GreyFox

I have created a new program for my isy994R to turn on and off a particular scene for Christmas lights.at a particular time each day. My program successfully turns the scene/lights on, but it fails to turn them off. If I look at the Administrative Console to check the status of this particular program, the status is false and there is a re bar showing in the Program Details. I have attached a screenshot that shows the program. How do I fix this?

Indeed, in the Administrative Console it says the portal in online and registered. Furthermore, previously existing Alexa scenes work fine.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I created the scene on the ISY using the Administrative Console. I then logged in to my portal account for which the ISY device license is good for another 2 months. And using the Portal Connectivity Tool for Amazon Echo, I added the scene entitled just as it is on the ISY.

I don't understand the process of Skill Linking with an ISY. I have an ISY 994i PRO on which I have set up several scenes. I also have several Amazon Echos. I have set up the ISY in the ISY Portal. Some time ago I set up several Echo Devices which I am able to control by talking to Alexa. I say "Alexa, turn on sun room," and it turns on the sun room lights. I can also tell it to turn off the lights. So this week I created a new scene called "Christmas Lights" which works fine using the IoX Administrative Console. I then have logged on to the ISY Portal and added the scene to the list of Amazon Echo Device List. However, when I do this, I get a warning that the Alexa Skill is not linked. However, I am unable to find out where or how to link the Alexa Skill. If I then tell Alexa to turn on Christmas lights, Alexa gives me an error message. I don't recall having to do this for all of the other scenes I have previously set up in the Portal. I would really appreciate some direction on how to correct things. By the way, I have no idea what version I am using - V2 or V3. I have no idea how to edit or select this.

Techman, thank you very much. Worked like a champ.

I have an older ISY994i/IR Pro (1110). It's firmware is v.5.3.4, which is also the UI. I have a failed Insteon Motion Sensor 2842-222, and I am trying to replace it with a new Motion Sensor 2844-222. I have figured out how to add the 2844-222 device to the ISY, and I have managed to delete from the scene the 2842-222 and add to the scene the 2844-222. However, both motion sensors show up under My Lighting with a 1011 code. I have attached a screen shot of the Administrative Console. The 2844-222 device shows up at the top 2 entries 4A.71.AC and also the Basement Motion Sensor.1 Moti. The old 2842-222 device shows up as Basement Motion Dusk-Dawn, Basement Motion-Low Bat, and Basement Motion Sensor. There are also entries for Basement Motion Sensor 2-Dusk.Dawn, Basement Motion 2-Low Bat, and Basement Motion 2-Sensor. These last 3 entries are for a 2842-222 device which I may have replaced some time earlier and forgotten about it. If I right-mouse click on any of the 2842-222 devices and select delete, the Administrative Console gives me a message that the system is busy and a bar scrolls across the message, but it doesn't identify what device is being updated. This message recurs repeatedly after the bar scroll finishes, and I am unable to get it to stop without killing the Administrative Console. If I go to the entry for the 4A.71.AC.13 Motion Enabled and click on the Options button, I get a greyed out message saying the system is busy, and after a while I get an Error Message that says Could not open file [/CONF/UXT.BIN]. I've attached screen shots of these as well. In doing this step, I had not held the Set button on the Motion Sensor to put it into Linking mode. If I acknowledge the error message, I get a Device Options Dialog and a notification to put it into Linking mode. Once I select my options and am done, there are a couple of System Busy messages and everything is back to normal. So, my question is how do I delete the 2842-222 motion sensor devices that are no longer around?

paulbates, I could infer from your suggestion that having a scene is preferred over having one Insteon device control another. Is this your suggestion?

paulbates, thanks for the reply. Your answer tells me how to adjust or edit the scene. But what if I merely want the new switch to control the original 2477D switch without editing the scene?

I have had an old 2476D die, so I am replacing it with a newer 2477D. I understand how to connect the wiring, but I am struggling with the programming. This dimmer switch is the second one in a circuit that controls ceiling lights in a hallway. When I first started using Insteon, I did it before getting an ISY Since then, I have added and use quite a bit the ISY. So, since I want the linking to show up in the ISY, I expect I should do the linking through the ISY. I am having a hard time figuring out the right way to do this. My circuit is such that I have another 2477D which is connected to the load. The new switch is just meant to control the 2477D. I should point out that I have a Scene for these lights configured in the ISY, bu I do not have any program in the ISY that turns on this circuit. I understand this is pretty basic stuff, and any help that is provided will be greatly appreciated. I have one other, related question. If I run the tool to generate the topology, the 2477D that is connected to the ceiling lights shows No for the Is Load selection. Is this the way it should show up? Thanks for the help.

I think I have my programs working correctly now. Thanks for the suggestions. Now I need to address my issues with some links no longer working. I started using Insteon technology some time before I acquired an isy. So, my multi-way circuit links were created by the method of making a SwitchLinc a controller (or responder) in a multi-way circuit. For example, if I had two ordinray light switches controlling a single fixture (a 3 way circuit), I adjusted the wiring so that only one of the SwitchLinc dimmers was connected to the fixture, and then wired the second SwitchLinc dimmer to only connect to the line and neutral wire, and then setting this SwitchLinc to be a controller of the first SwitchLinc. When I look at the My Lighting, none of the links I created this way show up. And when I try to turn on or turn off a fixture using the SwitchLinc I set up as the controller of the SwitchLinc that is directly connected to the fixture, nothing happens. Does this mean I need to re-establish these links using the My Lightin to create scenes?

I was running 4.8 before the upgrade.

In order to migrate to a new eisy, I upgraded my isy 994 to the latest version of firmware. After I had done so, a lot of my links (Insteon hardware created) no long work, and none of my programs run. In order to resolve this, I have started to work on the programs. When I looked at the program detail window, all of the programs had a green arrow. When I looked at the program summary window, the column for run at startup had dashes on each line. So, I went back to the program detail page and clicked on Save Changes. All of the green arrows went away, and now all of the programs have a red vertical bar for each program. Further more, the Program Summary page now shows all programs are to run at startup. Do I need to do anything else to make the programs start running? What does the red bar mean?

lilyoyo1, thanks for the reply. It looks like these devices require a z wave hub as well. I presently have a significant control system based upon Insteon and controlled by an ISY994i. As we all know, Insteon as we knew it is no more. I really don't want to replace all of my Insteon gear. If I am using the ISY, will it manage the z wave without the need for a hub?

I have some dimmable LED string lighting which I have put up on my patio. I would like to be able to control it with my ISY994i. Does anybody make an outdoor receptacle adapter that will do this? If such a device exists, is there any chance it can be controlled by motion detection as well?

If you find one, please post a link here.