[pimatic-echo] Release 0.5.0

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I get no answer from the Echo

@michbeck100 the trick with switching a device while in discovery doesn’t work for me.
I get the following in the log when I try to switch:
18:12:17.420 [pimatic-echo] warn: device with id 01 not found
doesn’t matter which device I try to switch.

@thex has you researched the Devices after the update to 0.5.2? This Warn mines that alexa dont know this device… or has a old device thats not in the pimatic

No I understood that this is not necessary with the fix @michbeck100 implemented.

@michbeck100 said in [pimatic-echo] Release 0.5.0:

@thex Waiting is over, just released version 0.5.1. If you start the discovery mode in pimatic and ask alexa to switch a device, the the user should be added automatically and a new file in echo-database should be created.

@thex 0.5.1 wars bugi and with 0.5.2 is needed to rescan

Get
npm WARN engine pimatic-echo@0.5.2: wanted: {“node”:">4.4",“npm”:">2.15"} (current: {“node”:“4.8.3”,“npm”:“2.15.12”})
pimatic-echo@0.5.2

during update process.
Whats the problem?
Thanks

@dk00000 Nope this should be no Problem!

Is anyone here using just the new echoes with pimatic-echo? It seems that discovery doesn’t work (anymore). I was quite sure that it did work when i tested the last time, but it seems that something changed since then.
See https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/issues/2881 and https://github.com/bwssytems/ha-bridge/issues/810
I can confirm that it doesn’t work for me either.

So if you have a working setup don’t remove the devices. I will do my very best to not break this with an pimatic-echo update. The echo dot and echo 1st gen work without problems.

@michbeck100 said in [pimatic-echo] Release 0.5.0:

o if you have a working setup don’t remove the devices. I will do my very best to not break this with an pimatic-echo

I do, I had the same problem with the new Echo. Yesterday I also received a dot witch could discover devices.

I now removed all devices and did a fresh pair… It found all devices but I can’t switch them via the Echo.
The respones is “Gerät XXXX unterstützt das nicht” however I can switch via the Alexa app.

Maybe it is a Problem with the dimming as all devices are found as dimmable lights and saying “alexa dim device to x%” turns on a device which was off before…

@thex Please open an issue on github.

@michbeck100 said in [pimatic-echo] Release 0.5.0:

@thex Please open an issue on github.

FYI not necessary any more. It suddenly works. I did trigger the scan via the webinterface of Alexa, maybe it took some time to sync it correctly to the echos.

After updating the echo plugin, it doesnt work anymore. There is a directory echo-databse but without a echo-users file in it. Its also not in root. I tried to rescan devices in pimatic with switching a device with alexa without any sucess. All devices I used before are offline in alexa. I use the latest version 0.5.2 - any idea what i did wrong?

@michbeck100 - could you help me with my issue?

@vivathan use the „discover devices“ button in pimatic when scanning for devices with Alexa. This adds a file called echoUsers to the echo-database folder.

I did this, but no file was generated - and alexa didn‘t find new devices - existing devices are still offline. Maybe I have port 80 in use. I did netstat where port 80 is listening - but without a PID/program name used. Pimatic runs with port 85. If start the browser with port 80 I got the result „Cannot Get /„ - any idea?

@vivathan you must use an echo dot. The new echo isn’t supported anymore.

@michbeck100 I‘m using ech dot 2. generation

@vivathan ok then please completely start from scratch.

1. delete echo-database folder and node-modules/pimatic-echo from pimatic and restart pimatic
2. remove devices from alexa.amazon.com
3. start „discover devices“ in pimatic
4. let Alexa search for new devices.

@michbeck100 I did all steps you described. I also uninstalled echo plugin with restarts after uninstalling and reinstalling. Folder echo-database was created again. If I start “discover devices” in pimatic and let Alexa search for new devices (1 sec after starting discover devices) no devices were found and there is no file in folder echo-database (also not in root).