Now the authentication problem with various Alexa nodes has been sorted I thought I'd try something new. I used BluePrints to create a Q&A skill called 'Give me a status report' then linked that in the flow below. I've arranged for various devices around my home to report their status to a databas…

Can you tell us which Alexa node you are using as there are quite a few. The node most people have had success with is... node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel The nodes I'm using at the moment are the one above and... node-red-contrib-alexa-remote-fork

Has this ever worked or did you just install it ? Did you follow the instructions here ?

Hi Dave Sorry, I know it's an old post but I have only just bought an Echo Dot and thought I would give some of the flows here a try. I have searched the library but cannot find the ip node. Would you please let me know what it is? I already track the temperature of my Pi's but I do the identifica…

I think the node I used was... [image] node-red-contrib-ip This node provides the IP address (internal & public) of the machine hosting the Node-red.

Great thread. Hope it's still being followed. I tried to implement the schema using node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel 5.0.50 and Blueprints Q&A skill. However, I found the following: When I ask a question to my custom Blueprint Q&A skill (or for that matter to any other skill), I get …

Hello - and welcome to the Forum. A few months back I had problems with getting reliable responses from Alexa, so I went down this route using Virtual Smart Home (VSH) node. [image] Alexa 'On Device Activity' not working General This option has been around for a while in …

Thought this may be worth a look node-red-contrib-dulonode (node) - Node-RED . Posting here as may be of interest to others. [edit] You will need a North American account to use it as of now. Hopefully the node developer will expand on this in the near future.

@E1cid thanks for posting this. It looks very interesting.

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Wow I heard back from them regarding the pricing, apparently it is per month

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