Amazon Alexa app fails to discover devices using Emulated_Hue integration

@123 wrote:

Perhaps I’ve missed some important concept because I thought it would be a cakewalk to setup the Emulated Hue integration. Nevertheless, despite all my efforts, attempts to discover new devices via the Alexa app result in finding none.

In configuration.yaml:

emulated_hue:
  host_ip: <MyServerIP>
  listen_port: 80
  expose_by_default: false
  entities:
    light.kitchen:
      name: "Kitchen Light"
      hidden: false
    light.family:
      name: "Family Light"
      hidden: false

Home Assistant 0.103.2 is running in a venv so I’ve executed setcap as per the documentation

sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/bin/python3.7

and I confirmed the service is alive by browsing to this URL:

http://<MyServerIP>:80/api/pi/lights

It returns JSON data containing the lights I specified in configuration.yaml.

It seems to me all the needed pieces are in place. Using the Alexa app on my phone, I instruct it to discover devices (Add Device > Other > Discover Devices) and, after a 45-second wait, it returns and reports it found none.

I have a few Ecobee Switch+ devices with built-in Amazon Alexa. They have most of the capabilities of an Amazon Echo Dot. If I tell one to “Discover Devices”, it promptly replies it found none.

So where’s my mistake? Can the Alexa app be used to discover devices generated by Emulated Hue? Do I need a genuine Amazon Echo to discover devices?

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