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Posted: **Fri May 26, 2017 11:19 pm**

I posted this on Reddit as well but figured it couldn't hurt to try here as well for some good ideas. Essentially I've got a Pi3 that I just got Alexa working on. Works great but now I want to have it talk to my Home-Assistant Pi and it's giving me a pretty good amount of grief.
Pi3 IP = 192.168.0.29
HASS IP (Pi1) = 192.168.0.13
On the HASS pi, I've set up both my IR and RF receivers/transmitters as command line switches. Config is:

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switch:
  platform: command_line
  switches:
    southpowerstrip:
      command_on: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4199731 1 182
      command_off: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4199740 1 183
    radio:
      command_on: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4199875 1 182
      command_off: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4199884 1 180
    smallmonitor:
      command_on: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4200195 1 180
      command_off: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4200204 1 180
    bedroomlight:
      command_on: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4201731 1 180
      command_off: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4201740 1 180
    notinuse:
      command_on: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4207875 1 180
      command_off: /home/pi/433Utils/RPi_utils/codesend 4207884 1 180
    airconditioner:
      command_on: ssh pi@192.168.0.29 'irsend SEND_ONCE /home/pi/lircd.conf KEY_POWER'
      command_off: ssh pi@192.168.0.29 'irsend SEND_ONCE /home/pi/lircd.conf KEY_POWER'
    tv:
      command_on: ssh pi@192.168.0.47 'irsend SEND_ONCE /home/pi/bedtv.conf KEY_POWER'
      command_off: ssh pi@192.168.0.47 'irsend SEND_ONCE /home/pi/bedtv.conf KEY_POWER'
    roomair:
      command_on: ssh pi@192.168.0.47 'irsend SEND_ONCE /home/pi/bedair.conf KEY_POWER'
      command_off: ssh pi@192.168.0.47 'irsend SEND_ONCE /home/pi/bedair.conf KEY_POWER'

Config for my emulated hue is:

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emulated_hue:
  type: alexa
  listen_port: 8300
  off_maps_to_on_domains:
    - script
    - scene
  expose_by_default: true
  exposed_domains:
    - light
    - switch

Everything seems to output correctly for the JSON object when I go to http://<HA IP Address>:8300/api/pi/lights. Output is:

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 {"switch.airconditioner": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "airconditioner", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.airconditioner"}, "switch.bedroomlight": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "bedroomlight", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.bedroomlight"}, "switch.notinuse": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "notinuse", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.notinuse"}, "switch.radio": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "radio", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.radio"}, "switch.roomair": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "roomair", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.roomair"}, "switch.smallmonitor": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "smallmonitor", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.smallmonitor"}, "switch.southpowerstrip": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "southpowerstrip", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.southpowerstrip"}, "switch.tv": {"modelid": "HASS123", "name": "tv", "state": {"bri": 0, "on": false, "reachable": true}, "swversion": "123", "type": "Dimmable light", "uniqueid": "switch.tv"}}

So everything seems to be working on the HASS side but Alexa still can't find the device. Nothing in the HASS logs about any errors occurring. So far I have tried:

- Restarting the Rpi itself
- Creating a Hue Account and linking the skill to Alexa
- Discovering devices both shortly after HASS configuration had finished
and after waiting 5-10 minutes
- Discovering devices both by voice command and through the Alexa app.

Nothing has worked so far. Hoping someone can take a look and pass along any good ideas. Thanks for the help ☺

Edit - Also ran HASS from the command line and it gave me the error of:

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17-05-27 02:08:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded light.hue from homeassistant.components.light.hue
17-05-27 02:08:21 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.light] Setting up light.hue
17-05-27 02:08:21 INFO (Thread-3) [homeassistant.components.light.hue] Emulated hue found, will not add

Posted: **Sun May 28, 2017 3:21 am**

Welp, think I figured out why it's not working after setting up an HA-bridge instead of the Hue Emulator.... "The software Alexa does not search for any home automation devices locally, that is disabled in that software. Only the hardware echo's do that."

Incredibly surprised that's not mentioned more within the numerous posts regarding the emulated hue or HA-bridge or anything. I was gutted, but I used IFTTT with tasker and now Alexa is talking to my AC and I'm golden now

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