From aa9d6902ccb0683ff3ce329874059bdd0d0c54c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: KD4SIR Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:32:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Newer Alexa devices require port 80 (#10399) * Newer Alexa devices require port 80 Added a note because the new Alexa devices add each entity as a light by default resulting in "value is out of range for device..." and the fix for it found in the forums. * :pencil2: Tweak --- source/_components/emulated_hue.markdown | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_components/emulated_hue.markdown b/source/_components/emulated_hue.markdown index fc09d9259f5..88337c748d7 100644 --- a/source/_components/emulated_hue.markdown +++ b/source/_components/emulated_hue.markdown @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ It is recommended to assign a static IP address to the computer running Home Ass Both Google Home and Alexa use the device they were initially set up with for communication with `emulated_hue`. In other words: if you remove/replace this device you will also break `emulated_hue`. To recover your `emulated_hue` functionality, backup your `config/emulated_hue_ids.json` file, delete the original one and reboot your Home Assistant instance. +If you added or upgraded to a newer Alexa device and devices are not found, you must change to listen_port: 80. If Alexa responds with "value is out of range for device..." it means switches were automatically added as lights in discovery. Remove each device in the Alexa app. Turn on all the switches in Home Assistant. In the Alexa app go to "Add New Device" select "Switch" and then "other" to add them correctly. + ### Configuration @@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ host_ip: required: false type: string listen_port: - description: The port the Hue bridge API web server will run on. This can be any free port on your system. + description: "The port the Hue bridge API web server will run on. This can be any free port on your system. However, all new Alexa devices require listen_port: 80." required: false type: integer default: 8300