No devices in Alexa skill openhab connected to myopenhab

Apps & Services openHAB Cloud
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Hi,

Problem: Alexa cannot find any devices.

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Example Items:

/* OG */		                                                                           
Dimmer 			Licht_OG_Eltern_Schr	"Elt.Schrank [%d %%]"		(gOG, gLichtALL) 		[ "Lighting" ]	{ knx = "1/1/41+1/4/41, 1/2/41, 1/3/41+1/5/41" }
Switch 			Licht_OG_Eltern_Mitte 	"Eltern Mitte" 				(gOG, gLichtALL) 		[ "Lighting" ]	{ knx = "1/1/39+1/4/39" }
Switch 			Licht_OG_Eltern_Bett 	"Eltern Bett" 				(gOG, gLichtALL) 		[ "Lighting" ]	{ knx = "1/1/37+1/4/37" }
Dimmer 			Licht_OG_Bad 			"Bad [%d %%]" 				(gOG, gLichtALL) 		[ "Lighting" ]	{ knx = "1/1/33+1/4/33, 1/2/33, 1/3/33" }
Dimmer 			Licht_OG_Kind 			"Kind [%d %%]" 				(gOG, gLichtALL) 		[ "Lighting" ]	{ knx = "1/1/31+1/4/31, 1/2/31, 1/3/31" }
Switch 			Licht_OG_Flur			"Flur OG"			 		(gOG, gLichtALL) 		[ "Lighting" ]	{ knx = "1/1/27+1/4/27" }
Switch 			Licht_OG_Treppe			"Treppe EG-OG"			 	(gOG, gLichtALL, gEG) 	[ "Lighting" ]	{ knx = "1/1/17+1/4/17" }



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Did you install the HUE emulation ? If not, please do so.

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Was the HUE emulation not replaced by the myobenhab cloud and the alexa skill “openhab”? If not, why do I need myobenhab? The HUE emulation can do it stand alone - this is confusing me totally.

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You may use either the hue emulation or the skill with the cloud connector.

You forgot to post the most important picture:

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So make sure you have granted access for the skill to the cloud connector.

And: you don’t need to expose your items for the alexa skill to work properly.

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Sorry, my fault, overlooked you are using it through myopenhab.
It is not a replacement. myopenhabs focus is remote controlling your smarthome.
I tried both and switched back to hue-emulation, as Alexa smarthome API (which is used by the skill) does actually have no benefit for me.
Just my 2 cents.

Your issue can be network related, so try it a couple of times. During my tests I could see that responses and reaction was a lot slower than hue-emulation.

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With

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but still no Items from myopenhab.

But i will use HUE emulation now. THX @hmerk I also currently see no advantage in myopenhab

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Isn’t the advantage of the skill that it report back to you? Like the current temperature etc?

Also to get the hue emulation to work I needed to set the ip to the address of the OH server i.e 192.168.0.19, do not know if it works with localhost or openhabian instead of numbers.

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@Quake3Arena @hmerk

For all who did not find any device with Alexa (via Official Alexa Smart Home Skill), I have maybe a solution! See here: Link

Hope this helps!

Edit: updated new information! (21 July)