Let's set up your Alexa Echo for the first time. For the setup instructions, I will be using an Amazon Echo Dot.
- Using your browser, navigate to https://alexa.amazon.com. You can also download the Amazon Alexa application from your mobile device. For these instructions, I will be using Amazon Alexa on an Android phone.
The following screenshot shows the Amazon Alexa application from the Android marketplace:
Amazon Alexa Android application
- Sign in to your Amazon Alexa application using your Amazon developer account that you used to create the skill.
- Click on the Settings button located at the bottom right and then click on the BEGIN SETUP button.
- On the Choose a device to setup page, select your device. On the Choose language page, click Continue after choosing your language.
The following screenshot shows the Choose a device to setup page during the Amazon Echo setup:
Amazon Echo Setup - Choose Device Setup
- On Begin Echo Dot setup click the Connect to WiFi button.
- On the Wait for the orange light ring page, if you do not see the orange ring going around your Amazon Echo, hold the action button on your Amazon Echo for five seconds and then click Continue.
The following photo shows the action button on the Amazon Echo Dot:
Amazon Echo Setup - Reset
- You will be asked to manually connect to the Echo Dot via Wi-Fi on your phone. On Wi-Fi, select Amazon-XXX.
The following screenshot shows the Manually connect to Echo Dot page during the setup:
Amazon Echo setup - Manually connect to Echo Dot
- Once connected to Amazon-XXX Wi-Fi, Amazon Alexa will ask you to select the Wi-Fi that your Amazon Echo Dot should connect to. That's it! You have successfully connected your Amazon Echo to Wi-Fi. As a quick test, ask Alexa what's today's weather like and Alexa should provide you with today's weather.
- Since you logged in using the developer Amazon account that you used to set up your Alexa skill, your Cooking App skill will be ready to use on your Echo Dot. Simply ask Alexa, Alexa ask henry's kitchen I want to cook burger and Alexa will send a request to your custom web service endpoint and respond to you.