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Thanks, my perceived success with a reboot may have merely coincided with remedy of the problem elsewhere.

Spokens no longer work with any of my devices. I get the message: Error Devices are not available. I have tried asking Alexa to discover new devices--didn't help. I need help! Please ignore this post. I rebooted my Mac and full functionality of the portal has been restored.

I ran into a recent problem on my Mac with the Admin Console. I resolved it by downloading the most recent version of Java (I had a pending update). I deleted the cache and downloaded the Admin Console and my problem with the Admin Console was resolved. Won't hurt to give this a try.

All is well here. Thanks.

I made no changes whatsoever. Keypads and switches working fine. Given the message I received when I attempted to login to the portal (ISY not online) sounds like a problem with the portal. Yoohoo, Benoit!

Alexa stopped executing any commands. A check of the portal says my ISY is not online.

Me thinks we may be "tilting at windmills" a bit.

Michel Kohanim: I don't know whether you will see this or not but this is info. you should know. You may recall spending a great deal of time with me trying to resolve why the programs did not appear in the device tree of an ISY located remotely from my location. You finally got it to work using the portal. Yesterday, accessing my local ISY w/o the portal resulted in the Java app appearing in the middle of my computer screen and the Admin Console did not appear as the app being run. Instead the app was Java Web Start. Aside from that things appeared normal. I sought help at the forum just in case someone had the same problem. Apparently no one had so I dowloaded a recent pending Java update, cleared the cache and downloaded the Admin Console. That resolved the display issues. I then directly accessed the remote ISY without the portal and checked the program tree. All of my programs appeared! Apparently, there was a problem with Java that caused the program tree to not display properly. I hope you see this because someone else may encounter the same problem.

I just did; deleted the cache and downloaded the Admin Console. All has returned to normal.

Am I the only one to encounter this?

I tinkered a bit w/o success. I am anxious to avoid doing more since everything is working except the app doesn't identify itself as the admin console but as Java Web Start. I will wait to see if someone has encountered and successfully resolved the matter. Otherwise, I will submit a ticket. I have received notice that a Java update is available, but I am going to avoid doing that until I know what is going on.

Today, when I double-clicked on the Admin Console icon on the desktop a Java message appeared in the center of the screen. A couple of minutes late the device tree and programs appeared but instead of Admin Console the app running was identified as Java. Something is clearly wrong but before I race off blindly seeking a solution I considered it best to consult with the forum and get expert advice.

Got it! Thanks to all who have helped.

The first program activates a second which sends notification based on events. When the fist program is turned off the second is inactivated. I tried your suggestion a couple hours ago and it didn't work but I will try it again this evening since I may have made a mistake. Thanks for your help.

I only have one scene relevant to this program and that is for three KPL buttons which I have designated as controllers. That was done so that when the program ran all buttons showed their correct status. I tried putting that scene at the start of "Then" and setting it "On". the buttons then displayed correctly for "On" but when I had Alexa turn off the program the KPLs stayed lit. I am obviously missing something simple. I am nearing giving up and simply running this program as always using the KPLs. The only reason I am trying to get this done is I have other programs, several, in fact, that it would be nice to execute using Alexa.

I am still stuck on this. When I use Alexa to run the first program below, the KPL buttons do not show their correct status, i.e., “On”. Please indulge me, I am new to using Alexa and this has me stumped. I know that program execution begins with “Then”. What specifically do I need to do to get the KPL buttons to display their proper status when this program is run using Alexa? Security - [iD 0011][Parent 001C] If Status 'KPLs / Kitchen KPL / Kitchen KPL D (Security)' is 100% Or Status 'KPLs / Deck KPL / Deck KPL D (Security)' is 100% Then Wait 5 minutes Set 'Cameras / Kitchen Camera (On-Off)' On Wait 2 seconds Set 'Cameras / Kitchen Camera (On-Off)' On Set 'Cameras / Front Camera (On-Off)' On Wait 2 seconds Set 'Cameras / Front Camera (On-Off)' On Wait 3 minutes Enable Program 'Security (Disabled)'

I am still stuck on this. When I use Alexa to run the first program below, the KPL buttons do not show their correct status, i.e., On. Please indulge me, I am new to using Alexa and this has me stumped. Security - [iD 0011][Parent 001C] If Status 'KPLs / Kitchen KPL / Kitchen KPL D (Security)' is 100% Or Status 'KPLs / Deck KPL / Deck KPL D (Security)' is 100% Then Wait 5 minutes Set 'Cameras / Kitchen Camera (On-Off)' On Wait 2 seconds Set 'Cameras / Kitchen Camera (On-Off)' On Set 'Cameras / Front Camera (On-Off)' On Wait 2 seconds Set 'Cameras / Front Camera (On-Off)' On Wait 3 minutes Enable Program 'Security (Disabled)' Else Disable Program 'Security (Disabled)' Set 'Cameras / Front Camera (On-Off)' Off Wait 2 seconds Set 'Cameras / Kitchen Camera (On-Off)' Off Security (Disabled) - [iD 0012][Parent 001C][Not Enabled] If Control 'Sensors (Door) / Front Door Sensor / Front Door Sensor-Opened' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Deck Door Sensor' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Garage Side Door Sensor' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Kitchen Door Sensor' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Man Cave Door Sensor' is switched On Then Send Notification to 'Donnie Wheeler' content 'Chesapeake Door Open' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') The status is disabled until either the Deck or Kitchen KPL D is On. If you would be so kind as to point out where and what I need to do the first program to have the KPL buttons display their correct status I would be most appreciative.

I recommend a small change to the Wiki and this is one problem that should not rear its head again.

Thanks, Benoit. All is well.

I attempted to do all the following: Instructions for Migrating from V2 to V3 Review the ISY Optimized for Smart Home V3 Changes To use V3, you first need to uninstall V2 : Login to the Echo App Click on the Smart Home menu item on the left navigation bar Click on Smart Home Skills Look for ISY Optimized for Smart Home V2 and then click on the Disable button On « ISY Optimized for Smart Home V2 », click on Disable, then « Disable skill ». Then you need to forget your existing devices: In the echo app, click on the Smart Home menu item on the left navigation bar Click on Devices Scroll to the bottom and click Forget All, then Forget NOTE : Your devices will be rediscovered by the V3 skill Continue with Instructions to Enable the V3 skill in the echo app below When I got to 3.3. and scrolled to the bottom the screen there was no such option. What is there is "Your Smart Home Skills". I asked Alexa to take an action and got he response I couldn't find the device..." I need urgent help because at present I can't do anything with Alexa.

I solved this. There was nothing wrong with the programs or their execution. I had not asked Alexa to discover new devices after adding this program. Please be patient with me. I am learning something new.

I have the following two programs that turn on cameras and notifications from door sensors. When I try to include the first program the portal setup for Alexa it is recognized as a Scene. Second, when I tell Alexa to turn Security on, I get the message "Security is not responding". What am I doing wrong? My understanding is that an On command should result in Then running and an Off command should result in Else running. Security - [iD 0011][Parent 001C] If Status 'KPLs / Kitchen KPL / Kitchen KPL D (Security)' is 100% Or Status 'KPLs / Deck KPL / Deck KPL D (Security)' is 100% Then Wait 2 minutes Set 'Cameras / Kitchen Camera (On-Off)' On Set 'Cameras / Front Camera (On-Off)' On Wait 3 minutes Enable Program 'Security (Disabled)' Else Disable Program 'Security (Disabled)' Set 'Cameras / Front Camera (On-Off)' Off Wait 2 seconds Set 'Cameras / Kitchen Camera (On-Off)' Off Security (Disabled) - [iD 0012][Parent 001C][Not Enabled] If Control 'Sensors (Door) / Front Door Sensor / Front Door Sensor-Opened' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Deck Door Sensor' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Garage Side Door Sensor' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Kitchen Door Sensor' is switched On Or Control 'Sensors (Door) / Man Cave Door Sensor' is switched On Then Send Notification to 'Donnie Wheeler' content 'Chesapeake Door Open' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

At the moment I an trying to better understand the portal and especially control of devices, programs and scenes using the Echo. Progress is slow but I am excited about what I can do. Next up, control of my Rachio. Finally, like you, I want to try to understand and use variables. I love my two ISYs and I am very impressed thus far with Cao Tags. The only substantial improvement that I would love to see us riddance of Java.

Finally found a Wiki that showed me how to do this. Didn't work. So I must conclude that the camera may be dead. Will have to wait until I am onsite to further troubleshoot.

Thanks for the help. I did that and the camera is successfully edited in. Pardon my ignorance but use of the portal is new to me, how do I now get the cameras web address and direct it to the camera via my browser and the portal instead of the port forwarding setup which has failed?