HowTo: Voice control of BCS with Amazon Alexa
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Re: HowTo: Voice control of BCS with Amazon Alexa
It will jump right to it. Tapping any state of a non-running process in the web GUI will also start the process directly at that state.
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I simply put in the port that was listed on the BCS under network settings? is there something else I need to do?
and also not sure what to put in the line for "BCS credentials"?
right now its hardlined into my 16 port GB switch, which gets tied to the ATT Modem. Everything is hardwired through the switch, my server, my desktop PC, BCS etc..
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Re: HowTo: Voice control of BCS with Amazon Alexa
Yes, you need to setup the port forwarding.
Are you using authentication for your BCS? If so, that goes into the BCS credentials.
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Ok, i looked up PF, seems simple enough. Do i just need to PF for the switch? or both the switch and the modem as well?
If you mean do i sign into BCS? no, I just type in the IP address, do i need to remove that line in the code?
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Simple enough until expose your network to the internet! I mean this with all due respect, but this is probably the time you take a moment to do some additional reading and understanding on opening ports on your router and make sure you really know what you're doing.
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I am also having some issues following the instructions.
I tried to simplfy any changes I made so I only changed a little of the Alexa_BCS_V2-beta. I have been attempting to try to get it to work for a while on my own but have reached an impasse as I do not understand what I am doing wrong. I do have my BCS setup for Remote Access on my router and it is password protected. In the sample I did change it a little rather than putting out the real port and password.
I tried to follow the AWS inststructions. I used the Process 0 Turn on code that you gave as an example to test. Any ideas?
I tried to simplfy any changes I made so I only changed a little of the Alexa_BCS_V2-beta. I have been attempting to try to get it to work for a while on my own but have reached an impasse as I do not understand what I am doing wrong. I do have my BCS setup for Remote Access on my router and it is password protected. In the sample I did change it a little rather than putting out the real port and password.
I tried to follow the AWS inststructions. I used the Process 0 Turn on code that you gave as an example to test. Any ideas?
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Re: HowTo: Voice control of BCS with Amazon Alexa
Oakbarn - your Lambda configuration settings look fine.
On the host var, you can't use the 192.168.0.211 address - that is your internal network address. You need to point it to your external IP address. Your router port forwarding handles getting the data to the 192.168.0.211 address. Communication does not come from your internal Alexa device - it comes from the external Amazon servers running your Lambda function.
On the host var, you can't use the 192.168.0.211 address - that is your internal network address. You need to point it to your external IP address. Your router port forwarding handles getting the data to the 192.168.0.211 address. Communication does not come from your internal Alexa device - it comes from the external Amazon servers running your Lambda function.
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Yahoo! I turned on Process 0! Simple as Public IP Address. Makes since but I did not think about it since I was sitting in front of my computer on my local network. Did not think about going external to get back in. Now just have to change the js for more friendlynames and figure the trigger!
BTW: What is the friendly description used for?
BTW: What is the friendly description used for?
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I finally got it!! I tried to send msgs to both of you... but they are stuck in outbox??
i did have to open port 80, I will close it now that i know it will work... how do you fwd to a higher port number like you suggested?
my issue was i entered the IP in the wrong place... once i saw how oakbarn did, it worked just fine...
i did have to open port 80, I will close it now that i know it will work... how do you fwd to a higher port number like you suggested?
my issue was i entered the IP in the wrong place... once i saw how oakbarn did, it worked just fine...
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Sent a PM on how to set the Portwyowolf wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:11 pmI finally got it!! I tried to send msgs to both of you... but they are stuck in outbox??
i did have to open port 80, I will close it now that i know it will work... how do you fwd to a higher port number like you suggested?
my issue was i entered the IP in the wrong place... once i saw how oakbarn did, it worked just fine...