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Yes, scenes can not be dimmed / brighten at the moment. Alexa simply indicates this command isn't available or couldn't be done.

It must be a Canadian thing then because no matter what channel I select. With in XX minutes the music will stop and Alexa will come on saying there's something wrong. Just got a message from the application indicating Spotify is available too. Once again can't download the App unless you're in the United States! Will have to switch over to my American account and see what happens. Not sure what I am going to get paying these jokers $10.XX a month for music besides no radio Ads.

I wanted to know if my American brothers are seeing the use of iHeart / TuneIn radio always stops playing music after about 5-8 minutes? It doesn't matter what channel I select, stations, etc. I continue to see Alexa stop playing music and a few moments she will indicate this station / channel is having some kind of issue?!?!? I have no issue with Pandora playing for hours on end and it never drops off so its not a WiFi issue. I already sent in a trouble ticket for this via the App but wanted to know if people are seeing this. Can they please submit a trouble ticket so its not seen as a isolated case vs a system wide issue. Thank You

As I have stated many times in various threads / forums so long as expectations of the use of the cloud are realistic. Control of lighting and other various things can be used. I already knew this whole thing would be a hit and miss affair given the hops, distance, and various integration with other servers. For me this is a tool which I hope gets more developed and refined in the long run. I have no illusions that voice control is very much a fad that will go away at some point. The same thing was seen in 3D TV's and now the stupid idea of making curved TV's. Anyone who has to ask a black box more than two times to turn something on will ultimately say f^ck it! I've already sent in some user feed back to the Amazon Support Team in asking that they consider more two way interaction, energy integration, and useful integration with services that are meaningful and practical.

Stu, I will give those commands a whirl once I add in all the devices instead of the scenes.

Maybe this is the problem? All of interactions with Echo are from scenes perhaps I should follow what others stated about just adding in all the devices to the system. Then, use the Alexa application to make the groups which are essentially the same scenes I wanted anyways. As someone indicated for what ever reason she likes the ones managed by her. LOL . . . [emoji38][emoji5][emoji23]

You have several options moving forward which are to subscribe to a DDNS service which the router should have. Or purchase the UDI Cloud Portal service which offers remote access to the Admin Console. Regarding the Public IP address this should rarely change unless the modem is replaced, a hard reset is invoked, or if you or the ISP renew / release the public facing IP address.

Hello Leon, The ZigBee upgrade to the ISY includes the chip and antenna which Michel refers to as the dongle. Please ensure you consult your POCO so the right person can help you activate the system. UDI can also help facilitate should it be required to ensure the on boarding process is as smooth as possible. ========================= In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

LOL . . . This was the histogram of the restore process. 1st generation process: [emoji214] 2nd generation process: [emoji217] 3rd generation process: [emoji251] 4th generation process: [emoji239] 5th generation process: [emoji230] 6th generation process still pending: [emoji234] ========================= In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

This process has never been fast. If you have lots of 1st / 2nd generation devices this process is extremely slow. If you have the most recent 3rd / 4th generation of Insteon devices the restore process is easily twice as fast. But again if you have lots of battery operated devices that exceed ten. You might as well find a comfortable chair and a big cup of coffee. [emoji17][emoji37][emoji58] ========================= In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

30 minutes isn't long enough if you have more than 25 items. ========================= In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

What a great weekend eh? [emoji5] Having done this same process so many times is never fun. [emoji37] The only thing more depressing is reading about how some people with 2413S PLM's with 2.1 / 2.2 hardware have also failed within six months! [emoji35] ========================= In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

I gather this is a good compromise until dimming scenes natively is supported. I honestly thought I was stupid in asking her to dim the lights and nothing was being done. What are the different variations (spoken phrases) to initiate the dimming / brighten process?

This is true, but I reserve the right to bitch about it when its mostly cloudy! Ha . . . Back On Topic: When you say 95% for you and 90% for your wife can you offer some insight as to what words, phrases, are not being activated correctly? Perhaps this will offer some us an idea of words to avoid . . . Right now I can ask Alexa to turn on the *Ceiling Light / Ceiling Lights* and see the request do match the request via the log. Yet she will either say OK and nothing happens. Or tell me this device can't be found then turn the blasted thing on WTF? As suggested by Barry Gordon I have actively started using the word *Shut Off* instead of Turn Off* because for what ever reason Alexa will obey this command even though both are captured in the history logs? Also, while viewing the history logs its quite apparent some of the problems seen is due to the cloud. Meaning I can sit there asking her dozens of things and see the requests streaming into the history. Later the same requests are not seen at all in the history and the updating is no longer live. So there is a delay, bottleneck happening from the various multi hops Barry Gordon took the time to detail for all of us.

If that can't be done perhaps allowing a longer session could be done. Instead of the 1 minute extension let it reset the 14 minute login time. Being prompted to extend the session by one minute isn't very useful for most people. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Just completed the voice training module lets see if my success rate is better moving forward. For those who haven't completed this task it requires the user to speak 25 sentences. If you make a mistake speaking the sentence the system will let you try again. The whole voice training process took about two minutes to complete.

I think many would argue it was the other way around. But I digress as its been a age old question that many find interested in debating. For me with respect to Energy Monitoring / Energy Management if companies like UDI don't develop it for consumer to use how will they ever know there is a need or see it grow? It has to start from the vendor not the consumer because the consumer has already purchased the hardware whether it be the Echo, 994, Insteon, Green Eye Monitor, etc. The next step is to use these existing hardware platforms and make proper use of the data into a meaningful way. One can not simply have the ability to turn something on / off with out the for knowledge or history about how it will impact the user later on.

Hello Rahnee, If you have ever taken the time to read my rants, raves, and praises. You will quickly realize I have a very dim view of the so called *Cloud Power*. Not because its not powerful, flexible, or extensible . . . It has to do with the whole cloud first mentality that has perverted the whole idea and concept of the cloud. Having said this I won't spend too much time regurgitating all the hate I have for such services. My goal for the Amazon Echo is probably a lot different than most here. My primary goal is to use Alexa as a tool which I believe most don't consider as the primary factor. Its more of a convenience for many to allow hands free control of lights, fans, media, shades, etc. My ultimate goal is to see the Amazon Echo be able to assist me in a proactive way to manage the homes energy consumption, targets, and metrics via programs. At some point my hopes are to see Alexa have the ability to actively announce things to me. Then, I will be able to decide what sort of program or measures to take to help manage my homes over all comfort, energy, and force protection elements. Things of interest to me is knowing of impending hazard alerts like freezing rain, road conditions, extreme wind chill / low temps, with other related weather related warnings like tornado, hurricane, earth quake, etc I already receive 24.7.365 weather hazard alerts through my EMS system which is local and has no method to broadcast the same to the end users. To compensate for this I have enrolled in many of the smartphone applications which does the very same and its great because it allows push notifications and e-mail alert of the same. More than likely the Echo system will truly never replace the dedicated systems I already have in place. But, hey asking is free and you never know what technology will bring in the future. The reality is the above ideas are less than sexy and to be honest doesn't sell as well as others like being able to turn on a light bulb, know the stats for a NFL team. This product is more geared toward the convenience and fad driven types. There are some real useful things like being able to create a *To Do* but the short comings of this feature is its not currently possible to have Alexa actually schedule the to do list. Meaning if I say go shovel the snow there isn't a method to set a date and time and then have her initiate that task. This is the same with her ability to add items to your Google calendar from meetings to appointments. Yes, she can add them but there is no way for her to invoke that remainder in the future. My idea is that at some point this will be very much a two way conversation with Alexa where she will be able to do from the most basic to advanced voice driven tasks. I've often thought if someone took the time to package a few of her basic features into a group which I could customize to my liking. Categories like Weather, Finances, Health, Shopping, Media, Security, Energy, Home, etc In the case of weather it would be as simple as me being able to say to her Alexa are there any weather alerts I need to know about. If so add them to my alerts and inform me every min, hour, day, week, day of, etc. I should be able to set thresholds of low, high, time frame, etc. With respect to the energy portion which interests me the most is the ability for her to tell me first what my current energy consumption is that moment. She would indicate where I am in the defined budget for that month and be able to compare from previous months targets. Once I knew where I was in terms of energy consumption she would follow up by asking me to initiate one of dozens of energy modes I have already defined in my 994 Series Controller. I've posed this same very question in this forum but sadly it was not well received in terms of being a priority for development and seems to be geared to large POCO's. I honestly can't understand how it is some of these features are being developed for the utilities and not have the very same for the end consumer?? Ultimately who is the utilities serving themselves?!? No, they are serving the consumer and obviously its the same consumer that is buying the 994 series controller! This is why I am hard pressed to understand how on one had this kind of feature is being developed and supported for the utility but not for the user. As I stated above Energy Awareness & Energy Management is not sexy and sadly don't see it ever being sexy for the average consumer. The only light in the tunnel I've seen is the slow push from the Z-Wave / ZigBee camp where they are offering more devices that can monitor and track energy consumption at the device level. This is great to see even if they are not very accurate but at least they are being supported in the 994. Perhaps one day Energy Management will become sexy and people will see value in supporting it. As it is this is very much the chicken and the egg situation . . .

So the voice training can be used for all the different people who use the device? Its not a one time affair to get the hardware to understand just the basics? Also, can you offer a little more insight about the Echo? Is this one of the first beta units that were sold for the $99.XX sale price or a more recent version since production has ramped up?

Has anyone completed the voice training portion in the Alexa App? I ask because perhaps this is one of the reasons she is not completing the task I ask of her. Its late here so will try this voice training in the morning. If others have already tried it I would love to read about the outcome and whether it increased the accuracy of her voice control. I figure if it can hear and obey some of you across the 49th parallel with a southern drawl. It should be able to understand a Canadian back bacon eating swaggart like me! Ha . . .

I really walked into that didn't, Eh? I've been checking the App and it does in fact confirm what my spoken phrase is but does not activate the scene. I will review the other logs in case there was something I over looked. I freely admit sometimes I speak very quickly but should that really matter when a back bacon swaggart like me is saying it? Ha . . .

After reading several threads here and else where is there a definitive answer / solution to Alexa indicating a device is not found? Yet she will actually operate the device, scene, program? Sometimes Alexa will absolutely not turn on a device no matter how many times I ask her. An hour later I will ask her to turn on the exact same device, scene, program, and it will work?!?! Insight

As indicated above I too filled in all related fields and waited about 30 minutes in case there was some kind of replication process needed. Sadly, nothing happen. [emoji37] The blank screen isn't a huge issue I simply wanted to call out this problem in hopes of avoiding support calls. [emoji4] In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Hello Benoit, Understood and appreciate the insight perhaps this needs to be called out some where for users. As most people who see the pop up message would assume the message indicates stay logged in until such time as the users wishes to leave. Just trying to avoid misunderstanding and support calls . . .

Hello Benoit, Hard reloaded and cleared the web browser cache on Chrome and its fine now. Should there be a *Stay Login* message option available somewhere now? I am not prompted at all and see no method to enable this feature which is most welcome!