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originallyus / node-red-contrib-alexa-local

An easy-to-use NodeRED node for adding Alexa capability to NodeRED. NO Alexa Skills required.
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Migration to node-red-contrib-amazon-echo #101

Open nnhhuu opened 4 years ago

nnhhuu commented 4 years ago

I'm the author of this node.

TL;DR; Please replace my node with this node node-red-contrib-amazon-echo

A few things to confirm: • My nodes is no longer working with any Alexa devices after recent updates. • The reason is discovery procedure needs to be hosted on port 80 of your NodeRed. • Newer generation of Alexa devices are not working with my node for the same reason. • I recommend switching over to this node node-red-contrib-amazon-echo. It is basically a clone of my node, with a separate Node for discovery, running on port 80 by default.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: • You probably need to restart the system after replacing my nodes to clear them from the system. • You need to make sure your port 80 is free & allowed to be used by NodeRED. You can either: • Run NodeRED as root user, which allow you to open any port on the system. OR • Use iptables to redirect xxxxx port to 80. Instructions are available here.

This hassle is exactly why I have designed my node to run on random ports, pretty newbie-proof for most users & did not change the implementation for newer generation of Alexa devices.

Originally posted by @torinnguyen in https://github.com/originallyus/node-red-contrib-alexa-local/issues/100#issuecomment-531777775

nnhhuu commented 4 years ago

first of all, thank you for your work, i've used node-red-contrib-alexa-local intensively for so many months.

I'm having a problem with the migration to node-red-contrib-amazon-echo, after I uninstalled the node-red-contrib-alexa-local and forgot all the devices, my echo's still discovering the old devices, i mean when i discover devices, it shows always two devices, one form the old node (node-red-contrib-alexa-local) and one for the new node (node-red-contrib-amazon-echo). How can i disappear the reference to the old devices.

Thank you in advance for your help.

tdejneka commented 4 years ago

my echo's still discovering the old devices, i mean when i discover devices, it shows always two devices

Did you ever find a solution?