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I have 3 scenes in my ISY: bed, tv and living room. Alexa discovers the first two with no problem, but not the "living room'. I have reset the name, reset the spoken name, erased and discovered devices multiple times and no matter what I do it has never discovered "living room'. Everything else works fine, so I've obviously been correct in my setups there. Any advice or alternatives to try, or ideas on what the problem is? I'm at my wits end on this one. Thanks

Thanks Jon - I get a little discouraged when I see some guy with 40 devices leave a skill review that is 5 stars and he says all 40 are working just fine.

Are vocabularies specific to skills? I ask because the Insteon Echo web page uses the word "lamp" in a number of their examples of how the system works. I think there's something else at work here (in my system). I used the word "fireplace" to designate a lamplinc module by the fireplace. Alexa recognizes the word and says, " turning fireplace on", but the light connected to that module does NOT turn on.

Kitchen is the one name that works for me. Names that don't work: sun porch, reading, track, fireplace, sofa table, kitchen cabinet After saying ,"Alexa tell izzy to turn on" any of these, Alexa responds "turn on which device?" Does that mean that none of these words are in her vocabulary? It would be helpful if the app would display the list of devices that Alexa has recognized/refreshed. btw - app shows that command was heard correctly by Alexa about 90% of the time.

I renamed my devices to remove "lamp and light", then went into notes and put the new names into the "spoken" slot. Had Izzie refresh device list. But out of a half dozen devices (most of which are dual band lamp dimmers) only 1 responded to a Izzy turn on command - a on/off wall switch controlling an overhead kitchen fluorescent. Are the lamp dimmers not compatible with Echo/Izzy commands? Can izzy turn on a scene such as "tv watching"? Sorry for all the questions, but I'm a newbie at this, and your help has been invaluable. Thanks!

Posted same problem in another forum - the answer was that my UI was out of date. Cleared java cache and reinstalled - portal tab appeared and I was able to give permission to communicate with the portal. Not much luck yet getting devices to respond, but working on it.

Thanks Xathros - Once I figured out how to clear the cache on Mac Yosemite and did the reinstall, that solved that problem - Configuration now had the portal tab and I was able to approve requested services. Now I have to work on getting Echo to actually turn something on. Even though I told Izzy to refresh devices - and got a correct count - asking Izzy to turn on any device results in no action - just Alexa asking "which device?" None of the names i use for my various lamps seems to work. Not sure what the problem is, but I'll keep working on it. Thanks again.

Think I'm good in that regard - see attached screenshot. Note that ISY module is recognized

Did the purchase and install and when I went to configuration>portal, there is no portal tab there. It was there prior to the install for my MobiLinc module. I've rebooted both the ISY and the admin console, but no joy. And without configuration, I cannot connect Echo to Isy. Ideas? Suggestions? See screen shot attached.

User error: Echo show it had linked to ISY BUT I had not bought an ISY portal. thought my existing portal for MobiLinc Pro would work with Echo. OK, so bought portal, installed it, I had already created a portal ID with UUID and log in. But now, when I go to configuration in the Admin console, there is NO portal tab under configuration! Huh? Have rebooted ISY and rebooted Admin console - but no portal tab. Help, suggestions Screenshot 2015-12-21 20.08.19.jpg

I'm obviously behind most of you in getting Echo to work with ISY. Got portal setup (I think), but no matter what I ask Alexa to do, ie; "refresh devices", I get a message back from Alexa, "ISY access is pending approval in admin console." Am I doing something wrong? How do I get admin console approval? Thanks for any help and direction

In trying to send ISY commands via Echo, I keep getting message from echo "ISY access is pending approval in admin console". So far can't find how to grant this approval in admin console. Help and direction, please? Gary

I am just starting to set up a system with Insteon modules. I linked a module on an outlet near my computer to make it easier. That worked fine. Then moved the module (lamplinc) to its permanent location. When attempting some basic communication from the admin console - like on and off - got this message: Cannot determine insteon engine. Device cannot be added. What does that mean and what did I do wrong? Thanks for the help.