Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module

[Alyx]

@alyx ok screw that its working now all of a sudden ahaha

The alexa thing still isnt working tho

[sdetweil]

@alyx i;m not sure what u mean by the alexaControl problem

u set it up once and then do Alexa Discover Devices.

they are there forever …(until u manually delete them)

now… IF the machine IP changes (like across a reboot)

then the ip address that alexa saved is no longer valid and alexa can’t find them
it does NOT save dns NAME, only IP address.

[Alyx]

@sdetweil
Yes thats what I mean I haven’t changed anything like that although. I just used the script and the generated config file. It seems alexa can no longer find the devices and is displaying them as offline

[sdetweil]

@alyx the pi address changed (like powered off overnight and the ip lease expired

I set fixed (reservation) addresses for all my pi devices in my network router to avoid this problem

only way to fix is to delete and rediscover

alexa.amazon.com
smarthome tab
devices
at the bottom is forget all
(or u can delete them 1 by 1)

[Alyx]

@sdetweil I did delete and rediscover but the thing is they arent showing up in the discovery now lol

[sdetweil]

@alyx i delete, restart MM or reboot and then rediscover

its finicky for sure… and some newer alexa devices seem not to support the old wmeo plugs like they used to…

new show will not discover them, but older echo will

[Alyx]

@sdetweil Ive rebooted the machine 3 times at this point ahah, I have an echo3 would that be considered new? I know the 4th gen is the latest

[Alyx]

@alyx ok I found the issue, I commented out all the options in alexa and then ran them individually and etc.

Turns out the notification/ command and devices options werent configured correctly by the conf generator. after commenting those out I can now find them on alexa

[sdetweil]

@dinschal I have fixes for all the issues…

in my module folder go

git pull
rm -rf node_modules
git checkout new
npm install

give it a whirl… let me know

[Dinschal]

@sdetweil thanks sam… i will try it later… my frame has to dry :D first coat :D