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@MWareman, this change is now in production. You can use the same spoken as long as they are in a different room. Can you test it and see if this works well for you? Benoit

Well, you can leave it as an Alexa scene, and control the scene in the routine. The Alexa app however only allow to turn on the scene. It does not support turning off the scene at this time. If you need to be able to turn off a scene, the work-around is to expose it as a device. Benoit

Thanks for reporting this. This is now fixed. An ISY scene exposed as an Alexa light | switch | outlet can now be used in a routine. Please note that if it is exposed as a light, this will give you the option to set the Alexa device to an absolute percentage. Of course, ISY scenes do not support this, so if the percentage is >= 50%, it will be turned on, otherwise it will be turned off. Also, an ISY scene exposed as an Alexa scene can also be used in a routine. However, it can only be activated (turned on). It can't be deactivated (turned off). Whenever Amazon adds the capability to deactivate/turn off the scene , this will work with ISY Portal. The scene is already marked as supporting deactivation. In order to support scenes in routines, I had to do a breaking change and remove the capability to brighten/dim an Alexa scene. I think this is better in the long run. Ref: Benoit

Hello everyone, From now on, Alexa scenes can no longer be brightened/dimmed. If you used to brighten/dim your scene, edit your scene in ISY Portal, and change the Alexa category to "Light". This will make your ISY scene behave like a light to Alexa, and thus allow you to brighten/dim. Please note that ISY scenes can be brightened/dimmed, but not be set to an absolute level. If you ask Alexa to turn on your device to x%, the scene will be either turned on or off. If the percentage >= 50%, the scene will be turned on. If the percentage is <50%, the scene will be turned off. Benoit

John, Just tried it and I see what you mean. I don't know why the Alexa App behaves this way. It may not like scenes with a brightnessController. A quick fix would be to expose your ISY Scene as an Alexa device. In ISY Portal, edit your device and change the Alexa category to "light". It will appear to Alexa as a device. Benoit

ISY Scenes can be brightened and dimmed, but can't be set to an absolute brightness level. In the V2 skill, we could give a scene the capability to be brightened and dimmed, without the capability to be set to an absolute level. In the V3 skill, which uses the Smart Home V3 API, the brightness capabilities are combined. To retain the ability to brighten/dim a scene, we had to give it the "brightnessController" capability, which allows to brighten/dim a scene, but also set it to an absolute level. Of course, ISY scenes don't support absolute levels, so whenever we receive a request to set a scene to an absolute level, the scene will be turned on or off if the brightness level >=50% (on) or <50% (off). With V3, the side effect in routines is that a scene looks like a dimmer which can be set to ab absolute level. Long story short, to turn on the scene in a routine, set the percentage >=50% to turn it on, and <50% to turn it off. Benoit

This is not currently planned. I will discuss with Michel. Thanks, Benoit

Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad to see everyone is up and running. Benoit

I investigated the logs for Cap, elliot and Bipto. For elliott and Bibto, things look normal. Do you experience duplicate spokens like cap does? Just wondering if there may be a different issue or not. If you have duplicate spokens, you may want to unlink, delete spokens and relink. For Cap, I see lots of device discoveries starting about 3 hours ago. Amazon does regular device discoveries on schedule. I can't differentiate between a manual request you would have made, and a scheduled one. I see 14 discovery within 3 hours, and this does not look normal to me. I even see some of them milliseconds apart, which are clearly not a manual request. That may explain duplicate spokens that you see in the Alexa app as well. My recommendation would have been to unlink, remove spokens and relink, but you already did that. I would then suggest the following. 1. Unlink the skill 2. Delete spokens in the Alexa app 3. Go to Amazon.com, click Accounts & Lists. Under Other accounts, click Login with Amazon. If you see anything related to UDI, remove it. 4. Relink Benoit

@elliot & @cap, please PM me your uuid, I'll see if I can find something. I confirm there has been no changes on ISY Portal for a while. Benoit

If you can control through the app, this means that it is properly configured. You don't need to send spokens as they are already there. Can you try using the Google Assistant app? Click on the mic icon and try to control. I think it may be because Google Home is configured with a different Google Account than the one you are using with the GH app.. Benoit

Please PM me your uuid, will check the logs. Benoit

I would try to recreate the routine. There are cases where it may help. Benoit

Thanks for the update.

Is the ISY online on ISY Portal? Can you use the ISY Portal Web access? When unlinking/relinking GH, does it work? Do you see your device appearing in the GH App? Can you query the status of devices in the GH App? Benoit

Can you check in ISY Portal if your ISY is indeed offline? Benoit

Alexa. Smart Home skills cannot do this at this time. But this might be something Amazon adds eventually. The APIs are already there to query, which the mobile app uses.

In addition to querying thermostat, you can also query locks; Alexa, is front door locked? Regular devices, which includes variables, can't be queried by voice. However, they can be queried using the Alexa app. Benoit

Either this lock has been added in the past in ISY Portal and then removed, or it may be that you had alternate spokens on the device which are no longer there. Benoit

The fan can't be controlled via the mobile app. It can only be controlled by voice. If the device has the fan icon, you are good to go. You can ask the following: Turn on <spoken> Turn off <spoken> Set <spoken> to <Low|Medium|High> What's the speed of <spoken> Benoit

Exit the Amazon Echo dialog and get back in. The state variables shown are refreshed from ISY only when opening the Amazon Echo dialog. You could also try in your browser the following URL: http://<your isy ip>/rest/vars/definitions/2 This should get you your list of state variables. Benoit

That was fast!!

@Jimbo, the values have been adjusted. Can you try it again?

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It's an easy change, but I'm wondering if this may be firmware dependant. Which version are you using? 5.x? Benoit