barrygordon

That re-enforces what I thought re network resources only from programs.. I thnk that will help Thanks.

My MS6 is battery powered. It is sort of working but unreliably. What I want to happen when motion is detected is for a network resource to be sent out. I suspect the Use of a program with the if clause that the "MS6 motion sensor has responded" is not the way to do it. I suspect that programs are not fired off immediately but they seen to poll the devices to see if any of them are in the desired state for that programs if caluse. I tried setting up a scene where the MS6 is the controller, but which of the MS6 items do I set up as the scene controller. I tried adding the MS6 motion entry to an empty scene as a controller and it goes through the process with no error. When I then look at how the scene is set up the item I just added is a responder not a controller. I am really confused. Then as a scene responder how do I get it to send out a network Resource to command a different device that handles the sliding doors. it does not seem logical if it is a responder. May be I don't understand controller vs Responder. I thought a controller of a scene causes the scene to be executed having all the responders do what they are supposed to do. Your (and any one else)'s assistance is greatly appreciated. Barry

Apostolakisl, thanks for the reply. Everything that was on the ISY seems to be working except for one fanLinc /6 button Keypadlinc. I did not have a backup of the isy, but Michel at UD helped me get started. IP addresses are assigned by my router which allows reservation of an IP address based on the devices MAC address. As you pointed out, I have other computers which talk to the EISY. They do a subscription and use the REST interface. Techman, Thanks for the reply. I was trying to keep all my Electronics in the “Electronics” room because of the temperature control (68 degrees F, and the power issue and esthetics. I am sure the dongle can tolerate a temperature of 78 degrees F as that is what the house is at., and since it is USB it gets its power from the EISY. The issue is now figuring how to run the cable (I don’t do attic work any more) and to pick a spot that is central and unobtrusive. The Zmatter dongle is basically ugly. The cable will probably have to be long. Any advice on getting the Aeotec multisensor to get included in the network as I do prefer those sensors. Right now, I am using the 2844-222 Insteon sensor which seems to work. I will be playing around with Aeotec multisensor 6 to see if I can properly incorporate it into the Z-Wave network The Insteon sensor has allowed me to verify all the logic

Good afternoon. I am a long time ISY994 user who recently had to switch to EISY because of the failure of the ISY994i. Unfortunately I did not read any of the exhaustive documentation at the Universal-Devices site. I am 84 years old and don't remember many aspects of how I set up my home which was completely automated based on the ISY994i (now the EISY) and Insteon Devices. I have been doing this since 2005 I m an electrical engineer and software developer. Its like I am starting over and need some help. I have a set of sliding doors that would automatically open when approached and sensed by an Aeotec Multiensor 6 which was connected to the ISY994i over Z-Wave. Z-Wave does not operate very will in my home using the Z-Wave Dongle with the ESIY. The EISY is located in a special electronics room which is in the back of the Garage. The room is separately air conditioned, maimtained at 68 degrees F, and has a UPS system supplying all power to the devices in the room. There are several devices including a couple of RPi's, an ethernet based relay system, an ethernet based digital input system and a NAS with 27 TB of raid storage... The PLM is outside the room connected at the Breaker panels that feed the whole house so they are not isolated from the internal power lines (UPS runs all its devices on Battery). I have decided to switch to an Insteon 2844-222 motion sensor since I have difficulty getting the Aeotec sensors included in the Z-Wave network. How do I configure, first install and get recognixed by the EISY, the 2844 motion sensor, and then have a scene that is controlled by the motion sensor so I can have several reponders, in particular one that uses network resources to control the sliding door. The scene will interface to the relay controlled sliding doors using a network resource to one of the RPI's that acts as an overeer for the house. Thanks in advance for any help/advice/assistance Barry Gordon

Techman, I will try that. I assume if I have two things a switchLinc and a button on a keypadLinc that I want to run the program then, I just or them togather as the if condition. Thanks

How Do I make a switchlinc (on/off not a dimmer) run a Program? In particular I want to run the "Then" operation. The program has no "IF" condiions and no "Else" process.

bgrubb1, You may be onto it. I have the category set to light but the entry for my scene is the dimmer switch. I will try what you have tomorrow, i'm too tired now.

bgrubb1, Interesting. None of my scenes are able to Dim/brighten. My researching for this issue discovered a post from whom I think wrote the portal that said scenes will no longer work with Alexia to brighten /dim. I just installed 4th generation dots, and that was when I first noticed that I could no longer brighten/dim scenes. The 4th generation dots look like a 4 inch sphere and they are really very good. I speak in a low voice and the one I am nearest too always picks up the utterance. I have a DOT in every (4) major room of my home plus a fire TV cube in my theater.

bgrubb1, I understand that. I just want to be ble to brighten/dim a scene

DennisC, I am not sure what you are suggesting I do

Why was the ability to dim/brighten a scene via Alexa removed? Can it be reinstated? I need it for the situation where I have multiple lighting banks, each controlled by an insteon diming switch but I also want them to be able to act as a single area. The scene works for off/on, but it also used to work for dim/brighten

Is there any chance that we can get the ability to dim/brighten a scene via Alexa re-instated?

I am now running on 4.8.0 with the Launcher. I am not currently interested in version 5.x.x as version 4.x.x seems to meet all my needs. My home is heavily automated with wall mounted iPads in every major room (5 of them), and a Raspberry-Pi acting as a central overseer. Everything is integrated and nowadays I mostly do all (Lighting, Appliance control, Thermostats) by voice. I remember how 20 years or so ago I dreamt of doing it via voice. My only question (curiousity) is why did the portal stop allowing for scenes to be dimmed/brightened? The workaround is fairly complex and to be honest I don't do the dimming thing very often. The theater stands by itself and the lighting controls use Leviton dimming switches that automatically fade when turned off which is perfect for the theater. Thanks to all who helped me on this, but I still have the open question why not be able to dim/brighten scenes? It works from the admin panel. Barry

I guess I should upgrade to the latest non-beta version (6.8.x). Should I first install the launcher or do that after the upgrade completes, or will it take care of itself?

The inability to dim/brighten a scene gives me (i think) a minor issue. In my home theater there are 4 rows of lights I have a scene called "Theater lights" I used to (a long time ago) dim all 4 rows by diming the scene. I can no longer do that. Is there any way to have Alexa dim/brighten all 4 sets of lights with a single command as I did before with a scene that I could brighten/dim

I guess my real problem is I am now lazy. I now have it resolved. I guess I need to stop being lazy and fend for myself as I used to. Kudos on the Portal. It actually is fairly intuitive in its use, and the wiki's are very handy

Portal V3; UDI Firmware 4.7.3; UI 4.6.2; Echo DOTt(s) 4th generation; Amazon Fire Cube Although I have been a UDI Portal user for the Amazon Echo since its inception (similarly for the UDI ISY), please treat me as a newbee. I haven't touched it in many many years and I am 81 years old with a memory to match. Thank you for providing the detailed instructions for the Amazon Echo portal. I recently switched all my Echo DOT's to 4th generation units. I have several ceiling light systems setup as scenes, and one setup as a device. I can dim/brighten the one setup as a device with no issue. Let me use the Office Lights as an example but all scenes operate (or fail) in the same way. When I attempt to dim/brighten the ones set up as scenes (e.g. "Alexa, Dim the office lights") the response is "Office Lights doesn't support that". If I go to the scene for the office lights using the ISY administrator and bring up the scene I can dim/brighten the office lights. The fire Cube works the same way as the Dots so I do not believe it is a generation issue. I am using scenes so I can use keypads in addition to the dimmer switch. If I wish to change all of the ceiling light systems to use the device as opposed to a scene What do I have to do in the Portal.

My home has 4 Alexa Dots and one Fire TV Cube. They are all in a single account. the Alexa dots are in the kitchen, office, master bedroom and guest bedroom. The Fire TV Cube is in the theater and acts as the Dot for the theater. They are isolated enough so that if I speak in a normal tone/volume the correct Dot (the one I want to handle the command) fields the command. I know there is a way to have the units respond differently to the same spoken command depending on what unit handles the request. For example I would like to say "turn off the lights" and depending on which unit fielded the request have the lights in that room be turned off. Requests with specific room names (e.g. "turn off the kitchen lights") or that only reference a single specific device or scene (e.g. "turn off the outside lights" ) operate with any of the Alexa units in the same manner. I tried to do this without success several years ago. IIRC it required me to set up sub-accounts, and there was a limit on the number of sub-accounts. I would like to try again. Is there a tutorial on how to do this? If so could someone point me to it. If there is no tutorial can someone provide advice/guidance.

I selected this topic by mistake. Alexa actually did have two things named office lights, one being marked off line. I deleted the one marked as offline and the problem disappeared. I guess I should listen to Alexa suggestions. Thanks for the reply. The problem I have with good software like the ISY and my NAS I have is that they stay up for so long with no problems that I forget what I need to do when a problem comes up. The NAS has been up for over 171 days, the longest stretch being over 500 days, since I last rebooted it to change software version. The ISY has been up a similar amount of time for the same reboot condition.

Something strange has started happening. The office ceiling lights have an entry in my ISY portal as "office lights" . When I request Alexa to turn these lights on or off Alexa states that there is more than one entry for "office lights". There isn't. I first noticed this on 11/30, but I don't reference the office lights daily, only occasionally. I have not changed anything at all in several months. All other rooms lights work correctly, in fact, all of my spoken commands in the ISY portal work fine with the exception of "office lights". Alexa suggests I forget all and rediscover. Before I do that i am wondering if anybody else has noticed a problem such as this or something similar.

I am having the same problem on all the Dots in my home. They all come back as not responding when I speak a command

Correct

I was using 2 PLM's but only one was connected to the ISY. the other one (I Believed) was taking what it received as RF (It is a dual band unit) and placing it on the other leg of the power system I will be using a signalinc for that now that I know about those

Thanks guys. That answers confirms what I thought was the situation. Did anyone ever rip apart a PLM to see what the failure was caused by. Many years ago the predecessor of Roku , also called Roku, came out with an Audio streaming device that failed after about a year. They used an inadequate power supply and a similar power supply with the same form factor but a better longevity (Mine never failed) was available on the web. I bought one and fixed the streamer. I got really pissed off at Roku because they would never acknowledge the problem nor would they provide a fix other than buyy another of their units. Needless to say, I never bought another device made by Roku.

Several questions relating to PLM's: My electric service is standard 240 volt (120 hot leg to neutral). I have two 120 volt receptacles at the circuit breaker panel, one on each phase. This is where my PLM is located. I just bought another PLM since the one I was using failed, but I had a spare new one because of the failure rate of the PLM's. The house has about 80 or so Insteon devices, almost all dual band, located around the house. I used keep the PLM connected to the ISY on one of the receptacles, and another PLM on the other receptacle to ensure I was getting to both phases of the electric service. Do I need to do that? Or will one PLM and the large amount of dual band devices handle the multi-phase issue. UDI really should develop their own PLM so that the longevity issues of the Smarthome PLM can be avoided. I see in the smarthome PLM writeups on Amazon it states that they ship the newer versions of the PLM which addresses the longevity issue. Is this verifiable? Is there any way to verify that a PLM is in good working order other than trying to use it?