So…this morning I made the decision that I would give ST another shot and try to more or less begin from scratch using the new app and see what happens. I figured either way, if I jumped ship (read as that other option that starts with “H”), I would still have to redo a bunch of stuff, and/or learn new programming and scripting, so I’d begin with ST…here’s what I did:
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Deleted EVERY device from Alexa that was in any way associated with ST…basically one at time and yes I did have duplicates
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I also disabled all Alexa routines that were tied to ST. That was a little strange because when I did the original conversion every one of those routines had defaulted to the same name…something like Detail
Message, I can’t remember exactly. The message text was there, but there was no virtual device name to trigger them. -
Next I went to the ST app and removed my existing Alexa “voice” assistant or whatever it’s called, breaking the Alexa interface.
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I waited about an hour and went back into the ST app, and enabled the Alexa function. It was successful and when I went back into the Alexa my ST skill was already there. Didn’t have to select or add the ST skill back.
Good news is, it seems to be working. I’m using the bjpierron virtual switches, both contact and momentary, and they appear to be working. A little slower response than I’d like but the are triggering messages, etc.
I have about 23 Alexa routines for voice response triggers and I’m having to rewrite/redefine each one from scratch. With that said, I’ve done three of my primary ones…enable message, disable message, and goodnight. I’m going to stop now and see how those work before doing the rest.
TG