As a user, I would like Alexa to discover my Jasco 12718 controlled by OH2. about openhab-alexa

[digitaldan]

Our Alexa app uses the oh rest API, so it has no knowledge nor cares what type of device it is, have you tagged these items appropriately ?

[gk4]

@digitaldan I'm not clear on the tagging for Alexa. In OH2 I see Label, Category, and Type, but if I change any of those then the device is not useable in OH2 Control. I've seen your online references to the homekit add-on, but I'm still unclear about it.

http://docs.openhab.org/addons/io/homekit/readme.html

1. OH2/paperui -> Add-ons -> Misc -> HomeKit Integration -> Install

2. OH2/paperui -> Services -> IO -> HomeKit Integration (enter IP of your device)

The results of the HomeKit Integration setup are found int:

3. /var/lib/openhab2/config/org/openhab/homekit.config

From the following webpage, I’m not sure what file or webpage the sample items would be? This is the part that I am unclear about. Could you please elaborate?

https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/tree/master/addons/io/org.openhab.io.homekit

Switch KitchenLights "Kitchen Lights" (gKitchen) [ "Lighting" ]
Dimmer BedroomLights "Bedroom Lights" (gBedroom) [ "Lighting" ]

[digitaldan]

Please see https://community.openhab.org/t/official-alexa-smart-home-skill-for-openhab-2/23533 Alexa skills are installed through their Alexa app (mobile or web), you also need to have myopenhab.org connected to your system (Amazon skills need a central point for authentication).

[gk4]

@digitaldan Yes, I have had the OpenHab skill installed in my Alexa app.

Back to the tagging. Where is that done? Where do I find that list (KitchenLights, BedroomLights, ...) like I see in the instruction pages?

[digitaldan]

I understand now, sorry for the confusion , I do not believe we have a tag editor in the paperui , the examples are for items defined in item files , I believe you are using items created thorough the web GUI ( or auto generated ) . The only way I know to archive this is using the rest API , which can be accessed through your browser at /docs/index.html , there is a item call to add tags. I'm typing this on my phone, when I'm back in front of a computer I can elaborate more.

[gk4]

I get a 404 at my http://192.168.1.125:8080/docs/index.html

However, http://192.168.1.125:8080/rest/items/ will list all my items, but the names that I had given them in OH2 are not there. I get the following for my dimmable lamp.

[{"link":"http://192.168.1.125:8080/rest/items/ZWaveNode212718SmartDimmer_Dimmer","state":"100","type":"Dimmer","name":"ZWaveNode212718SmartDimmer_Dimmer","label":"Dimmer","category":"DimmableLight","tags":[],"groupNames":[]},

[gk4]

I finally got it. http://192.168.1.125:8080/doc/index.html

I'm getting a 405 response with the following.

The name ZWaveNode212718SmartDimmer_Dimmer is not going to be Alexa friendly. How do I change it to the name I had given it in OH2?

[digitaldan]

The name ZWaveNode212718SmartDimmer_Dimmer is not going to be Alexa friendly. How do I change it to the name I had given it in OH2?

The label is what is used for voice, so in this case "Olives Lamp"

[digitaldan]

I'm going to close this since it is not an issue with this code base