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  1. Thank you. I'll do that right now Drew
  2. The firmware is 4.9.0 and it matches the UI While trying to do a backup I got an error message "Could Not Receive File/CONF/DISCLAIM.UDI" Not sure if that's relevant. This morning I set the time to Toronto again and when I re-opened the GUI it was LA time again. Drew
  3. This happened a few months back. I thought my timers weren't working but it turned out they were, but only on LA time three hours late. I knew what the issue was this time so no big deal but I'm wondering why it happened again. We might have had a power outage I didn't know about (thats what I attributed the last one to) Is there a lithium battery I should be changing? Drew
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Back up and running. Thanks guys. Drew
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. 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
  12. Hi Larry. That seems to have fixed it. thank you very much for that.
  13. Hi guys, just giving this topic a bump in hopes to get some help.
  14. 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?
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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?
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Just giving this topic a bump to see if anyone has any thoughts or solutions. Drew
  21. 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
  22. 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?
  23. 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
  24. 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.
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