mapeter
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Oops... Sorry. I was reading too fast and not paying total attention
Thanks for sharing as it will be cool to try.
Looks like Amazon is now providing Smarthome Status Announcements. Hopefully we will see this integrated into the ISY Portal sometime soon.
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Instead of "Raw Text", try a mode of "C Escaped". That is what I had to use to POST requests to Pushover.
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Currently running on 2.2.8 and have the option to upgrade to 2.2.11. It goes through all of the motions when I click on the upgrade button, but it never actually upgrades. End up on 2.2.8. Any thoughts on what is going wrong?
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I have been using Insteon since the beginning and have a house full of it. Despite that, I have just added a couple more to clean up some communication issues. I don't know if I have switches that are starting to fail and not relaying the signal; or if the use of more LED lights is putting more noise on the line. Regardless of the reason, hiding the wall warts behind furniture and the like is keeping the "It is not working again!" comments away
At least the new version of the devices are much smaller than the old ones.
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I am using FIBARO RGBW controllers for my LED strips. Configures as a native z-wave device to the ISY, so a node server is not needed.
I have a button programmed on my KeypadLinc to turn it on and off.
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I came across the following post regarding Semantic Extensions on Amazon's developer site. It is dated September 25. Of great interest is the following:
Enable More Natural Control with Open, Close, Raise, and Lower Semantic Extensions
We introduced toggle, range, and mode, each with their own general voice model, to give developers building blocks to easily model a wide range of device functionality. Now we are adding semantic extensions (coming soon) that give you the ability to map these building blocks to specific voice models that better fit your device’s functionality. The first semantic extensions (coming soon) enable you to support utterances that use “open”, “close,” “raise,” and “lower” commands such as “Alexa, open the window” and “Alexa, lower the movie screen”. These new semantic extensions (coming soon) can be used to deliver natural control of devices such as projector screens, windows, water valves, closets, drawers, garage doors, gates, curtains, shades, blinds, awnings, and more.
Smart shades from Lutron, Schellenberg and IKEA will be Alexa-enabled, designed to use the open, close, raise and lower semantic extensions (coming soon). This enables them to support phrases such as “Alexa, open the shades”, and “Alexa, raise the shades halfway”. Garage door openers from Nexx and beam Home will be Alexa-enabled, designed using the mode controller, along with open and close semantic extensions (coming soon) to support phrases such as “Alexa, close the garage door”.
@bmercier - Any thoughts about if/when we will get this support for our spokens?
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On 6/14/2019 at 2:07 PM, Michel Kohanim said:
INSTEON, there's a DB9 jack on the back which will be used to communicate with INSTEON. Given our horrid history with Z-Wave boards (manufacturing, certification, FCC, obsolescence, etc.), we are considering vetting one (max of two) USB dongles that work reliably (700 series). We are researching.
@Michel Kohanim - Will there be an option to have Zigbee along with INSTEON, Z-Wave and Bluetooth in the Polisy Pro?
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Thanks @jca001! I did not see that command in the dropdown at first.
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Are there any plans to allow an ISY program to set a z-wave configuration parameter rather than having an ISY program call a network resource to fire a REST request back to the ISY to set the configuration parameter?
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I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but it looks like echo-centric smarthome groups has arrived...
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Does anyone have a clever way to simplify the if statement below? I would love it if a scene name containing the devices could be specified, then if any device in the scene is switched off, the program would be triggered. Listing out all of the devices like I have below means that I have to remember to modify the program whenever the associated scene is updated.
Thanks!
--Andy
If Control 'Devices / Foyer / Front Lights FOY_KPL' is switched Off Or Control 'Devices / Master Bathroom / Front Light Slave MBA_KPL2' is switched Off Or Control 'Devices / Mud Room / Front Lts Slave MUD_KPL' is switched Off Or Control 'Devices / Garage / Front Outside Lights Slave' is switched Off Or Control 'Devices / Basement / Front Lights Slave BAS_KPL' is switched Off Then -- some action to take -- Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') -
You can create a program in the ISY whose "Then" branch activates the scene that dims the lights and then activates the network resource that shoots the command to the shades.
Use the ISY portal to associate a spoken to the new program. The wiki has more information.
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Thanks Michel, that worked. Also, thanks for the heads up on the potential cross-domain issues with JavaScript.
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Is there a way to access the web pages from the ISY's Network Module web server via the portal? Similar in the way that udajax.htm is available via the portal, I would like to get access to /USER/WEB/INDEX.HTM.
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A little fun for the day... Be sure to enable the volume in the video. https://t.co/Wriy531ALr
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I have noticed similar situations on the past. Each press of a remote button sends a different code. I do not know if it is some type of encoding or rolling of codes.
You are probably not doing anything wrong, but there is probably no solution.
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Check out the information on the wiki at this link.
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It has been a while since I programmed my Harmony remote, but it will work with the IR on the ISY. Like Jimbo states, the Harmony has a "Lighting Controller" device that as the stock 40 IR codes for the ISY. I have buttons on the the touchscreen of my remote for "Movie Lights", "Family Rm On" and "Family Rm Off". These buttons simply have the Harmony fire IR001, IR002 and IR003.
I don't think the Harmony allow you to associate additional commands to the Play and Pause buttons. But you could have the lights adjust when you start a activity.
Another option is to have the ISY learn the Play and Pause IR codes for your device and then write a program to trigger a scene when it receives the IR codes.
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The other night I asked Alexa, "What is Google Home". She answered "Google Home is a voice-enabled wireless speaker developed by Google, announced on May 18, 2016, at Google I/O."
I was expecting something snarky and funny instead of a "real" answer.
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Any chance that the new v2 Connected Home API provides an Echo ID?
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mapeter: I've been looking into motorized shades, how does powerview measure up? My concern right now is pricing, the only ones I've been able to find through distribution are lutron shades. Any suggestions?
Hi cyberk- My PowerView shades were pretty expensive. I have them on three windows, and each is a combination blackout shade and Silhouette. That makes them two shades in one. It was over $6000 for all three plus the hub.
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Thank you. I have saved the updates.
Any others?
All of these execute programs:
Turn on Showertime
Turn on H G T V
Turn on Channel 11
Turn on Channel 4
Turn on Master Ceiling Fan Low
Turn on Master Ceiling Fan Medium (Strangely, "Turn on Master Ceiling Fan High" works just fine)
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Riddle me this, I have a command called "Private", which I use to open and close all of the shades.
Not all variations of on and off are working as expected. To turn on, I have to say "Turn on Privacy", however, to turn off, I have to say "Turn Privacy off" -- On and Off are in different parts of the phrase.
If I say "Turn Privacy on", I get the double beeps indicating that the command wasn't understood. If I say "Turn off Privacy", she does not provide any acknowledgement and nothing happens.
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Andy, have you tried open/close with programs?
Yes, I have tried open/close with programs and it is not working. Open and close only works for devices and scenes.
Thanks for sharing as it will be cool to try.
IR support for ISY on Polisy
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I have an ISY994i/IR Pro as well as a Polisy Pro. I use the ISY IR support to trigger scenes and programs. When the time comes to migrate to ISY on Polisy, what are people planning to do for IR support? (I suspect it is a small population of users.)