Can't turn things on and off with amazon echo

Add-ons Bindings
1

Hi, I want to control my Samsung TV, my Denon receiver and my Skybox with the Amazon Echo by voice. For this I have a Pi with Openhab and a Logitech Harmony Hub to run.
To make it easy first, I just want to turn the Denon receiver on and off. The Denon receiver is defined as “Thing” with the id harmonyhub: device: HarmonyHub: 22028016.

my.items:

String harmony_denon “Denon Receiver” (gHarmony) {channel = “harmonyhub: device: HarmonyHub: 22028016: buttonPress”}
Switch harmony_denon_power “Denon” (gHarmony) [“Switchable”]

my.rules:

rule “Denon on / off”
When
Item harmony_denon_power received command
then
switch (receivedCommand) {
case ON: harmony_denon.sendCommand (“PowerToggle”)
case OFF: harmony_denon.sendCommand (“PowerToggle”)
}

end

When I say “Alexa Denon on”, the Echo understands the command, but nothing happens. What I’m doing wrong?

2

Do you have the HUE Emulation binding installed?

Have you asked ALEXA to discover your devices?

Squid

3

Hi,
Yes, the hue emulation binding is installed. No, I didn‘t ask :frowning: Now I can see my devices :slight_smile:

They look like this

What does the Lux Light means?
When I now Alexa ask „Alexa Denon on“, she says Ok, but nothing happens. Any idea?

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4

“Lux Light” is the device I believe that the HUE EMULATION binding is emulating.

That all seems to be correct.

Does the switch work if you trigger it via a sitemap via the browser or mobile app?

Squid

5

You also may be able to simply your rule…try and see if this works.

rule "Denon on / off"
   when
Item harmony_denon_power received command
   then
harmony_demon.sendCommand(POWERTOGGLE)
6

Hi, yes if I use the switch over the browser everything works fine. But its still not working if I use it over the echo with “Denon on” or “Denon off”. The echo says OK if I use the command “Alexa Denon On or Off”, but the receiver still doesn’t turn on or off.
Any ideas?