Hi Jorn,
does this
mean Alexa asks you to check the network connection because the device cannot be reached and in the Alexa App e.g. switches toggle between their current state and not reachable via network ?
Hi Jorn,
does this
mean Alexa asks you to check the network connection because the device cannot be reached and in the Alexa App e.g. switches toggle between their current state and not reachable via network ?
Yes, it is.
This problem is caused by the private hosted Openhab-Cloud keeps disconnecting, i started a topic about it here: Custom Openhab-Cloud -> Connection dropping
Hope somebody can help with this issue, buth i’m looking into it as we speak to get Google Assistant to work fully with the private hosted openhab-cloud. The connection error seems to be an issue that is probably existing in the github repo.
Hi Jorn,
from your description it seems that I had a similar / the same problem ( see https://community.openhab.org/t/switches-occasionally-do-not-react-are-not-updated/ ). I had to make sure that the keepalive_timeout of the reverse proxy is long enough.
Hmmm buth from what i’m looking at is in the log info of the openhab instance where it shows me that it disconnects all the time
EDIT:
@Wolfgang_S Its seems that after setting the keepalive to OFF is does not disconnect any more
Note to make: i’m using Apache2 becausse of load balancers on that server that are setup and i don’t want to mess with again
The State of the items keeps going away what the reason is for that i will still need to resolve
Note to the people experimenting with this, it is better practice to set the keepalivetimeout to 60seconds.
I now have a stable connection to the private cloud server.
Buth i still get hangups on the alexa socket, will look further into this.
@willplaice If i get everything to work perfectly i will post a tutorial on how to setup everything with you’re own details and texts.
All was working well in my private openhab cloud and alexa…now alexa tell me that my skin is disabled but it’s not disabled…what could be?
Is there still intrest in a tutorial on how to setup OpenHAB Private cloud with IFTTT, Amazon Alexa en Google Assistant?
Due to the Covid-19 Virus, we are currently in a Lockdown Lite (note the Lite, its Belgium -_-), so i have some spare time, if there is intrest i will create a full up to date tutorial.
Jorn, it’s interesting for me regarding to openhab private cloud and Amazon alexa assistant.
Thank you in advance.
Absolutely!!. Much Thanks for putting aside time for this
Between this thread, the official github, and several others I was able to get my private OpenHAB Cloud and Alexa working. I couldn’t have done it without these other resources; however, as a lot of it is outdated and incomplete, it wasn’t easy to piece it together. Additionally, there are complications due to outdated package versions and some things not working as they did when the package was set up.
I’ve consolidated a tutorial as of doing this in August 2020. I’ve tried to capture most of the key steps, but it’s possible that I’ve missed something since it was reconstructed from what was not initially a smooth install. It’s a lengthy tutorial, so I’ve uploaded it as a PDF, although I know it’s not great for commenting and editing.
openhab_cloud_and_alexa_tutorial.pdf (788.5 KB)
Disclaimer: My understanding of OpenHAB and Alexa is very superficial, at the end-user level. I struggled through this but eventually got it all working. I’m sure that there are errors and better ways, and I’d appreciate corrections and additions. I hope it helps someone else get through it easier than I did.
My environments:
OpenHAB Cloud Summary
Alexa Skill Summary
One question:
if I have one private with skill alexa deployed, how can I share with other accounts that are using my private cloud (obviously with different alexa account each)?is it possible?
What would you like to do / achieve ?
The skill needs to be shared with the others. As it is a private ( developer ) skill I think you can invite others to test your skill but as far as I remember that is limited to specific amount of time.
If I remember right it is not necessary to create your own ‘private’ skill. You can use the official one and let it point to your private cloud connector.
In the official skill there is the chance to configure the private cloud? sorry I asked in the other post too
The scenario:
Whats the best option to manage it? Even having all credentials of each of the 5 amazon users, is there any chance to manage it?
I haven’t done that but as far as I remember that is the case.
Difference between them is that they connect to different endpoints in the Amazon cloud as your copy runs in a different instance in the cloud.
As describe top level in the other thread
How you do this? Because mainly as far I know every user has to enable the skill in the own amazon account and browse the private skill
That‘s the issue with private skils i think, they are available only for your account. Therefore, this seems not to be an openHAB related issue and should be adressed to amazon.
Edit: found this one
https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/how-to-share-your-custom-alexa-skills-with-friends/
Problem is that in https://blueprints.amazon.com/home you cant see the private openhab-alexa created in the developer account