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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?

Just checking to see if anyone had any thoughts on this issue? When I ask this KPL to turn on 30% (or any percentage) Alexa asks "Did you mean Basement Living Room?" When I say yes she just turns it on 100% Every other device (KPLs included) have no problem turning on to any percentage. The lights being controlled are dimmable. As faros I can see theres no difference in the basement KPL set up from any other in the house. Drew

Sorry that should have said Theater Room. I have the SWL device in the ISY and ISY portal as ‘Theater room’ and the Alexa app online recognizes it. Exactly like everything else. nothing else had the word Theater in its description or name. Just as an aside I had to chance the name from theatre room to Theater room because she didn’t recognize that word.

I noticed the issue was still lingering intermittently. I live rurally so I always blame terrible internet service first and foremost. I will try that too thank you.

the title pretty much says it all. I'll ask her to turn on heater room and she'll ask that every time. She then does it but this behaviour is new. Is it an internet thing? Or a device issue?

Just giving this post a bump. Hoping someone has had this issue or a solution. Should I try to Restore Device?

I did as you said. I named everything Sink instead of Kitchen Sink, etc. Worked great. Thank you for that. Drew

I've just had a pile of LED thin puck style spotlights installed and I find they flicker slightly. (Sometimes on insteon traffic as well as certain dimmed percentages) I've made a few observations 1) The last LED puck in the line usually flickers while the others don't. 2) Depending on the situation the lights only flicker between 30%-75% (these amounts vary from room to room) 3) The lights in the main bathroom do not flicker at all at any percentage. I have to note that the power for these lights starts at a GFI outlet before going to anywhere else in the bathroom. I find this interesting. Maybe it has something to do with the amount of power like trying to run Christmas tree lights? Does the GFI filter somehow? The home depot dimmer (cheap one) can dim the lights to any percentage with no flickering at all. I'm mapping out workarounds right now (having no settings be in the 'Flicker Zone') I've read quite a bit on the way different dimmers handle dimming (linear, etc) and I'm assuming the Insteon stuff falls into one of those categories. Just wondering if theres a solution besides putting another light from every chain in the attic so the one that flickers isn't seen (that is a joke... sort of) Do I eventually have to replace all my Insteon switches (cost prohibitive at this point) I know I've prattled on here. I'm just hoping to find a better solution than the ones I've come up with. I also noted this topic and was going to reply to it but I didn't want to hijack that forum. Forgive me if this post should have been included in that one Drew

I'll check them out. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix my KPL issue?

I have other rooms with similar setups and don't have a problem. (i.e. Big Room is a scene that triggers fine. Big Room Ceiling, Big Room Wall Sconces, etc are devices in that scene.) The Kitchen is basically the same. I have a scene called Kitchen. I'm pretty sure it used to trigger Kitchen Sink, Kitchen uppers, Kitchen lowers but now it says "A few things..." the scene triggers off a KPL C button fine. Just telling her to turn on Kitchen has recently been an issue. Drew

I've had this issue for a while now with the KPL. Larry, what's a CAO? Other KPLs can take a command for a percentage, just not this one in particular. Is there something I can do to fix this? (i.e. rediscover or whatnot) Drew

I have a scene called Kitchen. I have lights in it called Kitchen Sink, Kitchen Uppers, Kitchen Lowers. I have a scene called "Kitchen" and the voice command is called the same. When I tell her to turn on "Kitchen" she says "A few things share the name Kitchen, which one do I want?" Nothing else is called Kitchen. I don't have two scenes called kitchen, or a routine, nothing that I see. If I make the voice command Wombat it works. I'd like it to be Kitchen as I don't want to say Turn On The Wombat on a daily basis. (nothing against wombats) Drew

I have a few KPLs and it seems I have an issue with a voice command for one. For the load (A button) I cant seem to tell Alexa to turn the light on to a percentage, just on or off. Its registered as a light in the ISY Portal, Alexa's online GUI has it just the same as the other lights. I must be overlooking something but I'm not sure what. Drew

Hi Dave, Thanks for the quick reply. I remembered to restore the ISY and I think everything back working again. If there are problem programs I'll come back here and be more specific with my questions. Drew

I have various programs that aren't working now (such as this one) Theatre 25 - [ID 0012][Parent 0001] If Status 'Theatre Room' is Off And Control 'Theatre Room' is switched Off Then Set 'Theatre Room' 25% Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') I've tried deleting a program and re adding it but no luck. I'm up to date with the ISY (4.8.0) so I'm not sure what's wrong Any help would be great. Drew

After having to unhook a switchlink (for renovations) I've found its acting odd. Once in a while when I press the load button on the KPL it shares the switch box with the SWL will dim down quickly and brighten back to its original state. Its V.27 and I'm pretty sure its older. Does it sound like its on its way out? Related stupid question, Although the electrician is competent he wasn't familiar with Insteon stuff. I mentioned the red is load and black is line and he was fine with that explanation (He heard of Insteon just never used it before) I haven't opened the box to check but I'm assuming if he got it wrong it would not work at all, correct? I only ask as I've never seen this odd SWL behaviour before. Drew

So it turns out it depends on how you search the Portal to check the scene. If you click on the drop down to search by scene it doesn't show you the spoken phrase (picture 1) If you search for the scene with the search function (picture 2) it shows you a slightly different screen that includes the spoken phrase (picture 3)

Success. I had a Group in the Alexa website (I'm not sure what to call the page) called Library. I deleted it and now I can call the SWL Library and it behaves as it should. Just leaving my findings here to help someone else if they have the same issue

Just checking to see if anyone had any ideas? I've tried deleting the SWL from the Portal and re-adding it. I have noticed the Alexa website (where I refresh and it populates the ISY stuff) calls some of my lights Amazon Smart Devices. Does this have something to do with the issue? I've tried deleting the 'amazon smart device' leaving just the library which is labeled ISY and the numbered address. It still doesn't seem to work properly

I had a scene that used the spoken phrase "Living Room" I've since deleted it and refreshed everything. It still won't let me use the spoken phrase. It say "This item already has a spoken" Is there a cache I need to flush? if so, how would I go about that?

I've had this issue for a while now. Under Spoken Word I have a SWL called 'Library' When I tell Alexa to turn it on she says 'Library Doesn't Support That" I have it in the Portal as a light. Not sure why it never lets me use that word. I had to make an alternate spoken 'book room' but I'd prefer Library Is there something I'm overlooking?

I have a room with many lights and I want to say Turn on 10%, Turn on 20% etc. Is there a way I can make one scene, copy it several times and just adjust the brightness of the lights? Drew