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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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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.

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.

Any chance that the new v2 Connected Home API provides an Echo ID?

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.

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)

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.

Yes, I have tried open/close with programs and it is not working. Open and close only works for devices and scenes.

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