Echo Show Openhab Dashboard

sl4m · February 14, 2023, 4:17pm

Dear all,

i am trying to use my Alexa Echo Show as a Openhab dashboard.
Till now i am using the Alexa Skill MyPage to show OpenHab MainUI pages on the echo show. This works fine in combination with the amazonechocontrol Openhab binding. However i always have echo show internet browser menu at the top of the screen. Which is using up 1/4 of the available screen size …

I now tried to use this Home-Assistant guide:

github.com

aldadic/home-assistant-on-echo-show/blob/main/INSTALLATION.md

# Installation

1. In Home Assistant, go to Configuration > Dashboards and press the "Add Dashboard" button. Choose a name and the URL for the dashboard. We will use ``echo-show`` as URL. <div align="center"><img src="img/dashboard_creation.png" /></div>

2. Open the dashboard click on "Edit Dashboard" in the top right corner. Tick the "Start with an empty dashboard" option and press "Take Control".<div align="center"><img src="img/take_control.png" /></div>

3. Edit the view "Home".<div align="center"><img src="img/edit_home.png" /></div> Rename it if you want, and choose "1" as the URL.<div align="center"><img src="img/home_view.png" /></div>

4. You can now create as many views as you like, the only important thing is that you give them unique numbers as URLs just like in the previous step. You can also do this later if you want.

5. Now we're finished in Home Assistant. Open the [Alexa Developer Console](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask) and sign-in with the Amazon account that is linked to your Echo Show.

6. I recommend switching the language of the Alexa Developer Console to "English (US)" in the bottom left corner. This will make following these instructions much easier.<div align="center"><img src="img/locale.png" /></div>

7. Click on "Create Skill".<div align="center"><img src="img/create_skill.png" /></div>

8. Enter a skill name (I chose "Dashboard Viewer") and make sure that the correct locale is selected (the language you use for your Echo Show). For the model select "Custom" and for the backend select "Alexa-hosted (Python)".

9. In the top right corner adjust the hosting region to something that is close to you and press "Create skill" <div align="center"><img src="img/create_skill_2.png" /></div>

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I created my own Alexa skill in order to show the Openhab page.
Also i adapted the lambda_function.py file with my openhab page URL (http://192.168.x.xxx:8080/page/Echo_Show) and set the KIOSK_MODE to false. But i only get a black screen on the echo show as soon as i ask for the alexa skill …

I think it something with the lambda/template.json file which is not compatible to OpenHab. Maybe someone has a similar need and can help me tackle this issue Or maybe someone has a different approach.

sl4m · February 15, 2023, 6:50am

I continued my search and found out that the internet browser search bar is also present using the “Home Assistant” - Alexa Skill approach … so this will not help and i can also stick with the MyPage Skill.
Does anyone have a hint how to hide this search bar?

binderth · November 9, 2023, 10:41am

I’m thinking about buying an echo show. Does it work reasonably with openHAB4 Pages? So I can show some dashboard content on it?