Running the Amazon Alexa Controlled Robot Updated IFTTT Error

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I have finished al the steps and am trying to run the demo: Here are my steps:

Start AlexaPi - no problem, Alexa responds
Start Ngrok with: sudo ~/ngrok/ngrok http 59561bf1.ngrok.io:80 -log=stdout > log.txt &
Log Shows:
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg="no configuration paths supplied"
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg=“ignoring default config path, could not stat it” path=/root/.ngrok2/ngrok.yml err="stat /root/.ngrok2/ngrok.yml: no such file or directory"
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg=“run component” obj=controller comp="signal handler"
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg=“run component” obj=controller comp=updater
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg=“run component” obj=controller comp=web
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg=“run component” obj=controller comp="Tunnel session"
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg=“run component” obj=controller comp="memory storage"
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=warn msg=“can’t bind default web address, trying alternatives” obj=web addr=127.0.0.1:4040
t=2017-06-26T18:37:11-0400 lvl=info msg=“starting web service” obj=web addr=127.0.0.1:4042
t=2017-06-26T18:37:12-0400 lvl=info msg=“tunnel session started” obj=tunSess
t=2017-06-26T18:37:12-0400 lvl=info msg=“client session established” obj=csess id=87f1f3e85078

Start Flask Server; sudo python alexabot-flask-app.py

Ask Alexa Trigger Backward
Alexa Responds Sending to IFTTT

IFTTT Shows::
Applet skipped
Jun 26 - 6:37 PM
Amazon Alexa
Maker Webhooks
Unable to make web request: Error:ETIMEDOUT

Any ideas where to go from here?

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Tough question. Can you provide a snapshot of your IFTT configuration? Are there differences from our tutorial?

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Resolved the problem and got it to work. Hard to explain. Dealt with tunnel Ngrok generated and how to enter it right. You may want to show example on doing this vs. using your subdomain.

Hank Poletto

hpoletto@cfl.rr.com

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