# Alexa-home node bug

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-node-bug/30839>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [28 July 2020 19:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-node-bug/30839 "2020-07-28T19:01:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludacrysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Ludacrysis](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ludacrysis)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2020 19:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-node-bug/30839/1 "2020-07-28T19:01:46Z")

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Hi folks,

I'm new to node-RED and just started to do the first steps in this environment.  
However I already ran into some trouble with the node mentioned in the topic.

I set up a controller and started it on port 8000 and did a redirect to port 80 via iptable.  
Then I added 3 Alexa device nodes and configured them.

The good news is: All devices are recognized from alexa and work so far. I even managed to work with the payload 😃 and do some nice stuff.

The bad news is: The color-controlled devices work but everytime they are switched to a different color than pure red alexa announces that the device does seem to work not properly.

Another thing is that the range of the hue-value is too big. It should be around 0-360 but is 0-65536.  
There's already another post about this on github don't know if this is related.

How can I make Alexa think that everything is ok?

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [29 July 2020 06:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-node-bug/30839/2 "2020-07-29T06:09:53Z")

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> Another thing is that the range of the hue-value is too big. It should be around 0-360 but is 0-65536.

If 0-360 maps to 0-65536, you can use a range node to map these values, i have no knowledge about alexa, i try to keep all those listening companies out of my house.

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**Author:** ![Ludacrysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Ludacrysis](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ludacrysis)\
**Post date:** [29 July 2020 07:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-node-bug/30839/3 "2020-07-29T07:07:48Z")

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That sounds pretty sweet. I was thinking of using a function node and just divide it by 182.04.  
Another useful feature 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 September 2020 07:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-node-bug/30839/4 "2020-09-27T07:07:49Z")

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