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@blueman2what tests are you doing on the BE schlage, my locks have NEVER worked when using nenighbours to reach them for certain actions (like incusion or user code changes), i had to take them physically next to the ISY. ISY support never solved this and I gave up as i have secondary controllers that work just fine with them. (those actions work finde when using the secondary controller like a Vera or HomSeer Key. I was hoping this new module was going to fix that issue. My new radio arrives tomorrow, what tests could i perform before then....?

email sent, invoice recivied and paid, any ETA (i only ask because i have some buisness travel coming up and want to plan accordingly)

Not sure your point? I don’t have the word light as part of any spoken. Bottom line sequencing does matter, at least when using the iPad app. So it sort of works if you mess with enable/disable to ensure the scene comes after the lights - it’s a good workaround as one can say light on, lights off, lights 20% (note there is NO device called lights or with light in spoken, alexa applies the command to all devices that are light type). Ultimately this is just an echo limitation and as designed, I may go back to using scenes and defining it as a light in the isy portal. That way my lights will come on to the desired level even though it means I loose the flexibility of lights on a per room basis ( I have 5 echos, and now the verb light being context sensitive to each room is awesome). Of course one way UDI could help is if we could choose on in alexa to be instant on vs on at level set as default.

I added two insteon light switches and a scene that set them to 20%, to a group called bedroom, the bedroom echo is also a member.When I say to alexa ‘lights on’ it turns on the two lights to 100%, the 20% seems to be ignored or is processed first... -edit- I disabled the two lights, and the command worked, I re-enabled the devices and they now flash on bright and then are set to 20%. It seems the order of adding of the device is critical. Though the wife doesn’t like the bright to dim effect.... oh well...

great suggestion, thanks! i was stugglin with how to do this, does the sequence of the light devices and the light scene matter?

I noticed on v3 that the alternate spoken appears as a second device to the echo. Is this the expected behaviouor? Was it like this on v2? (i don't recall seeing it on v2 but i wasn't looking very hard!)

yes one would think that, but nope, no explicitly listed devices called bedroom, my echo devices have the same name as the group, that seems to be allowed. there is nothing called 'bedroom' in my device list or scene list i do have a device called bedroom sconces, but i also have a device called kitchen spots and i was able to make a kitchen group --edit-- hmm i guess it could be one of the other skills reserving the name, let me go see if it is the netatmo or harmony skill.... (they do not show as devices or scenes) --edit2-- confirmed it was the harmony hub name causing the issues, now renaming all my Hubs to <roomname>harmony

Scratch my statement above about deletions, I am still getting an issue trying to create a group called bedroom (I deleted scene of same name) yet alexa insists same name is already in use.... it isn’t.... I think that part is an alexa bug.

That fixed it, it was definitely enabled and had the green linked text in settings. Even disabled alexa told me I had a name conflict when I tried to create a group- I think it was with a scene spoken of same name (I guess delete of each scene in the alexa app isn’t doing a full delete) so I made sure to kill the app and do full device and scene discovery before re-adding the skill and performing the last discovery.

Yes, I linked it before you announced it (found it accidentally) will relink and report back.

Hi no, I can’t control devices or scenes, Alexa just says ‘ bedroom doesn’t support that’ for the bedroom scene. For bedroom cans device she says ‘the device or group bedroom cans is not responding’.

I have had broken alexa skill since moving to skill v3 when it came out - wife is annoyed (which is awesome, shows the WAF of the soluition) I will PM you my UUID so you can take a look before i disable / enable the alexa app just reports server not responding / there was a problem

Did you ever got hold of anyone? This person is a 2nd degree connection on linked for me.... http://linkedin.com/in/renee-niemi-300139

The phrasing i choose is not relevant to the issue at hand.

I ask alexa to turn on or off a group, she says ok, nothing happens I ask again it works fine.Happens usually after I have not used her for say a day or two.

I am still seeing this from time to time, no idea why!

I removed all the greyed ones that said <device name (offline)> - that broke the echo/ISY integration entirely and resulted in "that device does not support that command". So i removed everything and rediscovered and everything was aok.

Yes I mean groups. Not voice training issue. There were a bunch of greyed out offline items, no idea why. Removed them, will report back if it occurs again.

I have a bunch of insteon dimmers in connected home. I add these to a connected home room called downstairs or kitchen or some such. I test and they work ok. I then turn them all off and leave home. When I come back I ask Alexa to turn on downstairs. She pauses, says ok, nothing happens. The. I try again and it works fine, all subsequent on and offs for that room if I try them. I leave that room for some undetermined time (let's say next day). Ask Alexa to turn on downstairs and she says ok, nothing happens, on subsequent tries she works 100% I have seen this behavior for a week or two. Any ideas?

You are 100% right.It also allows you to see data from each channel - so per receptacle power on the strip. I want it mainly for my fibaro RGB controller.... If you need any alpha testing, just shout.

That's a pragmatic approach, my wife understand that because it is just the same as how she increases and decreases volume on the echo (by steps) - thanks!

thanks, So if the device does not appear listed as a row item in the list in the ISY.IO portal NEITHER connected home NOR the skill can access that device. Right?

thanks that was the precision i was looking for as an answer to my questions. thanks that was the precision i was looking for as an answer to my questions.

Not sure I understand the answer, not sure if you are answering a different question. I was asking does the skill have access to all devices with a spoken field. Or can it only access the ones defined in the 'spoken nodes and scenes' window in the ISY portal.

mine fails 1 in 5 times with my British stoke pacific NW accent - i will try voice training; i hope it doesn't then break recognizing my wife's 100% NW accent