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Is there something other than devices that you would like to delete? I hane never noticed an option to mass delete a select group of devices, or to delete all.

Yes. I am not in a position to refresh my memory on exact details, but there are predefined variables that include month of the year day of the year day of the month, name of the day and similar kinds of things holidays that are on a specific date are quite easy independence day, for example would be month equals seven and day equals four Thanksgiving, on the other hand was a bit harder to program for me, at least. Fourth Thursday of the month of November took a bit of creative programming. Most other holidays in the US are a bit more straightforward. Hopefully, someone can provide more specific details on where those predefined variables come from. I think somewhere system values and others were node servers. I also have a vague recollection of a node server that blinked up with standard holidays or with Google calendar. If I am recallingcorrectly, this is a potential option as well.

Unfortunately, I believe different brands of zwave devices have different parameter settings and I have only found them in the user manual for the various devices. I would have guessed that yours might have had a parameter for default ON levels and, once set, telling Alexa to turn on the light would have resulted in the light coming to that default level. I looked up parameters for one of my zwave switches and found that there is default level parameters for when you toggle the switch but separate default level parameter for when the switch is controlled by another device: Basic Set Custom Brightness On Parameter 34: Set the custom brightness level (or leave the last brightness level) for for Basic Set ON commands when the ZEN72 is triggered by another device in direct association. Values: 0 – last brightness level; 1-99 (%). Default: 0 Size: 1 byte dec Perhaps your switch has a similar parameter?

I am having the same concerns.

This is normal from my experience. As Diesel points out, Insteon devices can only be a controller of one scene. To my knowledge, I have never seen such a popup message. This makes no sense to me.

That has been my experience, as well. I have not gotten this to work, nor in distinguishing "control" vs "status" conditions of zwave devices in programs. At this point, I have decided not to use zwave devices in this role.

Hue plug-in is SOLID for me. They are among the most trouble-free devices I have under control by the EISY and previous versions.

Open Alexa app. On the lower left are some options that include one that is short parallel lines (settings, I assume). From there is the "skills" option. Scroll down to "my skills". Scroll until you see the universal devices skill, which should show you the version.

This is a good point. My experience with the transition from the ISYwas not exactly trouble-free, and much of the struggle was with Z-wave side of things. You describe your z-wave devices as "a few". If "few" means not to many, it may be easier and even beneficial to simply remove them from the ISY network, factory reset the z-wave devices, and add them back.

Not mentioned is the reliance of the hub on the internet and cloud services. Such devices run the risk of becoming a door stop should the cloud service cease to operate. I have always considered local operation to be a major selling point of the ISY series of controllers.

Has anyone noticed a "matter" option on the new hub? I don't believe it yet works, but suspect this is a sign of things to come.

@Panda88: I have yet to install the new Yolink hub. I have had some other issues (such as moving over to the EISY from Polisy) to work out first, but I would be fully understanding of a second Yolink plugin specifically for the local hub, keeping the original version for the original hub. The only downside I could see for you was maintaining two versions.

update...I never did get Polisy to add some matter thread devices (specifically, the nano leaf bulb). I was able to add a govee matter device and a GECync matter device, but I think they were matter-over-wifi. I migrated to the EISY recently, and the matter-over-thread now seems to work. I am now able to add the nano leaf bulbs.

Are you able to access the dashboard for polyglot? Assuming so, can you find the plugins store? Assuming so, can you find the plugin for Govee? Once found, do you see how to install the plugin? Also, in the store listing for each plugin I would expect a "more info" option. From there you will often find some very basic instructions relevant to each plugin. For Govee, it takes you here: https://github.com/UniversalDevicesInc-PG3/udi-govee-nodeserver/blob/main/README.md Once installed and set up, mine found the three Govee devices that I have and once found, the IoX showed the Govee devices as nodes, which can be used like the Insteon or zwave nodes in programs and scenes (with some limitations). Hopefully, along with the response from @dbuss, this will get you started.

I have had some luck adding zwave devices when close to the ISY, then moving to the final location. Many of my zwave devices have additional nodes for which I have no known use. I think some can be used to build zwave scenes, but have never had much luck with this. I suggest ignoring them if you can otherwise make your device function as desired.