@michi - can your TTS implementation leverage the SSML features - this would bring TTS to a whole new level
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@ThomasOH, there is a good message:
yes, it is possible.
The other message is that it is a workaround only. You need to have a machine (does not need to be the OH server) with python enabled right in the routing line from the echos to your internet. The approach is to scan network pakets and trigger the active echo via a restfull call. I have outlined this approach here. Also scan for my other posts in this thread.
Works for me okay with 5 echos.
Thanks for pointing me to your workaround. I will check it out.
- Thomas
Thank you Scott; just got home from being gone a week to test it and it worked PERFECTLY the first time!
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My account seems to go on and offline every minute, log shows
11:15:58.409 [INFO ] [ome.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - āamazonechocontrol:account:account1ā changed from OFFLINE (CONFIGURATION_ERROR): Login fails. Check your credentials and try to login with your webbrowser to http(s)://youropenhab:yourport/amazonechocontrol/account1
Wichtige Mitteilung! Zum besseren Schutz Ihres Kontos geben Sie bitte nochmals Ihr Passwort ein, und geben Sie dann die Zeichen ein, die in der Abbildung unten gezeigt werden. to ONLINE
When I go to āhttp(s)://youropenhab:yourport/amazonechocontrol/account1ā it shows:
The Account is already logged in. The account thing should be online.
Check Thing in Paper UI
System is OH2.3 with the official released binding.
How can I confirm account credentials?
I have the same Issue like Falk S.
Log says: Login failed: No session id received
Restart Openhab and try again.
On my RPi from console its:
sudo systemctl restart openhab2.service
That works for me. After using the link the login page pops up with captcha
āhttp ://youropenhab:yourport/amazonechocontrol/account1ā
I suspect the need to login again is because you logged into the same Amazon account from another computer. Just a hunch!
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@Wirsing84, thanks again. Finally got myopenhab.org to work and the rest was a breeze following your examples 
Now on to identifying the echo the request came from following the approach @Falk has presentedā¦
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Hi Falk,
I also had this issue of status going online and offlineā¦ I tried using āhttp ://youropenhab:yourport/amazonechocontrol/account1ā. But it didnāt workā¦ then I changed domain from amazon.in to amazon.com. Status became stable and online. I think most of the echo devices will connect to alexa.amazon.com and if we login to domain other than amazon.com, like amazon.in, amazon.de etcā¦ this issue occursā¦
Regards
Cadbures
Hi @cadbures,
I just restarted OH2 and was able to authenticate again as described by @m4rk .
Maybe changing the domain has the same effect ā¦
Hi @jjk, please be aware that the instance with the python script needs to be in the ārouting lineā between your echos and your internet router in order to detect the echoās network traffic.
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Hi @Falk, thanks for the hint, I have figured that by now. That sucks, not sure I want to modify my whole network topology to make this happenā¦ Just curious, whatās your setup that allows this to work?
Iāll probably go the less convenient way for now and have family members tell Alexa o what echo to send updatesā¦
Hi @jjk, hope the following illustrates my setup:
WAN OUTSIDE NET INSIDE NET
IP x.x.x.x IP x.x.y.y
----> ROUTER -----------> SERVER ------------->
(FRITZBOX) (Linux)
FIREWALL GARDEN FIREWALL "SECURED"
NAT DEVICES NAT LAN
KVM HOST
It does, thanks 
Let me know if I can help implement it.
Iāve been struggling with trying to get this to work since 2 days now.
Still no luck.
I am on 2.3 Stable.
What I tried so far (result at the end as itās always the same):
- Used version shipped with Openhab 2.3 and installed via PaperUI
- Uninstalled Paper UI installed version and tried RC3
- used amazon.de as account
- used amazon.com
- cleared /tmp and /cache multiple times
- changed OpenHab port back to 8080 default as itās running on 8090 over here
Thing remains in status āNo session ID receivedā.
When accessing http://openhabhost:8090/amazonechocontrol/<thing_ID>/ I always get:
HTTP ERROR 500
Problem accessing /amazonechocontrol/account/. Reason:
Server Error
Caused by:
org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.ConnectionException: No session id received
at org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.Connection.getLoginPage(Connection.java:435)
at org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.AccountServlet.doGet(AccountServlet.java:219)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:687)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:848)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:584)
at org.ops4j.pax.web.service.jetty.internal.HttpServiceServletHandler.doHandle(HttpServiceServletHandler.java:71)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:548)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:226)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1180)
at org.ops4j.pax.web.service.jetty.internal.HttpServiceContext.doHandle(HttpServiceContext.java:284)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:512)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:185)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1112)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
at org.ops4j.pax.web.service.jetty.internal.JettyServerHandlerCollection.handle(JettyServerHandlerCollection.java:80)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:134)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:534)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:333)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:251)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:283)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:108)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.SelectChannelEndPoint$2.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:93)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.ExecuteProduceConsume.executeProduceConsume(ExecuteProduceConsume.java:303)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.ExecuteProduceConsume.produceConsume(ExecuteProduceConsume.java:148)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.ExecuteProduceConsume.run(ExecuteProduceConsume.java:136)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:671)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$2.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:589)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Did you happen to change port from 8080 to 8090?
Are you sure that you can access internet from Openhab installed Machine?
8080 wonāt work as Openhab doesnt listen on that port but on 8090. Yes, the machine has full Internet access.
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First Steps
Create an āAmazon Accountā thing
Configure your credentials in the account thing (2 factor authentication is not supported!)
After confirmation:
a) the āAccount Thingā goes Online ā continue with 4)
b) the āAccount Thingā stays offline:
open the url YOUR_OPENHAB/amazonechocontrol in your browser (e.g. http://openhab:8080/amazonechocontrol/), click the link for your account thing and try to login.
The echo device things get automatically discovered and can be accepted
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This is working for meā¦ I tested it on 2.3 Stable.