Domoticz

heggink wrote:Did you put your devices in a room? Unless they are in a room, alexa won't be able to find them.

Madgeni wrote:

markk wrote:Hi. I followed the original instructions weeks ago and was so pleased to get this working. The update to allow renaming of devices is drawing me in but I don't want to start the whole process again in case I break anything. Is someone able to tell me what are the bits I need to amend please?

All you need to do is:
In Domoticz - under switches
in the Description - put: Alexa_Name:Your Name For Alexa - where Your Name For Alexa is the name you want.

Then Forget and Discover in Alexa app.

This is after you've downloaded, zipped and uploaded the code from github (making sure to update the conf.json to your own settings).

To be sure, download your code from your lambda first, so you can revert back to it with no problem

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markk wrote:
I've been messing with this all evening now but still can't get it to work. I changed the name on a couple of switches and then forgot these from Alexa. I then asked Alexa app to discover devices again and I can see the request going through Lambda but the devices don't reappear on the app again and neither does Alexa recognise them. I reloaded the old zip file and they all reappear again but obviously without the renaming functionality. Ive attached the log in lambda in case it gives any clues. Any idea please?

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HarryDutch wrote:When signing up for an AWS account you need to enter your credit card information. To be honest I'm quite reluctant to leave my credit card information on the internet. I already know that a prepaid credit card is not accepted. Does anyone of you know another way to get an AWS account without a credit card or by using another payment option?

qwerk wrote:

HarryDutch wrote:When signing up for an AWS account you need to enter your credit card information. To be honest I'm quite reluctant to leave my credit card information on the internet. I already know that a prepaid credit card is not accepted. Does anyone of you know another way to get an AWS account without a credit card or by using another payment option?

Hi Harry,

a prepaid credit card is accepted . I used pay2d.nl ( for the Dutch)
mycard2go.com is an alternative (same company)

Don't put to much money on the card, after 1 year you have to pay or it is all lost

qwerk wrote:

markk wrote:
I've been messing with this all evening now but still can't get it to work. I changed the name on a couple of switches and then forgot these from Alexa. I then asked Alexa app to discover devices again and I can see the request going through Lambda but the devices don't reappear on the app again and neither does Alexa recognise them. I reloaded the old zip file and they all reappear again but obviously without the renaming functionality. Ive attached the log in lambda in case it gives any clues. Any idea please?

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Hi Markk, what do you mean with: I can see the request going through lambda.

When you Ask Alexa to discover, then on the AWS website you can follow that process ??
Should the Alexa actions be logged with /aws/lambda/{projectname] ?
There I can only find the tests I did from the AWS website. but none of all the alexa tests I did.

I hope this can help me find my problem.

gr.
Aren

markk wrote: On the page where you upload the zip file in AWS theres an option to test. I tested using the device discovery code at the very end of the manual and all showed up in AWS. Then I went to the alexa app on my phone and pressed discover devices and I could see the progress of this on the same test page in AWS. However, none of my devices are actually updated/discovered with the new version. Works perfectly with the old one though

qwerk wrote:I have another issue, when testing in AWS I see requests coming in on my reverse proxy, when using Alexa there is nothing in my log.

Madgeni wrote: Hi qwerk

So your lambda is in the EU-West, are you using English(UK) or English(US) in your skill? Clearly the lambda is working ok, as the discovery is running (the room plan thing finds devices that are in plans, but does NOT return the room names)

qwerk wrote:

Madgeni wrote: Hi qwerk

So your lambda is in the EU-West, are you using English(UK) or English(US) in your skill? Clearly the lambda is working ok, as the discovery is running (the room plan thing finds devices that are in plans, but does NOT return the room names)

Hi Madgeni,

my Lambda is in EU-west, I am using English(US).
I have a feeling that my skill is not communicating with Lambda ( if that is possible)
Is there a way to see that my skill is actually using, or trying to use "my" lambda