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Do any of the UDI people have any thoughts on this? It is interesting that open/close is not working for Stu and I, but it is working for Scott. Telling the shades to turn on and off isn't natural Thanks! --Andy

I am also on 3077.

I now see "Wake up sound" and "End of request sound" I am able to activate and deactivate both. The first has Alexa make a sound similar to a light saber when you say her name. The second is a sound in addition to the "OK". And the sound is not the two-tone confirmation we used to have. Seems like Amazon may be doing some A/B testing?

Since ISY devices, scenes and programs all appear as devices in Connected Home, I was hoping that programs would respond to "open" (executes the Then path) and "close" (executes the Else path), similar to devices and scenes. Perhaps UDI can make a tweak to let programs respond to open and close. Pretty please Edit: While I am asking... It would also be helpful if "Turn up" would run the Then path and "Turn down" would run the Else path of a program. I would like to be able to have a program fire http commands to adjust the volume of my kitchen stereo. "Alexa, turn up the kitchen radio".

Looks like Amazon has also added "Echo" as a wake word in addition to "Alexa" and "Amazon".

I finally got around to programming my Echo to work my Hunter Douglas PowerView shades. I created programs in the ISY to invoke Network Resources that fire http requests to the PowerView hub. When I went to test it with the command "Alexa, Open the Dinette Shades", the Echo responded with the error tone. However, saying "Alexa, Turn on the Dinette Shades" worked just fine. The commands Open and Close work just fine for Devices and Scenes, but is not working for Programs. I am really hoping this is an easy fix. Anyone have any ideas? --Andy

This is exactly what I was thinking. It would be cool if Alexa executed an action in addition to her canned responses. Maybe someday...

This is not a TTS request to say ad-hoc phrases. What I am thinking is a way in the ISY Portal for us to associate responses to a device/scene/program that Alexa will say instead of "OK". There would be two responses. The first for TRUE/On/Open/Turn-up and the second for FALSE/Off/Close/Turn-down. This provides the benefit of letting us know that the correct Spoken Node in the portal was invoked. The use case that made me think of it was a desire to trigger a program that turns off the radio and TV in my master suite after 20 minutes. "Alexa, Turn on Sleep 20". The problem is that nothing happens immediately, only after 20 minutes. When she responds "OK" you don't really know if she heard the command correctly. I have had instances where my pronunciation of "on" and "off" weren't clear enough for her and she got the command backwards. I could have the program flash a light or beep some SwitchLincs/KeypadLincs when invoked to let me know that it was invoked. However, it would be more polished (and cool) if she acknowledged with a phrase: Request: "Alexa, Turn on Sleep 20"; Response (TRUE): "Devices will be turned off in 20 minutes" Request: "Alexa, Turn off Sleep 20"; Response (FALSE): "Sleep mode Cancelled"

Would "Turn sound off" work to fire a mute command? (I am at work or I would test it myself)

Both of those are great ideas. Thanks.

I will have to go that route as well. I would just hoping to eliminate saying the words "turn on" along with the spoken phrase.

When you tell Alexa "Goodnight", she provides a few different responses. The software recognizes that phrase and is acting on it. The same is true for "Good Morning", "Hello", "I'm Home", "Goodbye" and "I'm Leaving". It would be cool if these phrases could trigger an ISY program. Does anyone know if this is on Amazon's roadmap?

As philtor suggests, use something with security, like "security system". When I say "Alexa, turn on security system", it works just fine.

One problem I have noticed is that Alexa isn't hearing "on" and "off" correctly. I had a similar issue when I told her to turn something "on" and nothing happened. I went to alexa.amazon.com and looked at Settings > History, View requests to Alexa. I noticed that she was hearing "off" instead of "on".

I am using Network Resources to have a Global Cache IP2IR send the necessary IR to turn the TV on and off, as well as turn on the DirecTV receiver. Since DirecTV devices can be controlled via IP, I am have Network Resources set up to change the channel via HTTP requests (GET /tv/tune?major=11). I could have also had the IP2IR send the appropriate IR commands. Every channel requires its own Network Resource, and Program to trigger the Network Resource. In the ISY Portal, each program is assigned its own Spoken Phrase. Quite a bit of set up, but it works rather well and with no perceived latency.

Rather than continue to hijack this thread, I figured I would start a new one. As was mentioned by a few people (me included), it would be beneficial if the ISY (or portal) knew which Echo initiated the request. Remote Controls and Touchscreens can be localized to room or section of a house. If this is not currently possible, it would be cool if it could be incorporated into a future release. I only have an Echo in my master bedroom, but would like to add another one in the family room. Both have ceiling lights, lamps, TV, radio and ceiling fan. Currently, I prefix everything with the phrase "master", which is awkward, but it works. That is until I start trying to change channels. I can say "Alexa, turn on the Master TV" and it turns on. Then I want to change the channel, so I say "Alexa, turn on channel eleven on the master TV". She gets confused. If I simplify the spoken phrase to "Alexa, turn on channel eleven", then all is fine -- until I have two Echos. I guess I could make the spoken phrase "Alexa, turn on master channel eleven", but that gets back to being awkward. (And a very low WAF.) If someone has figured this out, it would be great to hear how you did it. --Andy

Has anyone tested this? I have an Echo in my master suite and in the ISY Portal I have mapped the phrase "Sink Light" to the device "Master Sink Light". I want to put another Echo in the kitchen and in the ISY Portal I want to map the same "Sink Light" phrase to the device "Kitchen Sink Light". --Andy

I have a Synchrolinc on both my washer and dryer and the ISY sends out a text when the washer or dryer finishes. For the dryer, the Synchrolinc can only detect on and off. There is no idle. I have an Insteon 2845-222 Hidden Door Sensor on the laundry room door. If the room door is open, then the ISY suppresses the pages. The thinking is that if someone is in the room, there is no need to send out a text. I have thought about taking it further and enable a program that runs every 15 minutes to send another text. Once the room door is opened, then the program would be disabled.

ISY can't respond to response messages like that as far as I know. You would need to use REST commands, and I don't know that it is possible to get the itach to do that. You would probably have to use an intermediary, like a PC. ISY can't parse responses YET. That ability is coming in a future firmware update. I'm not sure how far off this is at this point but I'm hopeful that we will see this in the next few months. -Xathros Thanks for the responses. I hope that this ability come soon to the ISY. I had thought about having a program on PC do the polling and then fire a REST command to the ISY, but I really don't want to have to add another piece to the solution. To answer guedesluz's question, I am using a voltage sensor to determine when a receiver is on and off. I am doing this with another receiver using a voltage sensor and an IO Linc. Since my IP2IR has a free connector, it would be great to utilize it rather than purchase another IO Linc for the second receiver.

Hi Everyone - Using the Network Module, I have been successful in having the ISY send sendir commands to my iTach device. Now I want the ISY to be able to read the status of a sensor attached to the iTach device. I created the resource entry to send a "getstate,1:3" to the iTach. When I use the Test function in the ISY, I can see that the ISY successfully sends the getstate command as well as receives the "state,1:3,1" response, which would indicate that the sensor is on. How do I parse this response in an ISY program so I can have the ISY react to the status?