",\"startNode\":{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"'${SEQUENCECMD}'\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\"'${SEQUENCEVAL}'}}}","status":"ENABLED"}'
 		fi
@@ -780,6 +836,49 @@ show_queue()
   "https://${ALEXA}/api/np/queue?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | jq '.'
 }
 
+#
+# current volume level
+#
+get_volume()
+{
+	VOLFILE=$(find "${TMP}/.alexa.volume.${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}" -mmin -${VOLMAXAGE} 2>/dev/null)
+	if [ -z "${VOLFILE}" ] ; then
+		# first, try the volume setting of /media/state of the device
+		VOL=$(${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
+			-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
+			-H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
+			"https://${ALEXA}/api/media/state?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | jq -r  --arg device "${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}" '"\($device) \(.volume) \(.muted)"')
+
+		VOLCHECK=$(echo "${VOL}" | cut -d' ' -f2)
+		# if we didn't get a proper volume, try the LemurDevice
+		if [ "$VOLCHECK" = "0" -o "$VOLCHECK" = "null" -o -z "$VOLCHECK" ] ; then
+			PARENTID=$(jq --arg device "${DEVICE}" -r '.devices[] | select(.accountName == $device) | .parentClusters[0]' ${DEVLIST})
+			if [ "$PARENTID" != "null" ] ; then
+				PARENTDEVICE=$(jq --arg serial ${PARENTID} -r '.devices[] | select(.serialNumber == $serial) | .deviceType' ${DEVLIST})
+
+				VOL=$(	${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
+				  -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
+				  -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
+				  "https://${ALEXA}/api/np/player?deviceSerialNumber=${PARENTID}&deviceType=${PARENTDEVICE}" | jq -r '.playerInfo.lemurVolume.memberVolume | to_entries[] | "\(.key) \(.value.volume) \(.value.muted)"')
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		# write volume and mute state to file
+		OIFS=$IFS
+		IFS='
+'
+		set -o noglob
+		for LINE in $VOL ; do
+			SERIAL=$(echo "${LINE}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
+			VOLUME=$(echo "${LINE}" | cut -d' ' -f2)
+			MUTED=$(echo "${LINE}" | cut -d' ' -f3)
+			echo "${VOLUME} ${MUTED}" > "${TMP}/.alexa.volume.${SERIAL}"
+		done
+		IFS=$OIFS
+	fi
+	cut -d' ' -f1 "${TMP}/.alexa.volume.${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}"
+}
+
 #
 # show notifications and alarms
 #
@@ -880,9 +979,10 @@ ${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -c ${COOKIE} -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Con
 rm -f ${DEVLIST}
 rm -f ${COOKIE}
 rm -f ${TMP}/.alexa.*.list
+rm -f ${TMP}/.alexa.volume.*
 }
 
-if [ -z "$LASTALEXA" -a -z "$BLUETOOTH" -a -z "$LEMUR" -a -z "$PLIST" -a -z "$HIST" -a -z "$SEEDID" -a -z "$ASIN" -a -z "$PRIME" -a -z "$TYPE" -a -z "$QUEUE" -a -z "$NOTIFICATIONS" -a -z "$LIST" -a -z "$COMMAND" -a -z "$STATIONID" -a -z "$SONG" -a -n "$LOGOFF" ] ; then
+if [ -z "$LASTALEXA" -a -z "$BLUETOOTH" -a -z "$LEMUR" -a -z "$PLIST" -a -z "$HIST" -a -z "$SEEDID" -a -z "$ASIN" -a -z "$PRIME" -a -z "$TYPE" -a -z "$QUEUE" -a -z "$NOTIFICATIONS" -a -z "$LIST" -a -z "$COMMAND" -a -z "$STATIONID" -a -z "$SONG" -a -z "$GETVOL" -a -n "$LOGOFF" ] ; then
 	echo "only logout option present, logging off ..."
 	log_off
 	exit 0
@@ -913,9 +1013,9 @@ if [ ! -f ${DEVLIST} ] ; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$COMMAND" -o -n "$QUEUE" ] ; then
+if [ -n "$COMMAND" -o -n "$QUEUE" -o -n "$GETVOL" ] ; then
 	if [ "${DEVICE}" = "ALL" ] ; then
-		for DEVICE in $(jq -r '.devices[] | select( .deviceFamily == "ECHO" or .deviceFamily == "KNIGHT" or .deviceFamily == "ROOK" or .deviceFamily == "WHA") | .accountName' ${DEVLIST} | sed -r 's/ /%20/g') ; do
+		for DEVICE in $( jq -r '.devices[] | select( ( .deviceFamily == "ECHO" or .deviceFamily == "KNIGHT" or .deviceFamily == "ROOK" or .deviceFamily == "WHA" )  and .online == true ) | .accountName' ${DEVLIST} | sed -r 's/ /%20/g') ; do
 			set_var
 			if [ -n "$COMMAND" ] ; then
 				echo "sending cmd:${COMMAND} to dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER} customerid:${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}"
@@ -923,6 +1023,9 @@ if [ -n "$COMMAND" -o -n "$QUEUE" ] ; then
 				# in order to prevent a "Rate exceeded" we need to delay the command
 				sleep 1
 				echo
+			elif [ -n "$GETVOL" ] ; then
+				echo "get volume for dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}"
+				get_volume
 			else
 				echo "queue info for dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}"
 				show_queue
@@ -935,6 +1038,9 @@ if [ -n "$COMMAND" -o -n "$QUEUE" ] ; then
 			echo "sending cmd:${COMMAND} to dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER} customerid:${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}"
 			run_cmd
 			echo
+		elif [ -n "$GETVOL" ] ; then
+			echo "get volume for dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}"
+			get_volume
 		else
 			echo "queue info for dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}"
 			show_queue

alexa_remote_control_plain.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Amazon Alexa Remote Control (PLAIN shell)
 #  alex(at)loetzimmer.de
 #
-# 2019-11-18: v0.14a (for updates see http://blog.loetzimmer.de/2017/10/amazon-alexa-hort-auf-die-shell-echo.html)
+# 2019-12-30: v0.15 (for updates see http://blog.loetzimmer.de/2017/10/amazon-alexa-hort-auf-die-shell-echo.html)
 #
 ###
 #
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ SET_SPEAKVOL="30"
 # if no current playing volume can be determined, fall back to normal volume
 SET_NORMALVOL="10"
 
+# Device specific volumes (overriding the above)
+SET_DEVICEVOLNAME="EchoDot2ndGen  Echo1stGen"
+SET_DEVICEVOLSPEAK="100 30"
+SET_DEVICEVOLNORMAL="100 20"
+
 ###########################################
 # nothing to configure below here
 #
@@ -75,6 +80,9 @@ TMP=${TMP:-$SET_TMP}
 OATHTOOL=${OATHTOOL:-$SET_OATHTOOL}
 SPEAKVOL=${SPEAKVOL:-$SET_SPEAKVOL}
 NORMALVOL=${NORMALVOL:-$SET_NORMALVOL}
+DEVICEVOLNAME=${DEVICEVOLNAME:-$SET_DEVICEVOLNAME}
+DEVICEVOLSPEAK=${DEVICEVOLSPEAK:-$SET_DEVICEVOLSPEAK}
+DEVICEVOLNORMAL=${DEVICEVOLNORMAL:-$SET_DEVICEVOLNORMAL}
 
 COOKIE="${TMP}/.alexa.cookie"
 DEVLIST="${TMP}/.alexa.devicelist.json"
@@ -508,6 +516,8 @@ set_var()
 	ATTR="deviceFamily"
 	FAMILY=$(grep ${ATTR}\| ${DEVTXT} | sed "s/^.*${ATTR}|//" | sed 's/ /_/g')
 
+	ATTR="online"
+	ONLINE=$(grep ${ATTR}\: ${DEVTXT} | sed "s/^.*${ATTR}://")
 
 	if [ -z "${DEVICE}" ] ; then
 		# if no device was supplied, use the first Echo(dot) in device list
@@ -569,6 +579,24 @@ set_var()
 		C=$((C+1))
 	done
 
+	C=0
+	for F in $FAMILY ; do
+		if [ $C -eq $IDX ] ; then
+			DEVICEFAMILY=$F
+			break
+		fi
+		C=$((C+1))
+	done
+
+	C=0
+	for O in $ONLINE ; do
+		if [ $C -eq $IDX ] ; then
+			DEVICESTATE=$O
+			break
+		fi
+		C=$((C+1))
+	done
+
 	if [ -z "${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}" ] ; then
 		echo "ERROR: unkown device dev:${DEVICE}"
 		exit 1
@@ -584,6 +612,31 @@ run_cmd()
 if [ -n "${SEQUENCECMD}" ] ; then
 	# the speak command is treated differently in that the wolume gets set to $SPEAKVOL
 	if [ -n "${TTS}" ] ; then 
+		if [ "${DEVICEFAMILY}" = "WHA" ] ; then
+			echo "Skipping unsupported command: ${COMMAND} on dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER} family:${DEVICEFAMILY}"
+			return
+		fi
+		SVOL=$SPEAKVOL
+
+		# Not using arrays here in order to be compatible with non-Bash
+		# Get the list position of the current device type
+		IDX=0
+		for D in $DEVICEVOLNAME ; do
+			if [ "${D}" = "${DEVICE}" ] ; then
+				break;
+			fi
+			IDX=$((IDX+1))
+		done
+
+		# get the speak volume at that position
+		C=0
+		for D in $DEVICEVOLSPEAK ; do
+			if [ $C -eq $IDX ] ; then
+				if [ -n "${D}" ] ; then SVOL=$D ; fi 
+				break
+			fi
+			C=$((C+1))
+		done
 
 		# try to retrieve the "currently playing" volume
 		VOL=$(${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
@@ -591,9 +644,26 @@ if [ -n "${SEQUENCECMD}" ] ; then
 		 -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
 		 "https://${ALEXA}/api/media/state?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | grep 'volume' | sed -r 's/^.*"volume":\s*([0-9]+)[^0-9]*$/\1/g')
 
-		if [ -z "${VOL}" ] ; then VOL=$NORMALVOL ; fi
+		# in order to prevent a "Rate exceeded" we need to delay the command
+		sleep 1
 
-		ALEXACMD='{"behaviorId":"PREVIEW","sequenceJson":"{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\",\"startNode\":{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.SerialNode\",\"nodesToExecute\":[{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${SPEAKVOL}'\"}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"'${SEQUENCECMD}'\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\"'${TTS}'}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${VOL}'\"}}]}}","status":"ENABLED"}'
+		if [ -z "${VOL}" ] ; then
+			# get the normal volume of the current device type
+			C=0
+			for D in $DEVICEVOLNORMAL; do
+				if [ $C -eq $IDX ] ; then
+					VOL=$D
+					break
+				fi
+				C=$((C+1))
+			done
+			# if the volume is still undefined, use $NORMALVOL
+			if [ -z "${VOL}" ] ; then
+				VOL=$NORMALVOL
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		ALEXACMD='{"behaviorId":"PREVIEW","sequenceJson":"{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\",\"startNode\":{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.SerialNode\",\"nodesToExecute\":[{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${SVOL}'\"}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"'${SEQUENCECMD}'\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\"'${TTS}'}},{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"Alexa.DeviceControls.Volume\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\",\"value\":\"'${VOL}'\"}}]}}","status":"ENABLED"}'
 	else
 		ALEXACMD='{"behaviorId":"PREVIEW","sequenceJson":"{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\",\"startNode\":{\"@type\":\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\",\"type\":\"'${SEQUENCECMD}'\",\"operationPayload\":{\"deviceType\":\"'${DEVICETYPE}'\",\"deviceSerialNumber\":\"'${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}'\",\"customerId\":\"'${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}'\",\"locale\":\"'${TTS_LOCALE}'\"'${SEQUENCEVAL}'}}}","status":"ENABLED"}'
 	fi
@@ -849,6 +919,7 @@ if [ -n "$COMMAND" -o -n "$QUEUE" ] ; then
 	if [ "${DEVICE}" = "ALL" ] ; then
 		while IFS= read -r DEVICE ; do
 			set_var
+			if [ "$DEVICESTATE" = "true" ] ; then
 				if [ -n "$COMMAND" ] ; then
 					echo "sending cmd:${COMMAND} to dev:${DEVICE} type:${DEVICETYPE} serial:${DEVICESERIALNUMBER} customerid:${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}"
 					run_cmd
@@ -860,6 +931,7 @@ if [ -n "$COMMAND" -o -n "$QUEUE" ] ; then
 					show_queue
 					echo
 				fi
+			fi
 		done < ${DEVALL}
 	else
 		set_var