Haiku Using Amazon Alexa devices (Echo, Dot, Tap, etc.) with HAI

[heffneil]

No it doesn't find it.  I thought you said something about restarting the web app so I did that but it still didn't work.  Do I have to use the Load or Go in the configurator page? I've searched 3 times at least now.

 

[ihf]

are the bridge and the Echo on the same subnet?

 

[heffneil]

Yes sir that much I am sure of... I think  No it is for sure on the same network.

 

[ihf]

and does your new device show up on the configurator page? What happens if you click test next to the On URL?

 

[heffneil]

Yes I even have two now - I was working in my office and I setup another page for my family room I am sitting in with the latop.  The on and off URL's work perfecly and the configurator.html page lists the devices.
 

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Study Lights

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Family Room

switch

 

[ihf]

but when you go to the Alexa app and Discover Devices, it says nothing found?

 

[heffneil]

Yes nothing found tried 6 times now

 

[ihf]

I had a problem getting the Echo to find the bridge for Device Discovery. I found that the only way it would work was when I had no intervening ethernet bridges between the mac running the bridge and the subnet that the Echo is on. I know this sounds strange and I was never able to explain it but once I got the Echo to "learn" the devices for the bridge, it didn't matter how the bridge was connected to the subnet. I have no idea if this is why you can't "discover" the bridge from the Echo but I suppose it is possible.

 

[heffneil]

Yeah I am not sure how to handle this the Echo is on the wireless and the mac mini running HH is of the same switch as the wireless AP.  I did some more research and found something about UDP port 1900 and if it is blocked the devices can't be found.  I am now trying to find out if my mac mini has this port blocked somehow?

 

[ihf]

Yes, that is also a possibility.

 

[heffneil]

Firewall is off

 

[ihf]

Just for the heck of it, try connecting the Mini to the wireless ssid that the Echo is on.Then go to the Alexa app, Smarthome and try Discover devices.

 

[ihf]

Also, I presume that your access point/switch/router couldn't be blocking any ports?

 

[heffneil]

The switch isn't and we are all on the same "internal" network so I don't know how the router would block it?  I did find this from another forum:
 
"To answer my own questions. 

I ended up removing the jar file. Downloaded 3.1.0 jar. 
And the zip file. Extracted the zip file to  C folder named it echobridge. Then I put the jar file there too. After that I doubled click the jar file. Went to webrowse checked typed in the pc ip address ip:8080. Everything looks good. From that point I check the two lower boxes. Didn't change anything on the upnp ip. I searched for devices on the harmony hub. Found the hue bridge. Hit next and it all loaded up good. Then I added device's. Everything is working."

 

[ihf]

Thing is, I don't think I am running the same bridge as you. As per my earlier message, I believe I am running https://github.com/armzilla/amazon-echo-ha-bridge