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So on an ISY network resource from one ISY to another that currently works, I copy and paste the "URL to ISY" into the "Host" section, and leave all else the same? Including the "authorization"? Is this in the wiki? I didn't see it, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.

I'd like to send a REST command to the ISY through the portal. I have two ISY's at different locations and they send some info back and forth. Currently using my self-signed certificate to do this. But now that I have portal, I would like to close the port forwarding and go through the portal. The only way I see to do this is via IFTTT (though I'm not even positive on that since I haven't actually tried it), but that just adds a whole other step and confusion. I can turn the GeoFence nodes on/off via a URL that the portal generates. I would very much like URL's that can control other nodes/variables/programs/etc.

If you are doing this from a webbrowser, you only need to put credentials in once. After that, the session does not require you repeat the credentials for further queries. If you are doing this from outside your LAN, using http is wide open. Your user/credentials will be wide open to anyone who wants to intercept your traffic. This is easy pickin if you are on a public wifi. You need to setup https on your ISY.

The wiki doesn't point out that for every change you make to your echo configuration on the portal, you have to "discover devices" from the echo. For someone like me who has already configured the Google home and used the update button on the portal, this is not at all intuitive. The "live update" button would seem to be declaring itself as updating echo as you make changes, when in fact it is not. The wiki only says this about that button: Proactive State Update This will require the live update to be active. When you go to your Amazon Echo device list, make sure to enable the Live Update -- NOTE: This may not be working properly at this time I'm not even sure what the above means or if it is currently working or not. And if it needs to be on, why do we even have the option of turning it off? IN SUMMARY: 1) Wiki needs to document language for using inputs on AV 2) Wiki needs to explain what the live update button is for in more clear terms. I don't know why echo needs to receive status updates from my devices. Does that mean if I manually turn a light on, echo knows it? 3) Wiki needs to point out that for any and all changes to your echo configuration in the portal, you need to "discover devices", even if you haven't added any devices.

OK, I see where to hover now. Still, should put the language in the wiki. This stinkin language is quite specific and so hard to remember. Seriously, it is like the SNL skit where the old people keep yelling crap at their alexa.

Ive tried hovering over every different thing there is and I don't get any dialogue boxes. Using Chrome.

Yeaahhhh! It is the word "change" I needed. Need to add that to the wiki.

I kind of realized that after I unlinked the device and realized you had to do the discover. But still, nothing on input selection. I have changed the volume and turned it on/off, but no input. Alexa says stuff like that device can't do that or hmmmm . . .

OK, but I still did "forget" and discover, the device is there on the alexa app.

The device is there and other features work. I am trying things like "alexa set input to satellite on device" and "alexa set device input to satellite" I'm feeling like that SNL skit here.

I have toggled the live update, I have gone in and "forgotten" the AV device and re-discovered.

I"ve tried all kinds of things from just numbers (numerals or written out) to things like satellite and CD and seedee.

I'm having trouble getting the AV inputs to work. What is the correct language? The wiki does not include the language for inputs.

I added an AV device to my Alexa without any errors in the process. But it didn't work. I finally unlinked then relinked it and now it works.

You are correct, it has been quite some time since most (maybe all) Insteon devices required a reboot after setting up links.

I don't know if anyone else has had this. But yesterday when I started to mess around with some new stuff, Google home wasn't synced. When I went to save my changes, I got an error that it failed authentication. I hadn't made any changes to anything, so I don't know why this would have happened. I also found that one of my google home commands was missing from list and none of the remaining ones worked until I resynced.

I have taken a different approach to this since the UDI geo-fence app simply isn't working in its current form. I have set Tasker's (android app) http post function to issue the url provided by the portal, to the portal to execute the in/out state of my phone for my two geo-fenced locations (home/work). Instead of using gps location, Tasker is triggered by my phones wifi status. Connecting to my work wifi sets my work geo fence as "true", Disconnecting does the opposite, and the same for my home wifi. I have used it for 2 days now and it has worked properly. It also has a borderline zero battery draw whereas gps geo-fencing is not insignificant. To add to the fun, I have an ISY program which triggers upon home becoming true/false which sends a network resource command to my PC running EventGhost. EventGhost runs an Autohotkey script which opens Google Voice on the computers web browser and sets my calls to forward/not forward to my home phone as appropriate. Unfortunately, I used to have a plugin for Tasker which would directly tell Google Voice to forwared/not forward, but Google changed the API and kept it secret . .. so Autohotkey pretending to be a real live person web-surfing is it for now. To summarize: phone wifi -> Tasker -> ISY Portal -> ISY Node change -> ISY Program runs network resource -> Event Ghost -> Autohotkey -> Google Voice All that just to get a phone to ring or not ring.

I'm speaking theoretically here since I haven't tried this, but the portal does support reporting theremostat temps upon a logical statement listed as "what is the inside temperature". The logic does fail since the pool is not "inside". I also don't know what it does if you have more than one thermostat since that command as listed in the wiki includes no mention of the device name. I have seen hacks where people have adapted ISY linkable thermostats to read temps from liquids.

I also realized that the geo-fence is also a node. So I have two nodes, CAI webcontrol and Geo-Fence.

Any word on this getting fixed? The geo-fence just doesn't update unless I open the app.

the log was about 5.5 and the error about 4.5

My only node server is the webcontrol using ioguy's program running on a pc. I'll send the error log. EDIT: Email to you bounced. Not sure if you have a size limit? The two files were about 10 MB combined. I'll try one at a time. OK, got it. You swapped the i and v in universal devices and I had cut and pasted it.

I have been running 5.x.x since the very beginning. Not every version. This is the first I have had this happen and I am running 5.0.13 since a few days after it was put out.

I pulled the log. The ISY rebooted at 10:03:18 WebControl8 Status 1 Sat 2018/08/04 10:02:53 PM System Log 0 null Sat 2018/08/04 10:03:18 PM System Start WebControl8 Status -1 Sat 2018/08/04 10:03:44 PM System Log