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-===== CONTROL OPENHAB ITEMS USING THE AMAZON ECHO =====+===== CONTROL OPENHAB ITEMS USING Alexa ===== 
 +Original blog is here: 
 +  * {{:2016:ha:alexa_openhab_echo.htm|Controlling OpenHab Items with Alexa}}
 ==== INTRODUCTION ==== ==== INTRODUCTION ====
 Having a digital personal assistant, like Jarvis from Iron Man, is the ultimate geek dream.  Over the past few years, most of the major tech companies have attempted to turn this dream into reality.  Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana, and Google has Google Now.  Even some smaller companies have tried their hand:  SoundHound recently launched their Hound app which focuses on natural language processing and a speedy response to your queries.  All of these companies have something in common, though.  They’re all focused on using your mobile phone as the input device. Having a digital personal assistant, like Jarvis from Iron Man, is the ultimate geek dream.  Over the past few years, most of the major tech companies have attempted to turn this dream into reality.  Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana, and Google has Google Now.  Even some smaller companies have tried their hand:  SoundHound recently launched their Hound app which focuses on natural language processing and a speedy response to your queries.  All of these companies have something in common, though.  They’re all focused on using your mobile phone as the input device.
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 No problem! I’m glad it helped. As far as editing the device list for the Bridge, the honest answer is I don’t know. I did my initial setup and have mostly left it alone since then. I may pore over the source code and look for the answer. The only time I’ve spent in the source code thus far was to figure out how to change the listening port. No problem! I’m glad it helped. As far as editing the device list for the Bridge, the honest answer is I don’t know. I did my initial setup and have mostly left it alone since then. I may pore over the source code and look for the answer. The only time I’ve spent in the source code thus far was to figure out how to change the listening port.
  
-All of the commenters have made one thing clear… I’m way behind some of you in home automation! Good luck with your sprinkler system! +All of the commenters have made one thing clear… I’m way behind some of you in home automation! Good luck with your sprinkler system!\\
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-Spencer says: +
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-Hi Gang, +
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-So getting *some* progress here, but had a few questions about the mechanics of device entry: +
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-1) So let’s say you make a “boo boo” while entering a device…is there a way to “delete” it from the bridge? +
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-2) Also, does Postman want fully-qualified URLs with codes, or will it accept quotes, spaces, etc. verbatim? +
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-Thanks, +
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-Spencer says: +
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-Learned a lot in this process and am answering my own questions for those who may have similar questions: +
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-1) The only real way to do it is to open the Echo App, go to Settings–>Connected Home, and scroll to the bottom. Hit “Forget All Devices” (don’t worry, it will preserve persistent devices like *actual* HUE hardware). Then you can start over with posting the soft devices. +
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-2) Definitely fully-qualified *localhost* URLs (not on port 8080), with codes in place of special characters. +
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-Example: “onUrl” : “http://localhost/ph-cgi/formula?formula=ph_macroparm(%27IRR_ON_MANUAL%27,6,15,0,0,0)” +
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-Thanks for the tutorial!+
  
 Other people probably figured out how to have Alexa dim lights without needing it explained to them, but I thought I would comment and potentially save someone some time: Other people probably figured out how to have Alexa dim lights without needing it explained to them, but I thought I would comment and potentially save someone some time:
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