DIYguy

Never mind the automated milk truck, I want my transporter and replicator! (except the part where the clouds down and my particles just scattered in the cloud) Opps!

Once I finally received my Echo I did my initial set up in my office and then took it out into the dinning room and set up while the wife wasn't around. When the wife came home I was rather proud to test "Alexa.....turn entertainment center lights on" hear an "OK" response and the lights came on. Didn't get quite the response I hoped for. "Oh my G##!!! you and your gadgets!! what did you do now..... blah....blah....blah blah." Dear wife not so happy. Good news, after a few days and experimenting, wife can get her news fix, whats the weather forecast and best yet "Alexa....play Dave Koz" Felt REALLY good to finally hear the wife state it wasn't that silly and "actually, that's pretty cool" She loves working in the kitchen and calling out music and other request. Grand daughter spent the weekend and drove Alexa and us nuts talking to her and coming up with every imaginable question. Did you know Alexa will answer to "what sound does a fox make?" So....what are some of the other reactions in other users homes?

I bought the Insteon Hub first based on an e-mail notice from SmartHome announcing Echo, Insteon Hub and Harmony Hub integration plus the iPhone app. The Insteon Hub and app are clumsy and less than user friendly. The Harmony Hub with Elite remote is a complete waste of $350. Had to factory reboot/restore twice in two weeks for total lock up, drops functions and drops devices during functions. Want my old Harmony One back. Out of eleven devices loaded into Connected Home through the Hub nine work two don't. Odd Of two of the devices one is named [chair lamp] and one is named [couch lamp]. Using command "Alexa....turn chair lamp on" receive response "OK" and light turns on. Using exact same command using couch lamp, receive response "can not find a device couch lamp in John's profile" Last night completed the portal / ISY registration, went into Portal and started with adding twenty-five devices and a few scenes. Went back into Connected Home and ran find devices but took several different tries before Echo found the ISY devices. The eleven devices in the Insteon Hub are now duplicated with the ISY devices. I expect I'll need to take each Hub device and "forget" them in Connected Home correct? Now that ISY seems to be connected do I need to get rid of the Hub? If I add devices and scenes in ISY Portal and run discover I expect it will find the Hub devices again.

Thanks jerlands Finally got the portal worked out and entered twenty-five devices and a few scenes to test it out. Have Connected Home set up already and after a few different tries of finding devices if finally connected with Portal and found what I entered. Now I need to figure out the redundancy of the Insteon hub and ISY as devices loaded in the hub were already found and now loaded twice.

When using the Echo app to find devices I've noticed the only devices it can find are the ones I had to manually enter in the Insteon Hub. I would open ISY, go down the list and manually enter the address into the hub rather than travel all over the house and link the devices. I've only entered a fraction of the total devices available. I've also noticed the Hub would not accept some devices even though it would accept a nearly identical device. IE: Insteon dimmer wall switch. Two in same box, recognizes one, not the other? I have the ISY portal set up, the Skill enabled in Echo. Is there a way for Echo to find all the devices available through ISY?

Went through the process of finding devices but it only found the devices I manually entered into the Insteon hub, not all the ISY devices. (long list) All the living room devices are showing up correctly in the device list and I can go through and command multiple devices correctly IE: "Alexa, turn chair lamp on", get the OK response and devices respond. What's puzzling is there are several similar devices on the list such as [couch lamp] that returns the message " I can not find a device named couch lamp" Where all conditions seem identical, what would cause the Echo to recognize most devices on the found list and not recognize other device on the same list?

Was wondering if it might be propitiatory with the Echo, haven't seen it with any other HA systems. I expect Amazon is selling the Echos so fast they can't keep them in stock. I received my e-mail from UDI sales this morning announcing the Echo was working with ISY and pretty immediately ordered it. Unfortunately listed as "expected in stock January 28th" so on the pre sale waiting list. I have everything loaded and programmed in ISY but bought the Hub because the wife can use her iPhone to turn on the living room lights while planted on the couch. She doesn't like looking for the itty bitty little white remote control. Phone is ALWAYS in her hand so easy to find. I'm an automation freak but the wife doesn't like all the remote controls. Really looking forward to her being able to run the automation scene for evening lighting by giving a voice command. I know she can do that.

I feel like the guy overhearing an interesting conversation but not completely understanding the conversation. I've had my ISY for years with LOTS of Insteon devices, programmed, scenes etc. MobiLinc Pro on the iPhone and iPad. Just bought the Hub in anticipation of the Echo. Bought the Harmony Elite because it will link with Insteon and the Hub and hopefully not frustrate the wife. Just ordered the Echo and waiting for it to be in stock and ship. Trying to do my home work while waiting for the Echo to show up and trying to figure out....what Connected Home? I can't find a link to to a specific software or operating system Connected Home, just the concept. What is Connected Home and how do I get it?

To clarify for my information. I use MobilLinc Pro on my iPhone and iPad, is this the same as MobilLinc Connect? I was just about the order the Echo and saw the disclaimer and wanted to make sure.

After a few challenges I have full remote access of my ISY994i from my office computer. I've had MobiLinc Pro for quite a while and tried using it before my ISY. Wasn't impressed with the SmartLinc connection and stopped using it. It seems to work well with the ISY so I just updated to 4.0 My question is, how can I get MobiLinc to work remote without paying the annual fee? I have a business gateway with static IP and port forwarding in place. External IP configuration is taken care of. What does the Portal Integration Module do. If that module is installed can MobiLinc be manually configured for remote connection without using the service? Will the push notification work if not using the Connect service? Don't mind spending the $30 if get added features but since I've done all the other work already wondering if I still need to pay for the service. Any suggestions?

It's been quite a process but I've finally made it as far as remotely connecting with my ISY994i. After getting past firewalls, updating Java and installing the admin Console I still can't access the ISY. The ISY finder gives me a : "Not found" error. When I open the Admin Console I get the "Error, click for details" message and then the Security Exception. In the past when I got that message I discovered if I reloaded the console from the original ISY page it fixed the problem When remote it doesn't work. Any suggestions?

I just ran into this same problem two weeks ago (early Feb) Had a 4-way switch for the main entry I was trying to convert to Insteon. Wired everything as I thought is was suppose to be, powered up, no lights. Multiple test, no lights. Spent seven hours over two days during the weekend and finally gave up. Called a friend that was a Journeyman electrician to help. He laughed, "no problem" and then spent 2-1/2 hours mumbling about why and how and a few explicates. Still no go. Tried an experiment and ran a replacement cord (power cord, male end only, no female) and used it to jump the neutral wire from another circuit to the 4-way. Plugged the cord into another outlet, capped the hot, connected the white neutral to the 4-way and tested. Worked as it should! Late '80s house and all the power runs originated in the ceiling boxes, dropped a loop to the switches, no neutrals. For those that have this set-up, it is possible to jump a neutral from another circuit. All neutrals go to the same bar in the load center so it doesn't matter where the circuit gets its neutral. I had to cut a hole in the wall and add a line in multiple locations, sucks but it does work.

I did some searching of other posts and found that this is a common problem. More details in some of the other posts lead to being able to add ISY to the Java exception list through the Control Panel. So far, seems to work.

I'm migrating from HouseLinc to ISY and still have some bugs. I had HouseLinc active while setting up ISY but have now disconnected it. Still have some ghosts to clear up. I have an OutletLinc that is only suppose to be a responder to a garage door I/O device. Door goes up, nightlight plugged into the outlet goes on, door goes down, light goes out. Been that way for 1-1/2 years. Now in ISY when I click on the OutletLinc is show as a responder to another light switch in the garage. It is not suppose to be and I can figure out how to remove the OutletLink as a responder to the light switch.

When I try and access the ISY control panel the Java window shows an error. When I click on details I get Security Exception and reference to ###/web/insteon.jar Any answers why and how to fix?

Did a search but didn't find anything on this. I have a static IP for my gateway and use IIS (Internet Information Services) for several applications such as ACT! web. Upgraded my main server and router and tried to duplicate my access settings. Use to work for several controllers that I could remote access using IP and port info and port forwarding, now I can't get any of them to work including ISY 994i. Anyone have to configure IIS to get their ISY to work for remote access?