Jensen
(Jens Constroffer)
February 22, 2017, 7:11am
1
Hi,
i was running my Alexa with the Hue Emulation for a while now and was very exited to test the newly released Skill instead. I successfully bind Alexa with myopenhab.org but although i tagged all the relevant items for publishing in the openhab cloud service Alex can’´t find any of my items.
How can i troubleshoot this?
Jens
sihui
(SiHui)
February 22, 2017, 8:25am
2
Exposing the items is not required.
Go to the Alexa app or the website or let the Alexa hardware search for the devices.
Jensen
(Jens Constroffer)
February 22, 2017, 8:26am
3
the items are correctly published:
{
"link": "https://home.myopenhab.org/rest/items/Esszimmer_Licht_state",
"state": "OFF",
"stateDescription": {
"readOnly": false,
"options": []
},
"type": "Switch",
"name": "Esszimmer_Licht_state",
"label": "Esszimmer",
"category": "light",
"tags": [
"Lighting"
],
"groupNames": [
"licht"
]
}
or at leaset i think it is…
Jensen
(Jens Constroffer)
February 22, 2017, 8:28am
4
i have done this… but there where no items found…
sihui
(SiHui)
February 22, 2017, 8:29am
5
You should see something like this (in your language):
I tagged the items via:
Switch Timer_2 "Fensterlicht" ["Switchable"]
Dimmer Kitchen_East_Alexa "Rolläden Ost" ["Lighting"]
Jensen
(Jens Constroffer)
February 22, 2017, 8:31am
6
this is one of mine:
Switch Esszimmer_Licht_state "Esszimmer" <light> (licht) [ "Lighting" ] { channel="homematic:HM-LC-Sw1PBU-FM:1:NEQ0134795:1#STATE" }
sihui
(SiHui)
February 22, 2017, 8:32am
7
Strange … your item looks okay to me.
After adding the skill, did you successfully login via username/password to the openHAB cloud?
sihui
(SiHui)
February 22, 2017, 8:37am
8
Upps, wrong statement: Switches should be tagged with [“Switchable”]
[ “Lighting” ] does return numbers, though.
Jensen
(Jens Constroffer)
February 22, 2017, 8:40am
9
ok… this perticular one was indeed wrong, but i have others correcly tagged and even after fixing this one there are no items found:
{
"link": "https://home.myopenhab.org/rest/items/Esszimmer_Licht_state",
"state": "OFF",
"stateDescription": {
"readOnly": false,
"options": []
},
"type": "Switch",
"name": "Esszimmer_Licht_state",
"label": "Esszimmer",
"category": "light",
"tags": [
"Switchable"
],
"groupNames": [
"licht"
]
}
sihui
(SiHui)
February 22, 2017, 8:43am
10
Hmmm …
I had the same hue emulation setup before, so what I did:
delete all old emulation items
uninstall hue emulation
add the openHAB Alexa skill
connect the skill to the openHAB cloud
put in username/password
search for devices
that’s it.
Sorry, have no more ideas for your problem …
Jensen
(Jens Constroffer)
February 22, 2017, 8:45am
11
i did basically the same. Even uninstalled and reinstalled the Skill and so on… But thanks anyway
Simson
( )
February 22, 2017, 9:00am
12
Am I right assuming, that the core benefit of this skill is to replace the current hue emulation-setup?
It´s still limited to numeric commands and limited thermostat control, isn´t it?
Please don´t consider this as criticism, it´s only a matter of understanding.
Simson
( )
February 22, 2017, 9:07am
14
Thx sihui… and sry for double post.
Hello,
with the hue emulation alexa find all items.
i disabled the hue emulation in openhab and enable the skill in alexa.
now no items where found from alexa.
how can i debug openhab when alexa discovers devices ?
Max1968
(Max1968)
February 24, 2017, 1:55pm
16
@Jensen : did you check this one:
As many users, i had the problem, that my “echo” won’t find any devices. I tried many things to get the integration work.
Now, it’s done.
If anyone has this same problem, just check on which device you’re openhab server is connected. The “echo” is sending UPNP Packages into your network. For example, if you’re openhab device is connected to a switch, it’s possible that those packages were dropped by them.
My openhab server we’re connected to a small d-link switch, which is connected to a frit…
Jensen
(Jens Constroffer)
February 24, 2017, 2:05pm
17
thanks for the hint, i will give it a try
Celaeno1
(Alex)
July 20, 2017, 9:57am
18
@Jensen @belmondo2001 @Max1968
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)
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