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Your link leads to a blank page. Maybe you can post your programs. I don't link my vocals to scenes, only programs and devices but I tend to avoid scenes for things like that. After you set up your vocal did you tell Alexa to Discover again?

I use a Venstar T7900 and access it via NodeLink running on a RPi computer. Nest will take a side computer also to interface with and then it will be through a cloud service. I feel this is getting out of hand with too many dependent devices increasing the possibility of failure. Also, I do not attempt to change the schedule on my stat with ISY programming. I let the stat's built in four segment of the day programming do it for simplicity and for security of my temperatures (not messing up). However I do compensate my setpoint up by 0.5C degrees when the house effect windchill outside is below certain factors. This is created by combining outside temperature and the wind speed. I use many safeguards in ISY v5.x to ensure the temperature can never go too far out of bounds. Did you know you can drop programs into a folder and give the folder conditions that will only allow the programs to run if true? eg. 'Heating on schedule' folder Stat.heat = on AND stat.schedule = On This can help simplify your programming logic and eliminate many programs having the same repetitive logic in every one. " I guess because the ISY is always looking to set the temp during that given time period." This is incorrect. ISY programs only run when a statement in the If section contains a factor that changes. eg. If ...from 6:30 PM ....to 10:30 PM only runs the Then section at 6:30 PM and the Else section at 10:30. If you have another trigger factor line that will cause a trigger then a time frame can also act as a time frame filter. eg. If ....stat.temp < 9999 AND ....from 6:30 PM ....to 10:30 PM at 6:30 PM will run the Then section if and only if the temperature is below 9999 degrees (always will) at 10:30 will run the Else section always. when the temperature changes will run the Then section between 6:#0 PM to 10:30 PM and run the Else section any other time. when another program calls the If section of the program Then section will run if the time frame is correct AND the temperature is below 9999. If any of it is False then the Else section will run. IOW: only changes in the listed values used in your IF section can cause ISY programs to run, unless another program calls them. ISY programs don't watch for anything unless you program them with those values to be watched.

Ouch! There has been a new java release basically every week for the last 6 months. I would uninstall it, then delete the folders that contain the mass of dirt, it leaves behind, get a fresh up-tp-date java install, and then try again. You will also need to allow your ISY IP address through your windows firewall and your java firewall.

Sorry... Just a joke inferrence that, you sit up late at nights, translating the vocals into text by hand on your computer. Reading the joke, I figured you might choke, laughing, somewhat! :) I hope it wasn't too close to reality, and I "let the cat out of the bag". All the best!

The utilities like to hear "smart thermostat" usually. Our electrical utility manager told us they can get aproved increases in the energy rates very easily if they promise to pay it back to the users for about two years. With this promise tot he regulating police, they give away money and gadgets to users (like 52W incandescent light bulbs to save energy ;P ), for anything they can find to look "energy conscious".

No. Alexa should ask for a nickname, same as she does for events. Caution using events! She makes mistakes for dates and times in google calendar. Then she lies about it by confirming what you said but installing different values. We have had a few messed up appointment times in our schedule. Some errors are repeatable too.

I just found this same problem two nights ago and had to forget/discover again..

Alexa. How many ounces is 500 grams? She gave the answer but never said which ounce was used, avoirdupois, or Troy ounces. Avoirdupois would be assumed. With volume it can get worse. Alexa. How many cups in a kilogram? She knows not to mix volume and weight and also tells you that. Great for people in the kitchen. European cooks used weight measures, North American cooks use volume measures with a mix of avoirdupois and metric units.

I believe Scottie has his Honeywells working through his CAO Tag manager into ISY.

!niaga ti yas ll'I dna ecno ti dias I||I said it once and I'll say it again!

You may not be able to adjust the flow, depending on the system. Hydronics systems usually adjust water temperature with a mixer and everybody gets the same, without creating another zone. However the pump inside the heater may have a multi-speed pump in it.

I use the Venstar T7900 and it has a lot of shortcomings but some nice features too. Doing it again, I would stick with a thermostat company like Honeywell for serious home comfort. Then there is the HA factor that really screws that concept up.

I meant to test that but IIRC the blank tests as 0 degrees and heaters run based on temp < x

Most of us spend decades in the WAF. Was that with aeroplanes or airplanes?

Right now I am just trying to unwind and while looking in the mirror, time to reflect.

I am very sensitive to temperature fluctuations so...Mine might be staged and a little more complex. I tried to post one, but the idea is getting more complicated that I, or you might want at this point. This will take more than one program and some deeper thinking for me. In your program, everytime the temperature changes the first line will cause the whole If section to evaluate False and run the Else section, stopping your timer and the reset of the stat temperature will fail. The heat_on trigger will never test True from another trigger (temp<65), but will test True only when it commands attention from its own test. My first thought is to break your program up, into one that senses the heat_on trigger, calling a second disabled program. That way, once the timer starts, in the second program, it cannot be stopped by changing condition from the stat.

I have two 2441ZTH stats. I remember having to factory reset them and re-link about a dozen times over the last two years. I have an older version that I just left in the cold cellar as a humidity sensor and ventilation controller, and a newer revision unit, that can report to ISY but ISY cannot control it, whatsoever, since purcahe a year and some ago through many version of v4 as well as all of v5. I would never trust one of these to heat my home where the application is critical and/or dangerous to energy consumption or safety of occupants. SH has displayed their intense customer concern, with this Insteon model (sarcasm) by repeatedly changing the firmware in attempts to alleviate the massive quatity of bug complaints concerning this piece of junk. In the two years plus, I have been on this forum, I have seen about 10-12 people, totally miffed with these two models, for many different reasons. I am just glad I only paid about $70 for each unit as I have seen them offered for $150 at times.

Pull down the help menu and find Event Viewer. Set at level 3.

It's all Greek to me.

Awesome! Where did you find those API parameters? I searched for them originally and never could find a list anywhere.

More WAF for shorter too?

I just ran out of words....bet that doesn't happen to Stu...

I guess the heater s wired directly to the stat so divorcing the control takes more hardware. Since ISY can't turn on the heater by direct control the only way to manipulate the run time is the way you are doing it. We just need to polish your program a bit. My only concern would be that the Insteon signal fails somehow and the stat is stuck on 75 degrees. Not the end of the world though. The other concern is heater / stat placement. causing short cycling.

There are a few ways to get around that problem but people need to know what they are dealing with to make suggestions. What thermostat are you using and what is the heating source?

What are you trying to accomplish by changing the setting on your thermostat every time the heater runs? What make and model thermostat are you using?