andrew77

I have a bunch of Apple TVs, projector, Old Plasma tv, receivers, etc. The usual A/V gear. I have it hooked with IR Receivers/blasters all plugged into two connecting blocks (one for upstairs, one for downstairs). These two blocks are plugged into the 2.5mm plugs on the back of the Harmony Hub. With the ISY and the Harmony skills in Alexa I have everything voice controlled. If the Harmony hub fails one day would the Polisy replace it? Or would the policy need the hub to control the A/V gear? I will keep an eye out. I don't have very good luck with PLMs. If it goes I'm assuming I'm screwed?

Would I still need the harmony hubs when I get the Polisy? Or will everything be run internally in the new piece of gear? I realize this is a separate question but will we get notified of the newly sourced PLM?

Please don't think that I'm being a jerk here. I rarely comment on opinions. In response to this you have to make money off your friends. Your enemies go elsewhere. Between Insteon and Harmony the ISY seems to be the only piece of gear in my house that isnt obsolete right now! hahaha I'm glad I run that and not an Insteon hub right now.

Thank you for the fast reply Techman. I have two questions. I'm not familiar with Policy but just Googled it quickly. Since Harmony has also discontinued their lines as far as the Harmony hub goes my whole house is quickly becoming obsolete?. Would the Polisy control all my A/V gear as well as the lighting? You mentioned ZWave 500 switches. I see 700 series switches but nothing that is specifically labelled 500 series. Can I assume if they arent 700 series they are 500 series? If not is there a site I can go to find out which ones are 500 series? Drew

Not wanting to sound like a noob but I've only ever had the ISY 994i and a subscription to the ISY Portal. Aside from not being able to buy Insteon devices anymore does the shutting down of the servers affect us who didn't have an Insteon Hub? I'm also wondering what devices are the best to buy now that I'll not be buying Insteon. (if this should be its own topic please let me know) Drew

I have a program now that is essentially the ISY turning on a night scene. I'm looking for a light that will integrate into that scene as opposed to having to tell Alexa to turn on the scene and then turn off the stove light. I believe I can combine the two into an Alexa routine but I'm not sure I want to do that as the Night Scene works perfectly.

Sorry for the delay in response. I have the ISY 994i and the ISY portal. I'm not familiar with the Node server. I'm assuming thats something extra I don't have. The bulb is a regular bulb that has a dedicated switch on and off. If I take the light out and put it back in its still on. So I'm assuming most lights would work? I'm just looking for one that I can integrate with my insteon/ Alexa voice commands

I want to be able to control the light bulb above my stove (in the fan) Its 830 lumens right now so I'm assuming 800 lumens is bright enough to see what's happening on the stove. I have Alexa in the house for voice commands. Ideally I'd like voice control, dimmable, and have it change colours. I see a lot of them out there but I have no idea what's good. I read communication issues etc. I'd also like to be able to integrate it into scenes/programs in the ISY. Am I asking too much? Drew

Back up and running. Thanks guys. Drew

I have the shortcut but it does nothing. I'm assuming it was because I updated Java (something I never do for reasons such as this) Is it as easy as redownloading and starting again? Or am I screwed? Drew

Thank you thank you This has fixed the problem 100% I can say "Turn on Uppers 20%" and Alexa asks about Smart life I say Set Uppers 20% (or any percentage) right after and she does it perfectly.

Thanks for the tips. I did find the page you mentioned. IT said "Alexa didn't understand the question" or statement. Should I contact Amazon? Or do I fix it somehow on my end?

First off, I apologize for the vague title, I didn't know exactly how to describe my issue in the title. When I tell Alexa to "Turn on Uppers 20%" she sometimes says "You have Smart Life enabled. Do you want to Open it?" If I ask to "Turn on Uppers" usually that works fine. This only happens with the uppers and the Sink devices in the Kitchen. Other times she just does what she's asked and I cant pin down any differences in situations for the differing outcome. I have a SmartLife device that turns on a water tap for the outbuildings but I believe that's it. Everything else is Insteon Any thoughts would be great. This has happened for a while and I've tried to trouble shoot it but with no luck Drew

Indeed!

Hi Larry. That seems to have fixed it. thank you very much for that.

Hi guys, just giving this topic a bump in hopes to get some help.

Just tried it. Same result. The KPL in question doesn't light even though its in all the scenes and seemingly correctly set up. What should my next step be?

I have made Alexa aware of the changes. I’ve also removed the scenes from the portal and Alexa, then re added them. still no luck The odd thing is I have 5 scenes and one works where the rest don’t light up the one device. any help would be great. drew

The echo units recognize the scenes and turn them on except for the hallway. When i tell her to turn on the hallway separately she does. I've programmed the scenes into a mini remote and they trigger fine. I did recently replace the hallway device (KPL) with a newer one as I had issues with the old version responding. I deleted toehold one and replaced it with the new one in the Portal and in the online Alexa Smarthome browser. Clearly I've missed something but I know not what. Drew

I followed these directions and everything worked perfectly. I do see now that Alexa says she doesn't recognize the device. Is there fix for that?

I have a KPL (old version) that doesn't respond to Alexa well most of the time. Heres a bit of history Anyhow, I've purchased another KPL and I know theres a specific order in which to switch out the old for the new and I don't want to screw it up. I searched on the forum but couldn't find the posting detailing the exact steps. If someone can point me to it that would be great. Drew

I have a SWL (older one) Through Alexa I called it Kitchen Uppers and it had an issue with the word Kitchen So I called it Uppers and that seemed to work for a while. It would start asking "You have Smartlife enabled. Do you want to open it?" I have an on off water valve for the gardens (Owfeel WiFi Smart Valve WiFi Control Water Valve ) and Smartlife is the app that controls it. So I renamed it yet again. Countertop. And if I tell it to turn on 20% (or any percentage) it asks "You have Smartlife enabled. Do you want to open it?" Is there any way to stop this? Drew

Just giving this topic a bump to see if anyone has any thoughts or solutions. Drew

I have a SWL and a KPL that are always problematic when I give voice commands. The KPL rarely responds when I tell it to react in a scene (IE turn on upstairs 20%) It'll do nothing until I say Hallway 20% ands usually after a few repetitions. The SWL is pretty much the same. This tends to get a little frustrating. Any thoughts? Drew

This worked great when I called it Skywalker. Is it too many scenes/devices/etc with the word Basement in the name? Is there a fix for this or do I have to 'turn on Skywalker' for the rest of eternity?