Which element to identify its activation comes from to prevent input pasthrough

[wongnam]

I have just want to know which element to identify its activation comes from to prevent input pasthrough
eg: to prevent input passthrough if the trigger from input node, of course
it will send the command if the trigger is from Alexa.

for example:

• in node-red-contrib-alexa-local i detect the topic is null or not to prevent input pass through.
  

• in node-red-contrib-homekit I detect the msg.hap.context is null or not to prevent input pass through.
  

[dermm]

Hi wongman!
I had semilar problems and decided me to break the passtrough. The Input on the Node is only serves updates the status in Alexa.
Her my fork https://github.com/dermm/node-red-contrib-amazon-echo
If you see the lines that have been changed, you could change it so that it is still passed through with an addition in the payload.

[Barabba11]

Hi dermm, thank you for the kind post and really welcome contribute!
Since the author here is not more present (we hope one day to see him back!) are you interested to keep developing his module?
Thank you

I created a list of desidered changes here, please have a look:
#17 (comment)

[wongnam]

Hi wongman!
I had semilar problems and decided me to break the passtrough. The Input on the Node is only serves updates the status in Alexa.
Her my fork https://github.com/dermm/node-red-contrib-amazon-echo
If you see the lines that have been changed, you could change it so that it is still passed through with an addition in the payload.

Thanks @dermm Good news. Let me try it now.

[wongnam]

@dermm how to install it(https://github.com/dermm/node-red-contrib-amazon-echo) on my Node-red?
I have just update by replace 2 files(Index.html and Index.js)
Please also PR to merge it into the original one. Thanks,

[wongnam]

@dermm It worked very well, good job. Thanks.
@datech appreciate if you merge this function to your code to improve the using experience.

Thanks.

[jgaret]

Hello, how did you manage to modify the files ?
If I do so in my node module, when I restart node red it states that the amazon echo nodes are not recognized.
Is there a command to update something to make it work ?

[wongnam]

Just replace 2 files then node-red-stop and node-red-start

[datech]

@wongnam, @dermm Can you confirm that #60 will resolve this?

[wongnam]

@datech Hi, I am afraid that I cannot check this node right now. I no longer use this node because it won't handle all my devices if it has more than 20 units.
BTW, Thank for the node.

[Barabba11]

I guess it's a big of echo, maybe you created names of devices too similar each other. Try to give short unique name, remove.all devices from Amazon account, remove echo from Amazon account, reset echo to factory, add it again and rediscover devices

[datech]

@wongnam, thanks for the info, I will close the issue then.

BTW, I've just done a test with 70 devices which my Echo Dot 3 managed to discover.