Please let me know if anything shouldnt be showing…
Yeah, that’s not right. You should see a response from home assistant. Seems like you may have missed a step.
What code did you paste into your lambda_function?
Are you in the US or elsewhere? Myself and others have tried to set this up but it wouldn’t work as we were in Europe. Been posted on here a few times but devs didn’t seem bothered.
Don’t know if it was ever fixed but I went back to Haaska which still works perfectly.
Okay Petro, you totally figured it out there. When I pasted in the code, I didnt click save and I thought I had done that correctly but it was still the original code.
I repasted lambda_function and its correctly receiving devices now. Time to try alexa skill. Thank you!
Okay, corrected.
Still not discovering devices. Here is the optput:
{
"event": {
"header": {
"messageId": "4e6da379-745a-443d-b5d8-1288dc8d21f5",
"name": "Discover.Response",
"namespace": "Alexa.Discovery",
"payloadVersion": "3"
},
"payload": {
"endpoints": [
{
"capabilities": [
{
"interface": "Alexa.TemperatureSensor",
"properties": {
"proactivelyReported": true,
"retrievable": true,
"supported": [
{
"name": "temperature"
}
]
},
ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC (removed for sanity)
}
]
}
}
}
And the log output:
START RequestId: be7318e8-6fa2-4fb8-acfa-d917d26d979a Version: $LATEST
[DEBUG] 2020-04-27T16:56:14.273Z be7318e8-6fa2-4fb8-acfa-d917d26d979a Event: {'directive': {'header': {'namespace': 'Alexa.Discovery', 'name': 'Discover', 'payloadVersion': '3', 'messageId': '1bd5d003-31b9-476f-ad03-71d471922820'}, 'payload': {'scope': {'type': 'BearerToken'}}}}
/var/runtime/urllib3/connectionpool.py:1004: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'XXXXXXXX.duckdns.org'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
InsecureRequestWarning,
END RequestId: be7318e8-6fa2-4fb8-acfa-d917d26d979a
REPORT RequestId: be7318e8-6fa2-4fb8-acfa-d917d26d979a Duration: 382.15 ms Billed Duration: 400 ms Memory Size: 128 MB Max Memory Used: 51 MB Init Duration: 151.32 ms
It’s seeing devices. That first endpoint is one. So it should be working now.
BUUUUUUUUT
If you have media_players, they may make the discovery fail. So remove them from configuration. Here’s what my configuration looks like and you can use it as a guide.
Basically list out what you want to send to alexa in include_entities. Then give them special unique ‘Alexa only’ names in the entity_config section
alexa:
smart_home:
filter:
include_entities:
- fan.bonus_room_bedroom
- fan.bonus_room_office
- fan.master_fixture
- light.bonus_room_bedroom_fixture
- light.bonus_room_bedroom_recessed
- light.bonus_room_entrance
- light.bonus_room_office_fixture
- light.bonus_room_office_recessed
- light.dining_room_chandelier
- light.game_room_bulb
- light.game_room_bulb_2
- light.hallway
- light.kitchen_cans
- light.kitchen_island
- light.living_room
- light.master_bathroom_cans
- light.master_bathroom_sink
- light.master_closet
- light.master_fixture
- media_player.dining_room_speakers
- media_player.living_room_speakers
- switch.basement_cans
- switch.basement_stairs
- switch.dining_room_hutch
- switch.disney_plus
- switch.downstairs
- switch.echo_through_receiver
- switch.floating_outlet_switch
- switch.foyer
- switch.game_room_outlet
- switch.game_room_switch
- switch.game_room_window
- switch.garage_cans
- switch.garage_entry
- switch.garage_workbench
- switch.hbo_now
- switch.hulu
- switch.inside
- switch.kitchen_cabinet
- switch.kitchen_outlet_above_fridge
- switch.kitchen_outlet_above_microwave
- switch.kitchen_pantry
- switch.laundry
- switch.living_room_window
- switch.master_bathroom_fan
- switch.master_nightstand_left
- switch.master_nightstand_right
- switch.netflix
- switch.outside
- switch.outside_porch
- switch.passenger_sconce
- switch.prime_video
- switch.ps4
- switch.roku
- switch.sconces_garage
- switch.sconces_main_entrance
- switch.switch
- switch.tv
- switch.upstairs
- switch.xbox_one
entity_config:
fan.bonus_room_bedroom:
name: Bonusroom Fan
fan.bonus_room_office:
name: Office Fan
fan.master_fixture:
name: Master Fan
light.bonus_room_bedroom_fixture:
name: Bonusroom Fixture
light.bonus_room_bedroom_recessed:
name: Bonusroom Cans
light.bonus_room_entrance:
name: Bonusroom Hallway
light.bonus_room_office_fixture:
name: Office Fixture
light.bonus_room_office_recessed:
name: Office Cans
light.dining_room_chandelier:
name: Chandelier
light.game_room_bulb:
name: Bulb 1
light.game_room_bulb_2:
name: Bulb 2
light.hallway:
name: Hallway
light.kitchen_cans:
name: Can Lights
light.kitchen_island:
name: Island Lights
light.living_room:
name: Living Room Light
light.master_bathroom_cans:
name: Master Can
light.master_bathroom_sink:
name: Master Sink
light.master_closet:
name: Master Closet
light.master_fixture:
name: Master Light
media_player.dining_room_speakers:
name: Dining Room Speakers
media_player.living_room_speakers:
name: Living Room Speakers
switch.audio_1:
name: Audio One
switch.audio_2:
name: Audio Two
switch.basement_cans:
name: Basement Cans
switch.basement_stairs:
name: Basement Stairs
switch.dining_room_hutch:
name: Hutch Lights
switch.disney_plus:
name: Disney Plus
switch.downstairs:
name: Downstairs
switch.echo_through_receiver:
name: Echo
switch.floating_outlet_switch:
name: Echo Outlet
switch.foyer:
name: Foyer Lights
switch.garage_cans:
name: Garage Fixtures
switch.garage_entry:
name: Entry Lights
switch.garage_workbench:
name: Workbench
switch.hbo_now:
name: HBO Now
switch.hulu:
name: Hulu
switch.inside:
name: Inside
switch.kitchen_cabinet:
name: Cabinet Lights
switch.kitchen_outlet_above_fridge:
name: Kitchen Outlet Above Refrigerator
switch.kitchen_outlet_above_microwave:
name: Kitchen Outlet Above Microwave
switch.kitchen_pantry:
name: Pantry Lights
switch.laundry:
name: Laundry
switch.living_room_window:
name: Living Room Outlet
switch.master_bathroom_fan:
name: Master Bath Fan
switch.master_nightstand_left:
name: Nightstand Left
switch.master_nightstand_right:
name: Nightstand Right
switch.netflix:
name: Netflix
switch.game_room_outlet:
name: Game Room Light
switch.game_room_switch:
name: Game Room Switch
switch.game_room_window:
name: Game Room Outlet
switch.outside:
name: Outside
switch.outside_porch:
name: Outside Outlet
switch.passenger_sconce:
name: Passenger Sconce
switch.prime_video:
name: Prime Video
switch.ps4:
name: Playstation
switch.roku:
name: Roku
switch.sconces_garage:
name: Garage Sconces
switch.sconces_main_entrance:
name: Main Sconces
switch.switch:
name: Switch
switch.tv:
name: Cable
switch.upstairs:
name: Upstairs
switch.xbox_one:
name: Xbox One
EDIT: That goes in your configuration.yaml
Hrmm. No Media Player in config.
I was hoping it would detect entities by itself. But it seems like I have to manually add them? Bummer, but acceptable
No you don’t. This is just how I filter my environment. I have thousands of items and I only want a few to go to alexa.
By default everything is sent to Alexa. But that doesn’t mean it’s sent correctly or usable. I’ve seen issues recently with a few devices so it’s worth looking into filtering it down.
You do have to manually discover devices in alexa. That requires you to click the discovery button or tell her to discover crap.
Any advice on getting SSL working? Doesnt appear that Amazon bleieves I have it, but I did everything I was supposed to.
The big thing I dont understand is why its showing the devices in the test but the actual skilll wont.
Could it be due to using port 8443 instead of port 443? I thought that synology had issues if I forwarded 80 or 443 because it uses those ports.
Have you tried the Nabu Casa trial? Makes setting this up super easy. Might be worth trying and then paying the $5 / month if you like it.
As I said before. There are entities that break the discovery process on ALEXAs side. You have to filter things and find out what is causing the problem.
As for ssl, are you using DuckDns? If so, you need to port forward 443 external to 8123 internal on your HomeAssistant ip address.
By entities, do you mean known devices?
If I delete known devices and let it repopulate could that help?
Is there anything besides media_player that interferes? If so I will check that, but I have no media players in my known entities.
I used DuckDNS but I set up everything through 8443 instead of 443 to keep 443 open.
I mean entities. This would be seen/filtered from the home assistant side.
I’m not sure what you mean by ‘known devices’ . Do you mean the devices on alexa’s side?
Not that i know of.
Are you putting the port in everything for the alexa configuration?
Ahh thanks for the clarification. I have two showing up, my samsung tv and my nvidia shield. Can I disable them somehow to see if that fixes it?
Yes, and it works fine from the “test” code.
Yeah, try that. from what I’ve seen media_players are the only issue at the moment. And it’s not all media players with the issue.
Whats the best process to disable them?
Trying to find out what methods to disable media player would work.
I tried disabling from the front end but that didnt do the job.
Disable them through the configuration I posted before with the include/exclude entities.