Issues with Alexa Connecting to Arduino

[pbakhtiari]

I am trying to connect my alexa to an arduino to control an EV charger with relays. I am trying to setup my arduino code so i can send a command to my alexa saying "Power my home with my EV." I believe i setup everything correctly but I cannot get the alexa app to find my arduino. Can you help me? Code Pasted Below.

My Code:

#include "thingProperties.h"

// Pin connected to the relay
const int relayPin = 7;

// Timing variables
unsigned long lastManualInteraction = 0;
const unsigned long manualOverrideTimeout = 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 2 hours in milliseconds

void setup() {
  // Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  delay(1500); 

  // Initialize the relay pin
  pinMode(relayPin, OUTPUT);

  // Set the relay to the correct state according to the schedule at startup
  updateRelayState();

  // Defined in thingProperties.h
  initProperties();

  // Connect to Arduino IoT Cloud
  ArduinoCloud.begin(ArduinoIoTPreferredConnection);

  setDebugMessageLevel(2);
  ArduinoCloud.printDebugInfo();
}

void loop() {
  ArduinoCloud.update();

  // Automatically resume schedule after 2 hours of no manual interaction
  if (millis() - lastManualInteraction > manualOverrideTimeout) {
    updateRelayState();
  }
}

void updateRelayState() {
  // Get the current local time in seconds since the Unix epoch
  unsigned long currentTime = ArduinoCloud.getLocalTime();

  // Convert seconds to a tm structure
  time_t rawTime = currentTime;
  struct tm *timeInfo = localtime(&rawTime);

  int currentHour = timeInfo->tm_hour;

  if (currentHour >= 7 && currentHour < 21) { 
    // Between 7 AM and 9 PM, the vehicle should be discharging (relay off)
    digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW);
    Serial.println("Vehicle is discharging, home is being powered by the EV.");
  } else { 
    // All other times, the vehicle should be charging (relay on)
    digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH);
    Serial.println("Vehicle is charging.");
  }
}

// Function called when ChargerFunction changes from the IoT Cloud dashboard or Alexa
void onChargerFunctionChange() {
  if (chargerFunction) {
    digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH);
    Serial.println("Charger turned on manually via dashboard or Alexa.");
  } else {
    digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW);
    Serial.println("Charger turned off manually via dashboard or Alexa.");
  }

  // Record the time of manual interaction
  lastManualInteraction = millis();
}

// Function called when the Alexa CloudSwitch changes
void onPowermyhomewithmyevChange() {
  if (powermyhomewithmyev) {
    digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW); // Turn off the relay to power the home with EV
    Serial.println("Alexa command: Powering home with EV.");
  } else {
    digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH); // Turn on the relay to start charging the EV
    Serial.println("Alexa command: Charging EV.");
  }

  // Record the time of manual interaction
  lastManualInteraction = millis();
}

Here are the thing properties:

// Code generated by Arduino IoT Cloud, DO NOT EDIT.

#include <ArduinoIoTCloud.h>
#include <Arduino_ConnectionHandler.h>

const char SSID[]     = SECRET_SSID;    // Network SSID (name)
const char PASS[]     = SECRET_OPTIONAL_PASS;    // Network password (use for WPA, or use as key for WEP)

void onPowermyhomewithmyevChange();
void onChargerFunctionChange();

CloudSwitch powermyhomewithmyev;
bool chargerFunction;

void initProperties(){

  ArduinoCloud.addProperty(powermyhomewithmyev, READWRITE, ON_CHANGE, onPowermyhomewithmyevChange);
  ArduinoCloud.addProperty(chargerFunction, READWRITE, ON_CHANGE, onChargerFunctionChange);

}

WiFiConnectionHandler ArduinoIoTPreferredConnection(SSID, PASS);