Connecting Alexa to Rogers Ignite TV

[Mobius187]

Is there a way to connect Alexa (i.e. Amazon Echo Spot) to control the Rogers Ignite Entertainment Box (for the TV). By control I am hoping to be able to detect if the TV is on/off and turn the TV on/off (minimum). I would love if I could somehow control the channel selection remotely through Alexa. I was curious because the Rogers Ignite includes a voice remote so I wondered if there was any compatibility built into Roger Ignite for voice control and/or smart home connectivity.

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@Mobius187 wrote:

Is there a way to connect Alexa (i.e. Amazon Echo Spot) to control the Rogers Ignite Entertainment Box (for the TV).

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No, not that I am aware of.  As far as I know, there has not been any successful direct integration between an Amazon Echo and a Rogers Ignite (or Xfinity) TV set-top box.

Others have tried using an intermediary device (e.g. Amazon Fire TV Cube, Harmony Hub, Control4 home automation system, etc.) that can interface with both an Amazon Echo device and the Ignite STB.  However, without a suitable Alexa skill to complete the integration, these attempts seem to have fallen flat.

[Streets]

I am doing this using the Logitech Harmony hub, it is able to control the rogers box by sending ir signals, and this can be controlled by alexa using the harmony hub skill. The bad news is that Logitech discontinued this product although they still host the servers the hub needs to connect to when you make updates to your configuration. I should have bought a second Harmony hub or the extender when they were still available as I have a tv in another room I want to controI. I am going to try the Broadlink RM4 Pro, it supports RF as well as IR but I don’t know if it works with the Rogers box RF, but the IR should work if it doesn’t