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larryllix

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  1. In conjunction with io_guy above, a few minutes of off every cycle can allow some wicks/filters to soften the scale somewhat, as it re-wets itself more completely. The hardened scales can stop the water from wicking completely and wear out your wick/drum faster.
  2. I don't dim or brighten a scene. If I did modify the scene, and then turn it on, it would take many seconds to get a lighting response and I would reprogrmming the eproms in the switchLinc dimmers every time.. In my Gathering Room I use individual commands like... Alexa Turn On TV lights Alexa. Turn On Reading lights OK Google. Turn on movie lights OK Google. Turn on Easter lights Alexa. Turn on bright lights Alexa. Turn on dim lights OK google. Turn off gathering room lights These are all programs that operate banks of lights. The Insteon lights are in scenes and the non-Insteon are NRs. Some were Hues (just removed them) and others to a RPi that can operate them (RGBWW) almost simultaneously However, I do use relative commands for A/V volume as the receiver supports it. Alexa. Turn On louder Alexa. Turn on softer
  3. The US spelling was the answer!!! So I had two problems. Alexa routine process was somehow locked up and vocals are translated into US spelling and then compared with your text. Thanks so much. In the back of my mind, I did see somebody discussing US spelling differences but I wasn't into that subject matter at the time, and walked away mentally. The UDI forum has so much diversification now, it is hard to even read/absorb it all, now.
  4. Wow! Looks like UV exposure but on the back against a receptacle, it's not likely. I don't see any signs of overheating from a loose connection and/or high loads. You need to put some vaseline on the next plug inserted there and plug it in and out a few times to wipe it in. Silicone grease is even better if you have access to some. This can happen with aluminum against some other metals. They can bond after a time.
  5. Ahhhh! Never thought of that. Since Alexa doesn't seem to use phonetic spelling analysis it may not recognise the word or spelling. I'll have to try the US spelling as a test. Some of my neighbours are bors so.......I knew I should have bought my Echoes at amazon.Ceh?
  6. Got it! I disabled ISY skill and then enabled it again. My garage door routines started work. Thanks so much!!! Then I went back to the original vocal trigger routine and it still will not work. I tried various phrases with many failures. I eliminated the word "neighbour" and it started to work. It seems "neighbour" is a dirty word that it associates with something else and it confuses Alexa. Thanks again! This has been a while for frustration.
  7. Thanks. I tried adding a second action in both routines. One was a notification via all echoes before and then after the vocal. The other was a message sent to my mobile device. Both tested OK but will not trigger from the contact variable. When asked Alexa reports the status OK still. Finding the announcement action, I decided there was a better notification as it can go out to all devices. Way too much echo but left them on only two devices. I will try the disconnect and reconnect. I have done this before but WTH? you never know with these things.
  8. I am using a vocal named "Garage Doors". I tried a one word vocal "GarageDoors" and also "GarageX Doors" to try the app memory jog mentioned. This becomes the Alexa app name after each discovery. The state variable is named "$sGarage.Doors.both.closed" The Alexa routine is... Trigger: Garage Doors closed, Response:Vocal:custom: "Both garage doors are now closed", Vocal to:Mobile device Trigger: Garage Doors open, Response:Vocal:custom: "A garage door has opened", Vocal to:Mobile device Variable changes with status change of the variable. Both routines (open/closed) vocalise properly when manually tested from app. Questions like Alexa. Are the garage doors closed/open? responds with The garage doors is close/open There is absolutely no problem getting the status via ISY Portal into the Alexa app. This routine failure is the same for some vocal triggers. Other vocal to vocal routines have been working well..
  9. Thanks for the suggestion. I tried renaming my spoken as well as using a single word name for it. I rebuilt, deleted and rediscovered my ISY devices. (need a mass delete back). I changed the device from a contact sensor, to a light switch, and motion detector, each time rediscovering, deleting the routines, rebuilding them, disabling, and re-enabling them with no joy. My garage doors variable is sensed by Alexa when asked if my garage doors are open, giving proper responses, and yet no triggering works from the same status point. I followed every instruction I could in the ISY wiki instructions. No such luck. I opened another ticket for this again with Amazon via the app. We'll see if anything happens this time.
  10. Can you press a preset on your car radio and get a station just above the preset? Insteon scenes are presets and almost unlimited. Create a new bunch that are dimmer or brighter than the one you want to modify. I use a single state variable with a bank of programs in an obscure folder each with two lines. If $sVariable is 1 Then Set scene LowLights On If $sVariable is 2 Then set scene DimLights On etc..etc.. Never install an else section in any of the programs. Create on Off level scene also $sVariable = 0 Add one to the variable and the lights go on brighter. Use Integer variables as constants to remember the names of the levels. Preset and Init them to any value you like. If $sVariable is $cLEVEL.DIM Then set scene DimLights On. Usage set $sVariable = $cLEVEL.DIM Voila! the lights respond with whatever scene you like. Later when you add non_Insteon and non_Zwave lighting the programs can add devices to them with changing your main logic programs.
  11. Description. discussion, tutorials and photos all covered.
  12. Welcome to the forums!! I gave up. I tried to fix this every week or so many times but no success. This is not an ISY problem. This is an alexa problem. Some examples are only using alexa to alexa routines.
  13. I agree. Backing will not hold even when facing up. I used the clear silicone two hole clamps available. Some used hard track that fits them. See the original thread on this. You will need to be ableto replace the strips if some ever burn out. I have hd segments burn out of one colour. Only whenneww though...so far. My son has bunch of white ones with a lot of burned out LEDs and the PS and controllers are behind cabinets. Make sure to paint the surfaces with reflective white paint before the trim. You will need a place to mount the power supply and controller somewhere. An extension cable can be fabricaed with flat ribbon cable to get the big lumps out of sight. One power supply and two controllers in a centra spot radially feeding the two strips would work. Serially feeding more than the 5m strips (normally supplied) doen't work well. The far end will be visibly dimmer from voltage drop.
  14. OTOH. Knowing that he kwen that you would know.....He spent years building up an immunity to blast shields. Better not go there. ....as you wish!
  15. There no time scale indicated to make your point clear. I would think my shower would be done by the time my Tags reported high humidity if I started at the beginning of a 15 minute update period. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
  16. I remember hearing years ago, a scene that turns a device Off will turn it back on when you turn the scene off. I have never tried it. I do use Off scenes though.
  17. I was buying the 6A 12vdc power supplies with the big box in the middle of the cord also. I have measured loads and found that a 6A will run two 5m length RGBWW strips full on, simultaneously, no problem. Now I run some on 2A and 3A wallwart style power supplies now. never had a problem using the LEDenet controllers. Here is one of the threads with pictures.
  18. LEDenet. Look for a thread with photos and instructions...Magichome is the same protocol Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
  19. I prefer them also because they are compatible with the 24 rgbww bulbs I bought for around $10 cad each Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
  20. Where are the strips located? Do you fasten them up to the frame facing down or just lay them on the floor? Do you run them down the sides and across the bottom of the bed? I am not familiar with the Hue strips but I understand they would require a 12v adapter PS and a controller that receives their form of Zigbee, where the strips would be plugged into? Is that correct? (I am just in the process of possibly dumping my Hue things)
  21. Oh thanks for that! I love the underbed lights!! Great idea! The guests wont be able to find the off switch, shouldn't bother the eyes, and won't interfere with some XXX-in_law that always wants to lay in bed and read with a personal bedside table lamp that keeps timing off. You can't predict what side they will sleep on. I typically do one automatic and one manual. I have lots of RGBWW strips and controller left over.
  22. Thanks. I did delete and start from scratch a few times. I just can't figure out why one works the next one refuses to work, and then the third one works fine, all using vocal triggers to run a vocal response. I finally gave up. Another try at it. The ones I have working are entertaining. ISY Portal variable triggers have never worked for me yet. The status shows up in the Alexa app fine. It just won't trigger anything.
  23. I have tried this with no success. I can see the variabe change states in the Alexa app but the routine never responds/triggers. I have found this same problem with other Alexa routines using a vocal trigger (no outside factors at all). Some routines work every time and others just refuse to work. I figured it must be something I said.
  24. In the last ten years since mine and the neighbour's house was built, I have seen their garage door crumpled three times now. Large kids toys were reported twice. I didn't ask about the third time. It's very interesting to see a non-insulated door crumple like it was tinfoil. It costs lots of money to have them replaced! To further mwester's point, I now have a hatchback style tailgate on a Honda CR-V that opens up. The sensors will not see that. While it could possibly push the tailgate door shut the hinge mechanisms would rip the paint and maybe metal, windshield wiper arm, and/or windshield glass, and cost me big bucks. It doesn't take much to cost $3-4000 for these mishaps.
  25. Some of the newer GDOs have automatic closing built in to the units but they issue some warning sounds before closing. I am not sure that would make any difference to some toddler going back for his push car, though.

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