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Are there any door locks available that integrate with the ISY either natively, such as morningLinc, or Via polyglot? I don’t have the Z wave module yet, nor am I looking to get it anytime soon. I do have a door lock from morning industries that uses morninglinc, but it appears Insteon no longer makes that product. It wasn’t that great to begin with, but it did work for what I needed it to. I looked at all the polyglot add-ons, and did not see any that integrates with door locks. However I could’ve easily overlooked one.

Is this post still the best method for Alexa to be able to read out variables from our ISY? Basically, I'd like Alexa to be able to read out some values of variables. I will give this method a shot, but wanted to know if a new option was available. For example, can we create our own Alexa skill that can access items/variables directly via the ISY portal?

Thanks for the quick replay and the explanation. One quick follow up: is it possible to enable and link both the V1 skill (that contains the possibility to ask IZZY for the status of ...) and keep the V3 enabled at the same time? Seems like that could be problematic, but i am not sure.

I'm using v3 of your skill. Is it possible to get status of a device (such as brightness level)? I'm even more interested in a variable setting, but can work around that if necessary. My problem, though is when asking 'izzy' for the status, it tries to enable v1 of your skill, then says account linking required. In order to 'Ask Izzy' something, do i need V1 ('ISY skill') enabled alongside the 'ISY optimized for smarthome v3" skill? I assumed the 'ask IZZY' would be included in the v3 version. Basically, i'm only trying to ask the status off (brightness) of a device (or even better), a program variable value. I was thinking this was the best way, but would love to hear better options (preferably not involving using a network resource to write the state to another service/db/ect.)

I’ve got several certificate questions that I’ve tried to research in the forums and wikis, but still find confusing. With the following background info, could someone help me with a few questions: I have an obscure port on my router opened and forwarded to my isy’s internal ip address (and port 443). I have not imported/created any type of certificates. I also have followed portal install instructions as I recently started using the portal (love it!!!) My basic client/server certificate settings are shown as attached. 1) When I connect to my isy via mobilinc on my phone’s cellular network using the routers port forwarded to my isy, is my connection secure (username password encrypted)? I have always assumed so due to using the 443 port of the isy. If not, do I need to set up certificates in this case? If so, what are basic steps (details not needed, but assuming it would be server certificate) 2) I would like to connect tasker directly to my isy (via router port forwarding) or the isy portal. I’ve seen the wiki on doing so, but you have to pass username/pwd in query string to either. Is either secure without messing with certificates? Again, both would be making connections via https, so I would think so. If not secure, how could I make my tasker to portal connection more secure? 3) If I need to set up a server certificate on my isy, I would prefer to use a self-signed one (no $$$). Once doing so, I am assuming any pc on my network will still connect except I will then get cert errors (until I import cert into trusted root certificate authorites). Is this the case? My concern is screwing up the certificate process and ultimately nothing be able to connect to my isy (via admin console/dashboard/etc.) The reasons for these questions, is that ultimately, I’d like to close the port on my router going to my isy, and use tasker/agave to control my isy using the isy portal (when outside my home network). But I’m not thrilled about passing username/password in query string to portal with the tasker integration. But if secure, I’m ok with it. Thanks in advance. Apologies if these are simple/basic questions, but my certificate knowledge has always been cloudy.

Michel, I am running 4.2.3. I am able to use the admin console, but that is a lot of steps just to turn off a light (the web interface was much faster). Also, I am able to use another browser, so this is not a critical issue, but it would still be nice to use it in edge (yes, believe it or not I actually use edge as my default browser!) Anyway, I noticed the site stopped working when I installed the creators update on one of my PCs. So the next pc I did that on, I first tested the udajax site on edge (and it worked fine) before I installed the creators update. After creators update installed, the first thing I did was to try the website in edge. It did not work. So my guess is that it is related to the update, I am hoping it is just a simple setting that was changed, but at the moment I cant find anything. Here is an article with the security changes in edge, but nothing stands out to me: http://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10-creators-update-will-see-a-far-more-secure-edge-browser BTW, the same error that shows on the page load in Edge, is the same error that is shown if the user cancels the username/password prompt on a working browser. Basically, it looks like edge is unable to open the prompt for credentials.

I am going directly to my ISY url (192.168...). Also , I don't have a portal account.

After updating my win10 to the creators update version (4/13/17), i cant get the Web Interface (udajax) to work in Micrsoft Edge. It appears as if the credential window will not pop up anymore, causing the page to say 'error, Loading: /config/'. It will work in Firefox, but i'd prefer to get it working in Edge (especially on a smaller Win10 tablet) Any ideas?

While this thread has had some recent activity, I've been meaning to ask a question about the HA_bridge. I've been running this (don't remember version) for quite a while on a raspberry pi with no issues and love it. At some point i will switch to the UDI portal, but still love the local aspect as has recently been mentioned. Does any version of the HA bridge allow me to control the fan level of a FanLinc (without using a program)? I'd love to be able to say "Alexa, set bedroom fan speed to 50%", much like i can to a LampLinc for the lighting level. I've been wanting to acquire a few of these for a while but waiting to finish some other home projects. Thanks in advance!

Pretty excited to see all the work with Amazon Echo. I just bought one and am already enjoying it a lot. This type of device is a huge addition to home automation. I've got autovoice allowing voice control of lighting via ISY but think an always on device in the kitchen (i.e. echo) will be better suited for voice control. Ive seen the current solutions you've mentioned for integrating Echo, but this is first I've seen about ISY's official integration. The other solutions are awesome, but I definitely prefer to not depend on another local computer and don't mind dependency on cloud for echo integration as it is not critical. Anyway, with that said, from what I understand, UDI's official implementation will require ISY portal ($50 for 2 years). Is this correct? Also, does ISY's Portal implementation mean that items such as IFTTT integration will also follow? I guess what I am asking is, other than network access without Port forwarding, what does Portal offer (currently and going forward)?

http://www.insteon.com/microsoft-windows-app.html If you haven't seen this announcement, I personally think it is a big deal for Insteon products. Basically Microsoft (and Microsoft stores) will be promoting Insteon as their home automation solution. Anyway, the link announces a really nice looking app for Windows tablets and windows phones. I am assuming this is meant to work with the Insteon Hub. Any chance you guys (ISY) are working with them to enable them to use the App as a front end to ISY Insteon hosted devices? I think I would be safe to bet that the vast majority of insteon users have an ISY, as opposed to an Insteon Hub. I could be wrong. IMHO, Moblilinc makes the best front end apps for ISy and Insteon for Android and iOS, but I don't think they have any plans (currently) for a windows product. BTW, I emailed Insteon support and asked same question. Will post reply if I get one.

Awesome. Thanks! That is the documentation I could not find earlier. Thanks very much!!!

also tried ${sys.node.14.3A.CB 1.status} with no luck either

Thanks for quick reply. Still having no luck. Below is the body of my message. The device only has 1 node. ${sys.node.14 3A CB.status} also tried ${sys.node.143ACB.status} and ${sys.node.14.3A.CB.status} None appear to return status

I cant find any forum posts, or figure out how to (or if possible) to do the following: I would like to show the status of certain nodes (on/off/etc) in a custom email notification. 1) is this possible? 2) is the format something like {sys.node.#.status}? 3) if so, where do I get the node #? Thanks in advance.