Adding Item to Alexa using PaperUI

[siod (John Doe)]

Hi all,

I added 3 PHilips Hue bulbs to openhab2 using PaperUI. That was easy

I know you can add [Switchable] to an item in your *.items file to make the item switchable through Alexa. Now PaperUI does not create an item in the *.items file and I wonder if I can still link Alexa to the Item through PaperUI or by any other way.

[sihui]

Official Alexa Smart Home Skill for openHAB 2

My tip is to delete the database and readd your items with config files. I was in the same situation. Everything was set up via paperui and I needed to add tags. The whole process is uncomfortable, a bit confusing as you have long lists and gets really annoying when you want to make changes. So trust me, use config files instead. Anyway here is how you could do it: Avoiding the terminal Get Rest API Documentation (Paper UI-> Addons->Misc->Rest API Documentation->Install) Get Name of item (th…

[siod (John Doe)]

mmh, doesn´t work for me, also I have no idea what this REST API is all about. No easy way without the hurdle to read through documents for days?

[sihui]

There is a step-by-step tutorial in the link I provided …