Alexa skills using a Local MyOpenHAB server

[QuagmireMan (Chris S)]

I use NodeRed for all my Rules and I use this Node to communicate locally. There are limitations with the commands, but i am able to do most things I need locally rather than through a cloud service.

Node-RED as Alternative Rule Engine

“Node-RED is a visual wiring tool for the Internet of Things.” From an Openhab perspective it a visual tool that can replace the builtin rules engine. There is a good discussion thread already running here around Node-RED. The purpose of this tutorial is specifically how to replace the functionality of the Openhab rules engine with Node-RED utilizing @Peter_De_Mangelaere‘s nodes for easily connecting to Openhab. Update 8/18 I have fully migrated my deployment over to MQTT using the built in …

node-red-contrib-alexa-local