Jay M

My current house has an ISY 994 and it's working well with over 50 Insteon devices. I'm remodeling our new/future house and plan to use mostly all new Insteon devices with an Eisy controller. Can one Portal account handle both houses? I don't want to migrate or import anything, I want to start with a clean slate in the new house. What would you suggest? Buy a second portal account and and cancel the old one when I'm out of the old house, or can I use one account for both houses? Thanks, ~Jay

It worked! Thanks everyone I restored the outlet and now the button and the scene works. ~Jay

Thanks. I'd bet $1 that that's going to work ~Jay

Thanks, I'll try that. What exactly does "restore device" do?

Thanks for the reply. I did read about updating. I think I’ll wait until it’s an absolute need because it does look like a potential nightmare. For now, I’m just using an Alexa routine for the fountain timer. I don’t really need to button to work if Alexa can turn the fountain on and off. Tonight I’ll unplug the fountain and low-voltage lights and see if that solves the problem. I’d consider dumping Insteon and getting a fresh start with something more modern, but I can’t think of any viable replacements. Plus, replacing 40+ devices will be very time consuming and not cheap. Things Insteon has that I really like: keypads Insteon relay that I use to shut off the water main Insteon sensors to tell me if a door is open Insteon leak sensors that can shut off the main water line and notify me of a leak. The Insteon dual outlet clean IR integration with the 994ir wireless Insteon remote What other platform can do all that?~Jay

The firmware match, they are both 4.9.0 I might try to update it. ~Jay

I have a dual outlet 2663-222. The top is for a fountain, and the bottom is for low voltage lights. The bottom outlet works as expected, but the top one does not. I want the fountain to be part of a scene that responds to Alexa, an 8-button keypad, and an all lights off scene. When I press the button on the keypad, the admin console shows that the top outlet is ON, I press it again and it says OFF. But the outlet isn't actually responding. If I go directly to the device, I can turn it on and off. For now, I can use Alexa if I control the device directly, but not part of a scene. I did delete and create a new scene, but that didn't solve the problem. do you have any suggestions? Thanks, ~Jay

that worked. Deleting devices on the Alexa app is not very intuitive. But I figured it out, and it's working now. Jay

I have many scenes and devices all working well with Alexa. But one, called "Mater Bedroom", won't work. Alexa responds by saying "I had trouble communicating with provider. Check your device's connection and power supply." What's going on? What could be wrong with this scene? thanks, ~Jay

WOW! that's a lot for me to digest. Thanks for so much time and detail you gave. I'll baby-step my way into it. My first concern, is that version 5 is still in beta. But maybe it's stable enough now? My other concern is that my brain does not work like the brain of a typical computer programmer. I can barely create simple programs to make my lights do what I want! But, I use my Sonos every day, and it might be worth the effort to make it easier and more convenient for the whole family. One I'm ready to tackle this, I'll be back with many questions. thanks, ~Jay

I just learned that I can control Sonos with my Insteon Keypad. This is great news now that Sonos no longer supports their own controllers. I was able to use the Insteon hub to get some control, but it wasn't very reliable. In most cases, ISY does things better, as it should considering the enormous cost difference. I searched the forum, but I can't seem to grasp what steps are required to make Sonos control happen. The control I would like is: -play/pause button -volume up button -volume down button -skip button -favorite stations buttons Is this even possible on the ISY? As a bonus, it would be nice if I could also program my IR remote to control the Sonos through ISY and Insteon. thanks, ~Jay

thanks for the detailed instructions! I'll give it a try tonight when I get back home. I'm sure I'll have some followup questions. ~Jay

Now that I have the portal and Alexa working, I want to do this: When I'm ready to leave the house, I'll Say "Alexa, turn Away lights on." Then I'll open the front door, close it behind me, and leave. Later, when I return, I'll want the scene I call "mood" to turn on when I open the front door. Basically, Away tuns most of the lights off, and mood sets all the living room lights where I like them. How can I program this? I assume, I'll need to have the return home program be triggered by the door sensor. In that case, the program will need to ignore the door sensor for a short period of time until after I leave the the house. Otherwise, as soon as I open the door to leave, the lights will turn back to mood. Thanks, ~Jay

So I bought the portal. It's more steps than I like, but it's works REALLY well! Now I need help with a new program... maybe it deserves it's own thread... I create a new one. thanks! ~Jay

thanks for the heads up. I'll let you know how this progresses. ~Jay