- Did you enable the API and Alexa Smart Home Integration?
- Did you test the Lambda function manually to make sure that Hass provides the correct response?
- Did you unintentionally set some filters?
i test the lambda function but there is no error ,is that anything with the region
Thanks for the reply.
Yes to first the 2, and I have no filters set.
Hi, I’m seeking for validation of a bizarre behavior I’m facing with script entities discovery:
I have the whole setup up and running and Alexa is capable of discovering some of my entities exposed by HA.
The problem is with scripts.
Alexa does not discover them, although I can see them correctly present in the json answer if I turn debug level on for the component.
Furthermore, I’ve noticed that if I include them in my entity_config: override section, changing the display_categories from ACTIVITY_TRIGGER to a different value, for example DOOR, Alexa ends up discovering them correctly.
Is this a known bug or limit or a side effect of something on my specific setup?
thank you
paolo
I use something like the following in config.yaml
alexa:
smart_home:
blah blah blah
filter:
include_entities:
- script.fr_hulu_on
entity_config:
script.fr_hulu_on:
name: HULU ON
description: Family Room go to HULU
display_categories: SCENE_TRIGGER
Thank you. Probably I was just wrong assuming that scripts would be picked up without a specific display_categories assigned to them.
My Haaska is working pretty well (in that it works), but I’ve come unstuck trying to filter the shared entities. I set up Haaska pre the out of the box smart_home skill, if that makes any odds.
I only want to pass two items over to alexa, so she doesn’t get confused by items names, my config looks like this:
api:
alexa:
smart_home:
filter:
include_entities:
- group.office
- switch.coffee_machine
entity_config:
group.office:
name: Office
description: Office lights, monitors and sound
display_categories: COMPUTER
switch.coffee_machine:
name: Coffee Machine
display_categories: COFFEE_MAKER
but on discovery everything shows up. I’ve tried this with exclusions, in various orders, and discovery is still pulling all my entities.
Any suggestions of what I’m doing wrong?
Well, you have absolutely saved me after hours of searching and trying to figure out why it wasn’t working for me. Thank you!
I need some help with proactive reporting.
Here’s where I’m at…
My Haaska connection works well. I can see all of my sensors, switches, etc in Alexa. I have a few of my contact sensors set to trigger Alexa routines, but the routines aren’t being triggered.
I believe it has something to do with having HA send a change state rather than a status change. Maybe I’m barking up the wrong tree, but from all of my searching I’ve come across a few people mention “proactive reporting”. It looks like the Cloud setup has a simple checkbox to enable it.
How do I enable it in Haaska?
Thanks!
I’ll pass along some of my notes I took on this. Things may have changed slightly since the time I took these notes, and I haven’t re-verified it:
Sending Alexa Events aka Proactive Change Reports
aka Proactive mode (Starting in HA 0.85)
References:
[https://developer.amazon.com/docs/device-apis/alexa-interface.html#changereport]
[https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/18114]
[https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/send-events-to-the-alexa-event-gateway.html]
- ChangeReport events are sent to notify Alexa of state changes.
At Discovery time, a device reports one of its properties as "proactivelyReported".
Whenever that property value changes, (regardless of why the property changed), you then send Alexa a ChangeReport event.
Example:if the "Kitchen Light" endpoint turns on, you would notify Alexa
by sending a ChangeReport event that indicates the "powerState" property of the
Alexa.PowerController interface has changed its value to "ON".
- If you want HA (via Haaska) to send Alexa Change Report events,
you need to:
+ go to the Alexa developer console and for haaska select the "Build" tab,
On the left you'll see "PERMISSIONS". Enable the Send Alexa Event Slider Button.
It will pop up a gray'd out a Client Id:/Client Secret which you will copy into config.yaml.
+ If you enable this after you've already got the Haaska Skill running,
you'll next need to go to the Alexa App, and unlink the Haaska Skill and relink it (disable/enable).
+ HA configuration.yaml add endpoint:
alexa:
smart_home:
endpoint: https://api.amazonalexa.com/v3/events #For the U.S.
client_id: !secret alexa_client_id #From gray'd out Client Id in Alexa Dev Console Build->Permissions
client_secret: !secret alexa_client_secret #From gray'd out Client Secret
+ If you add devices such as binary sensor afterwards, you may find Alexa recognizes
its state change but Routines won't trigger. If this happens, relink the haaska skill in Amazon Alexa App.
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Interesting. I made the changes you shared.
I have one binary sensor that triggers both the routines I have it set for.
I have a second binary sensor that triggers one of the two routines it’s set for.
And I have a third binary sensor that triggers neither of the routines I have it set for.
Hint: I’m using these binary sensors to trigger Alexa routines that turns on/off amazon branded plugs.
Is there something I’m missing in this?
alexa:
smart_home:
endpoint: https://api.amazonalexa.com/v3/events
client_id: !secret alexa_client_id
client_secret: !secret alexa_client_secret
binary_sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
livingroomfloorlamp:
device_class: opening
value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.living_room_floor_lamp_switch_helper', 'on') }}"
mylamp:
device_class: opening
value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.my_lamp_switch_helper', 'on') }}"
livingroomlamp:
device_class: opening
value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.living_room_lamp', 'on') }}"
Nevermind. I’m a dummy. I forgot to restart HA and reconnect the Haaska skill when I changed one of the binary sensors. All is working correctly now.
Thank you so much for your help @wmaker!
Anyone never encounter an error while linking the hasska skill to your amazon account? My lambda test is successful, however, while linking this error is played, both via PC and mobile.
Error
“We were unable to link haaska at this time. - For instructions and assistance with configuring your skill for account linking with OAuth, please see [this guide]”(https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/linking-an-alexa-user-with-a-user-in-your-system).
Guys as I can see many users have problem discovering devices. Somebody posted about ability to debug what Alexa is getting from haaska. Can you help me with that? I have same issue as others. Lambda test works perfectly listing all devices but Alexa discovery founds nothing. Any tips would be very appreciated.
Add me to the list of people who cant discover devices on my alexa app… I just setup haaska tonight and I’m seeing lots of people saying this most the solved ones were people in Ireland and had to select n.virginia… I however am in the US in phoenix AZ and i setup in n virginia and I get a succesful test in lambda with devices discovered and then if I try and discover devices with my alexa app I get nothing… I tried setting up in different regions most wont even let me select the smarthome trigger the only other region that let me setup the smarthome trigger was Oregon but then I got an error on that one when I tried to change the arn number in my aws to match the oregon skill…
I solved my problem after finding a thread about nabu casa every failing to discover devices of a denon receiver is on your install. I deleted denon from hass and boom all my other devices suddenly discover. I’m not sure how to get my denon back in without interfering with Alexa discovery.
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Hi everyone,
a month ago I followed the official instructions for haaska as well as a video-tutorial from DrZzs:
https://github.com/mike-grant/haaska/wiki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmeIEEKmv58&ab_channel=DrZzs
Everything went smooth and all worked flawlessly. I was able to import all my lights and TV in Alexa App and I was able to control all of them via voice commands.
I also created scripts in home assistant which basically allowed me to launch Netflix, YouTube, Plex, Amazon Prime Video etc. etc. on my TV.
Via Alexa App I then discovered and imported those scripts as scenes and I was able to trigger them by saying “Alexa, select Plex/YouTube etc.” and everything worked fine.
Today, I am facing an issue where all the scripts (scenes in Alexa app) are no longer working. If I say “Alexa, select YouTube” she responds that it does not find the correct skill to do so.
I can turn on and off all miy lights and also I can turn on and off my TV and control channels and volume of my tv via voice command without issue.
But all my scenes are not working with voice commands.
I know the scripts/scenes work in home assistant because if I trigger them manually they work.
I checked the configuration on both my configuration.yaml file, amazon AWS console, amazon Developer console, rechecked everything from the beginning (double checked skill ID, client ID, secret ID, everything mentioned in the wiki is there and is correct).
I can’t understand why all of a sudden my scenes stopped working.
Anyone is having this issue? What steps need to be done to troubleshoot and solve this problem?
Thank-you
Hi all,
to everyone experiencing HA scripts (scenes in Alexa App) imported via haaska skill that suddenly stop working or that aren’t getting triggered by any voice command, here’s the workaround that I applied:
- Open Alexa App
- Tap More (bottom right corner)
- Tap Routines
- Tap + (top right corner)
- Specify a name for that routine
- When this happens --> Voice --> Alexa, select Netflix (for example)
- Add action --> Smart Home --> Control Scene --> select your script (Netflix, in this case)
After that, everytime you say “Alexa, select Netflix” you’ll trigger the routine you just created and it will start the script (scene) associated and it will work. (in this case, it will launch Netflix on my LG TV)
I still don’t know why before I was able to trigger the script directly without the need to create a routine for it, but I am glad that this is working now.
Holy cow… I have been trying to figure out why those freaking devices kept showing up. I hit the “Remove All” button and made tons of config changes trying to get them to stop showing up and I could not figure it out. And boom - this was the fix. OMG… About 2 days spent on this… That was fun… LOL! Thanks!