Q&A (FAQ)

How do I upgrade AlexaPi?

1. Go to your installation directory, which is /opt/AlexaPi by default:

cd /opt/AlexaPi

2. Pull from the repo:

sudo git pull

3. Run the setup script again
    ```
sudo ./src/scripts/setup.sh

3. Start with a fresh config or update your configuration file - consult the config.template.yaml, CHANGELOG.md and Configuration changes wiki page.

How do I uninstall AlexaPi?

1. To be nice to AlexaPi, first stop it & disable it:

sudo systemctl disable AlexaPi.service sudo systemctl stop AlexaPi.service

2. Remove AlexaPi:
    ```
sudo rm -rf /opt/AlexaPi

# For systemd install:
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/AlexaPi.service.d/
sudo rm /usr/lib/systemd/system/AlexaPi.service

# For classic init install:
sudo rm /var/log/AlexaPi.log
sudo rm /etc/init.d/AlexaPi

systemctl daemon-reload

3. (optional) Remove all configuration:

sudo rm -rf /etc/opt/AlexaPi

### How to try the dev branch

After you have done the `sudo git clone ...` do

cd /opt/AlexaPi git checkout dev

and then run install normally. It is highly recommended you use a new config. Otherwise, you'd have to manually update your config, which can be much more difficult.

### Does AlexaPi support Amazon Music?
Yes, but you have to apply at [Amazon Developer](https://developer.amazon.com) portal for permission. You'll find that in your device setting - same as when you registered the device.

### Can I switch the language to German, etc?
Not currently. (or at least we're not aware of such option)

### Can I discover my devices with AlexaPi like with Echo?
No. AVS API doesn't have a way to connect the devices to Amazon. You can probably still do this by setting up your own Alexa skills, but that's a different thing than AlexaPi.
AlexaPi will allow you to control your devices such as Hue provided you also have a genuine Echo in the network which acts as a gateway between the Alexa service and your Hue bridge.

### How do I change my location, time zone, units, ...?
This is not up to us. Do that over at Amazon: https://alexa.amazon.com 

### Why do I see the AlexaPi device offline in the Alexa app? / Why do I get "Timers and alarms are not currently supported on this device"?
Because we use the old AVS API. This will change when we suport the new API.