Norm

Today, I too upgrades my Z-Wave board from the 300 to 500 series, and updated the ISY from 4.7.1 to 5.3.0. I backed up the z-wave dongle and the ISY, as per instructions, but unfortunately the z-wave devices were a no show on the restore. I was getting an error message during restore saying could not open file to read conf/0013.czw. Although my z-wave devices were not showing up in the admin console, I had to exclude/remove the hidden devices from ISY. It was only after I removed these "ghost devices" could I then add them and have it show up in admin console. Luckily, I only had a dozen z-wave devices. My Insteon devices had no issues. All's well now, except sometime in the future I'll have to modify or delete some programs/scenes.

Thank you Paul, Not sure if this was the best way, but it works perfectly. I first created a program called HVAC Fan using the admin console, with "If" remaining blank (as you suggested) the "then" to set the HVAC fan mode to circulation (an intermittent on/off mode), and the "else" to set fan back to auto. I then added the program in the portal and used "fan" as the spoken word and the Alexa category device as a switch. I then went into the Alexa app to discover the new program, now I can say Alexa turn fan on, and the HVAC fan goes into circulation. Exactly what I desired. Telling Alexa to turn it off puts it back to auto. When I start adding my controls for the ceiling fans in the house, I'll probably amend the Alexa spoken word to house fan. I tried to see if I can do it from just the portal, but my thermostat shows up as a thermostat under Alexa category, which then limits it to specific voice commands, as what's found in the wiki. But like I said, I've accomplished what I wanted, so thanks again. Norm

Would it be possible to add commands for a thermostat's fan? Such as Alexa, set thermostat fan to on (or auto, circulation). I have a Honeywell Z-wave thermostat and I can set the "fan mode" to auto, on, circulation, no override, and override to off via the dashboard or admin console. I would like to use Alexa to set these through verbal commands, if the Alexa smart home skills allows it. Regards Norm