Where is 4.8?

[Dean Roddey]

ok, that makes sense. Config example for light on/off?

Do you have the sample handlers working, the logging one, say, so that you know you have gotten the whole end to end thing set up correctly?

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Do you have the sample handlers working, the logging one, say, so that you know you have gotten the whole end to end thing set up correctly?

No luck so far; I can't load the config by speaking although I can by typing into the Amazon test box. But unable to get any other command recognized using either method.

[Dean Roddey]

Do you see anything being logged when you do it? What do you get spoken back to you when it fails? What does your config file look like and what are you speaking?

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Do you see anything being logged when you do it? What do you get spoken back to you when it fails? What does your config file look like and what are you speaking?

I'm getting CQC log entries when typing in commands, none using echo verbally.

"sorry I don't understand the command"

I'm saying "Alexa tell CQC to load configuration" and "Alexa tell CQC to Run Tray light", a simple global action to turn on a light.

EchoConfig
MyKey=FEDCBA
EndEchoConfig

RunMap
EndRunMap

SetMap
Action=\User\Echo\tray light
tray light
EndAction
EndSetMap

QueryMap


EndQueryMap

[Dean Roddey]

'Run' maps to the RunMap section, not the SetMap section, so it's not going to find it where you have it now.

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I see the text is in the wrong section....doh. It now works but only by typing.

changed to this:

EchoConfig
MyKey=FEDCBA
EndEchoConfig

RunMap
Action=\User\Echo\tray light
tray light
EndAction
EndRunMap

SetMap
EndSetMap

QueryMap
EndQueryMap

[Dean Roddey]

If it works by typing it, but not by saying it, it's most likely because the Echo is hearing something different from what you are saying. Look at what is being logged. I think the web server still logs all of the incoming Echo requests. You will probably see that it's not what you said.

Doing the training that I recommended in the document will help. Also, if you bring up the app or the echo web site you can see there what text is actually coming in, and you can tell it whether that's right or not, which I guess also helps train it.

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She seems to understand what I'm saying. The CQC log only shows typed requests , none of the verbal.

This is copy and paste from the app:

Tell c. q. c. to load configuration
Sorry, I couldn't find the answer to your question.

[Dean Roddey]

Sorry, I couldn't find the answer to your question is from Alexa herself. What did you set as your trigger word? Was it CQC? Also, don't talk slowly like it's dumb. I have a habit of doing that, but it makes things worse. Anyway, it didn't recognize your keyword and tried to process it as a standard command, which wasn't recognized.

Try setting the skill's trigger word to something else, like Control, and try it again.

[Dean Roddey]

I have issues, for instance, with something like Away Mode. It will often interpret that almost always as 'a way mode'. So I have to add that as a variation to look for.

Where the Echo is probably makes a difference. YOu probably don't want to (despite its name) put it somewhere with lot of echos or reverb, since it will probably confuse it it more. And you should train it from a distance that you would normally be using it from as well, and don't do the 'kiddie talk' thing when you train it. All those things helped mine do better.