I am trying to get my Alexa up and running. I followed the instructions on the manual page. I got it running, but the device discovery was a mess. It’s an endless list and most stuff I won’t even use with Alexa.
So I thought I’d better configure the entities that need to be exposed to Alexa manually. So I updated my configuration.yml and added the entities as below. But how/when will Alexa refresh the device list? When I try this manually from the Alexa app, it says it can’t find any new devices.
I tried disabling my dev skill and then link it again, but no success. Again all devices are found. Is the lambda function at AWS caching this?!
I had done this process one time earlies, and then newly added devices didn’t show up either. So I am worried now that once the devices are loaded, it’s not so easy to get a new one in Alexa?!
alexa:
smart_home:
filter:
include_entities:
- switch.shelly_1_8caab5053ea3_relay_0 # gang licht
- switch.shelly_1_8caab505c4a9_relay_0 # toilet licht
- light.shelly_dimmer_d483e8_light_0_2 # woonkamer
- light.shelly_dimmer_2_e8db84d79370_light_0 # spots woonkamer
- light.shelly_dimmer_2_f4cfa2ecb2c2_light_0 # Eettafel
- switch.0x00124b001e731e4e_switch # Keukenspots
- switch.shelly_1_f4cfa2ed6ead_relay_0 # Keuken
- switch.0x2c1165fffea2b597 # Kerstboom
entity_config:
switch.shelly_1_8caab5053ea3_relay_0:
name: "Hallway"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
switch.shelly_1_8caab505c4a9_relay_0:
name: "Toilet"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
light.shelly_dimmer_d483e8_light_0_2:
name: "Livingroom center"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
light.shelly_dimmer_2_e8db84d79370_light_0:
name: "Livingroom spots"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
light.shelly_dimmer_2_f4cfa2ecb2c2_light_0:
name: "Dining"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
switch.0x00124b001e731e4e_switch:
name: "Kitchen spots"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
switch.shelly_1_f4cfa2ed6ead_relay_0:
name: "Kitchen"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT
switch.0x2c1165fffea2b597:
name: "Christmas tree"
display_categories: SWITCH,LIGHT