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I upgraded from 4.8 and for the most part I think it looks good, however I am noticing some strangeness with my programs. I have a series of programs that are used to operate my vertical blinds that are controlled via Insteon switches, and read state from an integer variable. Initially after the upgrade they seemed to execute and read/set the state variable as expected, but they would not operate the Insteon switches. What ended up fixing it was going through each program step and clicking 'Update', then clicking 'Save Changes'. What's interesting, is when I saved, it seemed to enumerate all the other programs and refresh the status. After that the blinds programs are working, however I haven't tested everything else yet. I am not certain at this point if I really needed to update each program step, or if it would have been enough just to save changes. The other remaining bit of weirdness that I'm seeing is that the displayed program state, both in the Summary and Details view, does not seem to be refreshing in real time. Although it's been awhile since I was in here, I don't recall that being an issue in 4.8. In 5.3 I'm finding that the state updates correctly when I manually Run (If), but I have some programs that call other programs, etc. and the displayed status seems now to get out of whack. Things seem to be running correctly, so I think at this point it is just a display issue in the Admin Console, but I thought I would mention it anyway.

I have an Insteon 2441TH Thermostat v.10 (as reported by the admin console) and I have an issue where the current temperature being reported by the ISY is not always accurate. I read somewhere (unfortunately can't find the exact source) that it possibly doesn't always push temperature updates, and the solution was to write a program to query it periodically, which I did. At first it looked as though this solved my problem, but upon further investigation it looks like the current temperature is only being updated while the unit is switched to heat/cool/auto mode. When the mode is 'off', even after querying the unit it only shows the temperature that the unit was at the last time it was switched on. Is there any way to reliably get the current temp from this regardless of whether a mode is active or not? I have just migrated from the Insteon Hub to an ISY994i and when using the Hub & accompanying Insteon apps the current temperature was always available, so I have to believe that it gets reported somehow, regardless of what mode is active. Any insight will be greatly appreciated!

Yeah, I noticed the new Alexa app this morning as I quickly wanted to rediscover my ISY devices and try Benoit's fix before leaving for work. Needless to say, I wasn't thrilled about not being able to find the 'Discover-All' button, but then I had the bright idea to ask Alexa to "discover my devices", which worked.

Also fixed it for me. That's what I call a great response! Thanks Benoit!

Thanks for the reply. I tried all that you suggested, also creating new routines, etc., but I'm still having the issue. What it really seems like is happening, is that when the routine invokes the scene, it turns on all the lights in that scene before it turns them off. I didn't previously notice that it was actually all scene members flashing on. And to confirm, it works just fine when I turn off the scene outside of the routine. Very frustrating, because it worked with the Insteon Hub, and I'm quite surprised nobody else has encountered this.

Thanks Michel, makes sense now!

Hi All, I have an Insteon 2441TH Thermostat which I want to control via my Echos. When adding this device to the ISY, it creates three nodes, one labeled "Main", one "Cool ctl" and one "Heat ctl". From what I've seen so far, pretty much everything I need to do with the thermostat can be controlled via the "Main" node, and I added this as an Echo device. From this I can use Alexa to change the temperature setpoint if a mode has been activated, and I can ask for the temperature at the unit. My question: What are the "Cool ctl" and "Heat ctl" nodes for? Should I also add them to the Echo configuration, and if so what voice commands do they provide? Do these allow me to turn 'Heat' and 'Cool' modes on and off via voice? Thanks!

Hi All, I have just migrated my Insteon devices from the Insteon Hub to an ISY. Nearly everything went smoothly and I'm loving the upgrade so far. I have run into a strange hitch with an Alexa routine, however. I have a very basic "Alexa, good night" routine setup to do two things, first it turns off the TV & other entertainment center devices via a Harmony Hub. Second, it turns off an Insteon Scene called, "All Indoor Lights" which should be self explanatory. It works as expected, *except* that there are several lights in the scene which flash on to full brightness just prior to shutting off, whether or not they were on when I run the routine. To add to the mystery, if I turn off the scene by voice by just saying "Alexa, turn off all indoor lights", the scene works perfectly. This is only happening when running the routine. Another thing to note is that I had the same scene and Alexa routine setup when I was using the Insteon Hub, and it worked perfectly. I have also noticed that when I ran the routine prior to migrating to the ISY, Alexa gave a verbal "OK" response, but that isn't happening now. I should also add that when I migrated to the ISY I cleared the Link Tables of all devices, so there shouldn't be anything funky going on with that. Any insight on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!