Alexa issues and migrating to the new syntax

[jeshab (Jeremy)]

@MrBov

After a bunch of digging, I think it’s because my zram was full, i.e. logs had loads of debug (not back to default) that were not getting updated even though time-stamp was changing. I have expanded their size and restarted everything. Things now seem to be back working…

While I can’t speak specifics related to zram configuration, I can say that the Alexa skill experience will be affected, especially in the Alexa app, if the performance on a given OH server is degraded.

The reason is that when you browse through your devices in the Alexa app, each device is generating a request to get its latest state from your OH server. If your server struggles to response in time, these devices will be determined as unresponsive on the Alexa side.

@MrBov

Been looking to move to the latest Alexa item config syntax… Do I simply add {alexa="Light"} to all my dimmers and {alexa=“Switch”} to the switches (give or take) in the default items file? That seems to stop everything working (both alexa and OH app). Do I remove the ["Ligthing"] and ["Switchable"] tags or do they remain?

Tags are no longer supported in OH 3.x. So you should remove them. As far as the metadata configuration, it should be added with your existing metadata configuration and not separate.

Dimmer zwave_lights_lounge_table  "Living Room Table"  (gLoungeLights) { alexa="Light", channel="zwave:device:1234abc8:node7:switch_dimmer1" }