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In my case, because the HTTPS connection is quite noticeably slower and with a complex Mobilinc profile it becomes to slow for regular use around the house. When away, having to wait 10-15 seconds to check the status once in a while is fine. -Xathros

Because the credentials are different when using the portal and Mobilinc only allows one set of credentials per profile. -Xathros

Hi Chuck, I don't have an answer for you but I can sympathize. Mine crashes during the "Parsing Address ..." phase rather than hanging. I have gone back to regular HTTPS and HTTP for remote/local operation as I use mine both in and out of the house regularly and switching profiles would be too much of a hassle. -Xathros

Barry- I believe Lee's point was that this is an Insteon protocol limitation, not an ISY specific limitation. -Xathros

I believe so but the timing may be such that the ISY is capable of detecting the dupes. As apostolakisl mentioned above, there have been some releases where the ISY would see and act on both receives. My motion counters would double up in these instances. What I am referring to above is single broadcast messages from a device like a dual band switchlinc dimmer taking different paths and arriving at the PLM spaced far enough apart for them to appear as separate messages rather than duplicates to be ignored. -Xathros

I still see this on occasion but have chalked it up to multiple paths of communication resulting in duplicate messages received by the ISY/PLM. An Off received over the power line that turns off my bedroom light then the same Off received moments later via RF after making a few hops and crossing the phase bridge triggering my "Off when Off" trap. Only solution would be for the ISY to wait longer (continue to reject duplicates for a longer period) but then we might miss real commands in higher frequency applications (have to wait longer between paddle presses to use the double off or double on as opposed to fast off/on). -Xathros

It does work as you describe with the emulator. Initially it wasn't clear that you were referring to the mic on the remote. -Xathros

Doesn't seem to work that way for me. I always need to say "Alexa, turn on the..." -Xathros EDIT: As Jon pointed out above, you can issue the commands without the wake word if waking the echo with her remote button. I suspect this is what Stu meant.

Well, it saved me the worst of the work I though I would need to do! Not only did I not need to pull the fan down to deal with this, I was able to accomplish the whole procedure remotely! -Xathros

All set. Removed and re-added. Had to add the Fan and Light back to the various scenes they were previously members of. Did NOT have to fix the programs as after adding the devices back with exactly the same names they had, the programs all continued to show the devices after adding them back. Thanks Lee, Michel and the rest that chimed in on this. -Xathros

Duh. Thanks Lee. Guess I've spent too much time recently dealing with wireless devices... Now all I need to do is search out what scenes and programs will need to be adjusted after the delete and add. -Xathros

Thanks Michel, Turns out, this is the one device that is the hardest to deal with in my entire installation. Its the fanlinc in my MBR fan. I had a hell of a time stuffing that into the box as the fan has a very small canopy and the bracket fills most of it. Funny thing is, this device appears to be working just fine. Guess I have another project for this weekend. Hope I can get to the set button without having to pull the fanlinc out of the box. -Xathros

Hi Paul- I more suspect just a corrupted file than an actual problem with the SD card. Its not that old and I doubt I'm anywhere near is max number of writes at this point. -Xathros

Hello, I am seeing a lot of this: Mon 2015/11/16 11:42:28 PM System -110014 /CONF/149DAC.REC in my error log lately. It is always with this one file. What is this file? I'm thinking it may be a network resource rule but I'm not sure. If it is, is there any way to tell what rule ID it belongs to? Is it safe to delete? Thanks in advance. -Xathros

That is excellent news and a far cry from the days when Amazon wouldn't even acknowledge UDI's existence. Lets hope this is the beginnings of a good working relationship between UDI and Amazon. -Xathros

Well, you can use the portal for remote access to your ISY without the need for port forwarding in your router. -Xathros

You most certainly can, however, that doesn't solve the problem here. He is using a single Lamplink with multiple scenes each using a different OnLevel to control MANY activities. Off only has a single OnLevel of 0% How to know which activity the single Off is directed at? There are 100 (or 255 depending on how you get there) flavors of "on" but only 1 flavor of "Off" -Xathros

The portal does not offer anything currently for integration with Sonos. You would continue to use network resources for that. The Portal will allow integration with Amazon echo once the skill is approved and published by Amazon (hopefully within 10-ish days based on other threads) and may offer IFTTT integration somewhere further down the line. No other integrations have been announced that I am aware of. -Xathros

Hi Chuck- The only solution I see would be to set your programs up using integer variables to toggle the activity with each "Scene On" call and not use Off at all. While not a perfect solution, I think it's better than what you are currently doing and would double the total number of possible activities available via the single lamplinc. To accomplish this, your programs would need to set the lamplinc back to Off after toggling so that the same scene can be called a second time and result in a change of status at the lamplinc. Example Code: If Status 'Lamplinc' is 50% And $i.FamTV is 0 Then Resource 'AVControl - FR DirecTV DVR On' Resource 'AVControl - FR Onkyo On' Resource 'AVControl - FR Samsung TV On' $i.FamTV = 1 Set 'Lamplinc' Off Else (nothing to see here) If Status 'Lamplinc' is 50% And $i.FamTV is 1 Then Resource 'AVControl - FR DirecTV DVR Off' Resource 'AVControl - FR Onkyo Off' Resource 'AVControl - FR Samsung TV Off' $i.FamTV = 0 Set 'Lamplinc' Off Else (nothing to see here) Thoughts? -Xathros

Big517- Answers depend on your route. Currently, you can set up the WeMo or Hue emulators using info found in this thread. That method does require a middleman computer like a Pi or an always on Windoze box. This method does not require the portal. If you wait for the ISY Connected Home/Skill to be approved, then you will need the portal but there won't be a need for a middleman computer or any of the emulators and mapping tools in this thread and setup is expected to be very straight forward using the Spoken name field for scenes/devices and program names all taken straight from the ISY. For the going the Pi route, I believe there is only one REQUIRED piece (The emulator). The mapping tool while not REQUIRED, does make set up MUCH easier. The mapper is not running full time - just used for configuration via a Windoze box. The emulator runs full time on either Windoze or a Pi. Hope that helps. -Xathros

This is a good reason for using Lamplincs in place of Range Extenders for a phase bridge (as @Teken regularly recommends)... Pseudo virtual devices.

Not given the current unknown situation with the wiring. At a minimum, you would need 3 insulated conductors running from the switch box to the fan box (assuming the power was available in the fan box). -Xathros

Just got distracted by the day job and spaced the fact that the scene name was the interface to the Alexa command... Glad I could be of assistance! -Xathros

In this case there MUST be a third location(Second switch location or junction box) that both the wall box and ceiling box run to and gather power from. I still have a sneaky feeling that there are more wires in the ceiling box. Can you pull the fan bracket and look further up into that ceiling hole? -Xathros

So between my initial concept and the 2nd rev using different On-Levels, I managed to completely miss the whole point of my point! Of course this will work! Feeling a bit like an idiot.... -Xathros