Use the Hosted Instance

The hosted instance is run/ funded by me personally. It's a reasonable endeavours affair in that I offer no warranty (or SLA) around its availability nor around any impact that its lack of availability may cause you. You consume this service at your own risk.

You can donate towards the running costs of the hosted service:

To get up and running you need to complete the following actions - note I currently need your email address to add access to the skill, this is simply because the skill is still in development.

1. Request extension of the v3 skill to your Amazon account - please ensure you supply the email address that you use with your Amazon account/ Echo devices
2. Create an account on the Node-RED bridge
3. Link the skill with your Amazon account via the Alexa App
4. Define devices on the Node-RED bridge, for example:

5. Discover devices in the Alexa App/ using the "Alexa, discover devices" voice command
6. Install Node-RED nodes for the bridge add-on either:
   • Using the command: npm i nod-red-contrib-alexa-smart-home
   • Using the palette look for "nod-red-contrib-alexa-smart-home"
7. Configure Flows within Node-RED, there are examples in the Wiki - you'll need to define a configuration, ensure you use the following hostnames for Web API and MQTT:
   • MQTT hostname: mq-alexav3.cb-net.co.uk
   • Web API hostname: nr-alexav3.cb-net.co.uk