Help: Alexa events to Node-Red how to enable WsMQTT?

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Someone gifted an LED light strip that unfortunately is Wifi only, and does not have an open API. It does at least integrate with Alexa through a skill. I might decipher the API eventually to share with everyone but in the meantime I am trying to do my first integration through Node-Red/Alexa. I got it so I can change a virtual device in HE and it sends the corresponding command to Alexa working great.

The part where I am stuck is capturing when the device is changed via direct commands outside of HE (Alexa or its own remote control or app). I think for this palette I am using I need to use this "Alexa Event" node, but it says MQTT must be enabled for my account. Problem is I cannot find any info on how to enable this so the MQTT events get sent to Node-Red. Right now I just have it tied to a debug logger and nothing comes through.

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Here is my working sync from Hubitat > Alexa (my first Flow besides my influxDb logger)

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Found a workaround for now, realized the device (made by LE LampUX) is a Tuya device. So I re-registered it under the "Smart Life" app and then used this driver to get it working in Hubitat. [BETA] Tuya Cloud Driver (Limited device support)

Still using cloud but better than nothing for now. I think I could have even kept it in the LampUX app, as it is just a clone of the Tuya app. Also I now think I could put the Tasmota firmware on this thing eventually if I want to get it off the cloud.

ANYWAY.... I still want to get the original proposition working because I also have two Bluetooth bulbs that ONLY connect to Alexa, so if I can figure this out I can add them to HE through Node-Red without doing a bunch of routines in Alexa to control a virtual device (annoying).