Thanks for the tech support. So, when I go to the wiki instruction link you sent me, I actually only read having to add the individual devices to the slot if you are doing the manual, multi-step, install; maybe Iām reading it wrong (no biggie, but just me explaining myself ā I know itās sometimes difficult to make things this complex clear or simple).
From your e-mail and my reading of the wiki, I went back into the Developer site and simply add names for all of my devices which did not already appear (switches did!) to the slot for list of devices, here:
After adding them, I clicked āSaveā then āBuild modelā with no errors. If I go to āCode Editā I see them all in the JSON file:
Response for all open/close sensors is now: āI have some problems finding the device you specified.ā
Iām sure Iām missing something simple?
That still means that the names of the devices are not being recognized. Can you switch back to the non-beta view and show me the slots?
Also, what types of devices are your open close switches? Are they standard SmartThings devices or some other brand?
What do you mean when you say
Is it not showing up after you save the skill? If it will not save in slot that is an Amazon issue, but it is unclear what you are referring to. Please PM me and we can work on this.
Iām not sure where to go or which thread to post in but Iāve tried several times to install Ask Alexa via the ST Community Installer and each time the setup process finishes, but after going back into the My Apps section of !Marketplace the smarts isnāt there. Iāve confirmed that other smartass available!e in community installer are being installed correctly and seems like its only Ask Alexa - the one smartapp Iād like to get setup again soon.
This will be a short Friday report. I actually spent the week in Vegas meeting at an Information System conference. I actually got to meet people from every area of technology, including folks from Samsung and Amazon, along with lesser known technologies firms. Overall, very fun!
However, for those that know me, I still came back to the hotel and spent time working on aspects of Ask Alexa. I am actually rather happy how this new version is coming out. And, with having a little bit more time to work on it, I found some very LONG TERM issues I ended up fixing. One of them was working around limitations of the SmartThings interface. For example, if you add a mode or a routine to Ask Alexa, and then remove this mode or routine from SmartThings, there was previously no feedback to the applications that used these modes/routines, so you would get into a situation where you could actually āorphanā an input field unless you recreated the mode or routine (making it appear in the list again), delete it from Ask Alexa, THEN deleted it from SmartThings again. Well, I now do a small check and mark the mode/routine with a placeholder even after you have removed the mode or routine.This will allow you to easily remove it from Ask Alexa even if it had been previously removed from SmartThings. Pretty straight forward, but was reminded of this issue working with @sechen43 this week.
I have this next version of Ask Alexa about ready and will release it next Friday. It is a BIG one, requiring ALL aspects of Ask Alexa to be updated (IDE, Lambda, and Developerās area). This will hopefully be the LAST time you have to manually do this as we continue to work on the automated installer/updater. No ETA on that yet, but this week also allowed me to read up on it as well along with working with Tony on this. There is STILL a lot of life in Ask Alexa, which is celebrating its TWO YEAR anniversary in 2018!
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New version is released. It is a VERY BIG upgrade, so please read the addition information in the post below:
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@MichaelS
Got this installed from your great instructions. Thanks! I set up the babyās room and got the speaker ālinkedā to the room (My original problem was here: [RELEASE] Ask Alexa) I can now give commands in that room and have them turn off the lights without Alexa saying a word!
Great work on this!
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I was able to associate both of my Echos with the new version. Great work, Michael! Thank you! I also have an Ecobee 4 and it doesnāt seem to allow me to associate it with a room. Just want to make sure thatās the expected behavior.
When you say Ecobee is that the thermostat or the Alexa wall switch?
Itās the thermostat. Stand down. I had a typo in the room name when I updated the Macro slot. All good here 
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For those that are keeping score at home, I did a SMALL update to 2.3.9a of just the base code to fix an error discovered by @JFS. It has to do with follow ups to devices that require a PIN. This code is here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaelStruck/SmartThingsPublic/master/smartapps/michaelstruck/ask-alexa.src/ask-alexa.groovy
and can be upgraded manually, through the Community Installer and through GitHub/IDE integration.
Enjoy! Thanks John for the heads up.
Looking forward to jumping onto the Ask Alexa bandwagon when the automated installer is completed! Following the thread for updatesā¦
That could be weeksā¦the installation from scratch has been done by thousands of users. My bet is that you can get it installed now. The installer is only going to save you a little bit of time. The ālong poleā in this whole thing is getting the accounts in Amazon created, which still has to be done manually by you.
I recommend getting started. I am here to help!
Hi @MichaelS. Yes, youāre right I guess Iām just a pretty time-poor at the moment, so Iām looking for the āeasy optionā 
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But youāve convinced me, Iāll get stuck in this weekend at some point and check back here if I need help. Thanks for the response 
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First and foremost I would start with creating the required amazon accounts. Again, that is the thing that takes the longest.
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Just updated the code to 2.3.9bā¦if you are having issues, please upgrade to this version.
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Just started looking at this, Iāve set up my developer and Lamba account so far, and Iām now looking at the ST installation - I note there are 3 methods in the Wiki, I have IDE/Github integration setup, would this be the preferred method in my case?
yesā¦you should see your IDE items turn purple, and just updating them should turn them black, giving you the latest versions.
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In my opinion that is waht I do, no cut and paste, less chance of an error.
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