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An easy-to-use NodeRED node for adding Alexa capability to NodeRED. NO Alexa Skills required.
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Alexa cannot discover new device #39

Closed bh4rtp closed 6 years ago

bh4rtp commented 6 years ago

I am using the latest Node-RED, alexa-local. The flow is very simple. It runs on local VirutalBox VM. My Amazon Echo Dot 2 cannot find new alexa-local devices.

21 Dec 00:54:47 - [info] Node-RED version: v0.17.5
21 Dec 00:54:47 - [info] Node.js  version: v8.9.1
21 Dec 00:54:47 - [info] Linux 4.4.0-104-generic x64 LE
21 Dec 00:54:48 - [info] Loading palette nodes
21 Dec 00:54:48 - [info] Dashboard version 2.6.2 started at /ui
bh4rtp commented 6 years ago

does discover new devices relate with network setup? this is my configuration.

  1. virtual box with a ubuntu 16.04 vm runs on a win10 laptop
  2. install node-red, alexa-loal on the vm
  3. both laptop and echo dot 2 connect home wifi
  4. add an alexa-local and a debug node into the flow and deploy it
  5. ask alexa, discover devices
  6. alexa replies no new devices found
Malarcy commented 6 years ago

similar issue

I create the node - tell alexa to discover - the node status changes to "Discovery" alexa completes discovery and says "no new devices"

In the console where I launched node-red I see the GET for setup.xml from the alexa ip address.

bh4rtp commented 6 years ago

i managed to solve the problem. it is because the ssdp protocol is used to discover devices. running under virtual machine, the device cannot be discovered. so i changed just an hour ago to run directly on the win10 host. now the nodes can be discovered and alexa works perfectly. btw, the latest alexa-local version is used.

Malarcy commented 6 years ago

Ok.

Mine is a different issue then. I am not using vm’s and I am on a Linux host.

I will open a new issue.

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i managed to solve the problem. it is because the ssdp protocol is used to discover devices. running under virtual machine, the device cannot be discovered. so i changed just an hour ago to run directly on the win10 host. now the nodes can be discovered and alexa works perfectly. btw, the latest alexa-local version is used.

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