DennisC

I consider controlling my garage door opener a critical operation. I take anything I consider critical directly to my Elk. I wire it to a relay and have the Elk control the relay. With the Elk module and a program, opening and closing my garage door opener is controllable by my ISY. I also have a wide gap contact on my garage door that is wired to my Elk. Since my ISY can monitor this contact, I have another program to monitor open/close status. If the door is open after a certain time at night for x amount of time, my Elk system announces the garage door is open. Dennis

I have not noticed any changes in ours. Our Echo was sitting right on top 7.1 channel speaker connected to the tv and could hear us fine from 15 - 20 feet away even with tv on. In fact, on occasion, Alexa was known to respond to the tv when a character was named Alexa. Dennis

I believe that is correct and it is mentioned in the link.

Follow this link and scroll down to Portal: http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Main_Page If you already have the Networking Module you can have your subscription to the portal extended. Length of time depends on when you purchased the module. Dennis

I am using Tasker on an Android phone and setting a variable on ISY as described in the wiki.

You could use the built in mobil UDI interface. Check the wiki for more information. It is not great, but if all you need to do is turn lights on/off it works. Dennis

Hmmm, not sure if you follow DST at your location, but clocks changed last night. Wonder if timing was out of sync..... Dennis

I frequently find Echo responding to the TV and telling us she didn't understand or in some cases actually answering a question.

I find programming for things like lighting and temperature much more convenient and easier in the ISY. Having said that, anything that is critical, like water valve, garage door opening, ect, I handle with my Elk and then set phantom outputs if required in my ISY. Dennis

What are you trying to do with your Elk system that isn't already available with the ISY Elk module?

Glad to hear it's what you needed.

To load the UDAjax just enter your ISY's IP address in to a Mobil browser. I think if you are using the standard ports you wouldn't need to add them, but if it doesn't work, just add the correct port. Info on this should be in the Wiki.

Or the built in to ISY Ajax

Just enter your IP address in your phones browser. If you have changed from the standard port you will need to enter a : and the correct port number. Outside your lan you will need a static IP address or ddns account.

I'm using a Honeywell Zwave thermostat and that has worked fine with ISY, programs, and Mobilinc. Dennis

I'm doing this also. Works well and no chance of a stray Insteon signal opening up the garage door. Dennis

I think you would be able to share some ordering and music collection. Amazon allows you to add family members to your account, or at least Amazon Prime does. You might want to look in to that. Dennis

As a follow up to what Paul has said, TP-Link instructions for using one of their routers as a wireless access point is to turn off DHCP in the access point. You might want to double check this was done and then follow Paul's suggestion to restart everything. Dennis

You indicated you can't connect when you type the IP address in your browser, but don't indicate which IP address you tried. Have you tried the IP address from the working phone? Also, could you have issued a static IP address in the old router? Dennis

If we are still talking about features we are missing from the Android version of Mobilinc, we can add Elk module and variable support. Could probably add to the list, but we have done that before....... Dennis

Physically pick up the boxes and transport them - no there is no need. I can access them on site or remotely. I wouldn't take them out of service to move them. DC

Joe, I also have two ISY's at two different locations. I can manage them both from either location and I also have the ISY's set to the same IP addresses. I do this so I only need to remember 1 IP address. In the ISY Finder I have one local address and one DDNS address. This enables me to connect to either ISY by selecting either the local IP address or the DDNS address. Dennis

In the past I have used a Dwyer current switch to send the signal to An Insteon device. The current switch was fairly inexpensive and I haven't had any problems with it. It is available has a split device, which means it opens to wrap around your power wiring. Therefore, you don't need to open the appliance. You will need a box to mount it in however. I use this to monitor a 3/4 hp motor for a dock de icing system. Dennis

I would suggest having the Elk close a phantom relay and have the ISY trigger off of the relay closing/opening. This would also require the Elk module, but I think it will trigger quicker.

Glad you got it corrected.