paulbates

I think its the echo on Smart Home on their "cloud" side.. My thermostats stopped responding through the venstar skill... was wondering if it was ISY Portal, but pretty sure its not

Its a bug. DO NOT DISCOVER DEVICES RIGHT NOW.

Me too! Its a Bug. DO NOT DISCOVER DEVICES RIGHT NOW

Hi Mario The ISY, if used with the optional Zigbee ZS card and modules, provides the client side zigbee connection to the meter. I'm not sure how this device fits in with the ISY. And from my experience Make sure your power company will allow you connection to the meter before you buy.. Mine would not The ISY can only connect to one at a time. Paul

Links in devices are the physical expression of scenes, that's how they work. Since the ISY manages links in the device tree, it is the "source of truth" of how the network should look. Devices can lose link info sometimes, and the link compare exposes any differences. (Just last night I had to restore device to fix an issue for something that has worked for many years) 'Restore device' reprograms the links that compose the scenes. Yes, if there is a wireless device in the scene you have pull them and put them in linking mode, one at a time, unfortunately. After you do a 'restore device', the 0101 icon will appear next to devices that the ISY could not update... in this scenario, the wireless devices in the scene that haven't been put into linking mode to accept their reprogramming will show a green 0101 icon. If the "Restore Devices" is difficult, post the compare report you have so we can look at it. Paul

I would start by right clicking on that device in the device tree and performing a "Restore Device"... be aware that if wireless devices are part of the scene, each one must be visited and put in linking mode, one at a time until the 0101 icons are gone. Repeat the compare. If its not addressed, post the output of the compare here Paul

Hi If you want to access to your devices via a mobile phone app, you'll need to look at getting a third party application like mobilinc, which is ios and android, or agave which is android only. There's a windows phone app as well You do not have to get the portal, and the portal is not a direct mobile phone solution on its own. Paul

Its really more about planning and doesn't take long. Scenes are a very powerful feature of Insteon that the ISY makes easy to manage. I have a number of lighting and fan/damper controls that are primarily insteon virtual circuits with only minor timeout and monitoring roles for ISY programs. The devices are all over the house, from the living spaces to remote places in the attic. With scenes, I can manage it sitting in front of the admin console. You can also have the same scene turn some keys on and other keys off if that's needed.. combining multiple scene activities into one cuts down on traffic and visually looks better. Paul

Wait... all we have to do is request something?...

Hi Shan, welcome to the forums! Alex may not recognize something coming through the ISY skill as a lock, but as an insteon On/Off device. Did you try "Alex turn Front Door On"? Paul

Larry I could see that, its more of a peer to the Echo, Nest and Ecobee from that perspective...device provides data to a service that does processing, crunching and storing.... Do as much coding as practical on the server side so that the device requires fewer resources and fewer FW updates. You had to open a port in your router from the tag manager to get it to work? What port does it use? Paul

Yes. To add to Larry's answer, port forwarding is based on sending internet access for a specific port to a specific local client's IP address on your LAN. If that client gets address via DHCP, the address can/will change, making the rule invalid. Paul

Shannon I've used the XPNR in several different high noise situations. Easier to install IMO, and has worked perfectly for me against HVAC motor noise (especially when I had older PSC) and transformer line noise. It doesn't carry the load, so no fuses or limits. Its for 120 /240. Yes, its 120khz vs 131.65 KHz, but I've not found that to be an issue. I found that x10 and insteon plug filters were interchangeable with no differences. Paul

It sounds like noise problems. Insteon devices will try several times to turn a device on and that can create a delay. I would suggest using the admin console to turn on the 'LED on TX' option on a swtichlinc that you can see, possibly the one in question.... that will make that switches LED a traffic indicator. Repeat the the action that runs the program. If the the LED flashes through out the 4 - 5 second delay, that means the the switch is retrying communications and it would mean following the procedure for diagnosing noise... run logs, look for noise producing devices. Also, is there another program that is triggered by this action or on this device at the same time, it could be collisions from that program issuing direct insteon commands Paul

Not at this time. The built in Thermostat API is limited. Click on 'Temperature control messages'. https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/smart-home-skill-api-reference The API will improve over time, and hopefully expand to allow control of Mode and Fan at a minimum Paul

Larry, FYI the native Venstar Alexa skill works very well for the Colortouch series, setting the temp or requesting higher / lower. Paul

Hi AustinKirby A LAN is LAN... if all of your devices, wired and wireless.... converge on the same network through a consumer wireless router, that does not matter. However, you will need a 994i as the Echo/Dot are only supported on newer firmware, and those firmwares do not run on a 99i. Also, you will need to purchase an ISY portal subscription to connect the Amazon account to the ISY and support the communication. Paul

Yepl! I've learned to wary when I'm told after conference checkins to get my "swag", its usually a bag full of marketing junk. Not this time.. a dot and a nice hoodie. period. It is a great conference... I've been to a number (non aws) of conferences where the content was too salesy or "bunnies & duckies". I've gone to several health care industry specific sessions and they've package up and delivered exactly what I need to know in an hour. Its been a great week. i'm about halfway through the aws solutions arch cert. My current engagement is an azure migration, so I've had to redirect cert activity to there and will get back to aws cert next month. Paul

Hi Aaron, yes reinvent Paul

There is definitely a spouse approval factor involved here, revolving around: "can" vs "should" It may just show up with a few small jobs... the venstar thermostats and harmony remote are native and would bring the most wow factor for her first. I have 4 Insteon devices that share names that I have ignored for a while, need to fix that next for light control. To Larry's point, the unintended and misqued stuff will be the hurdle. Paul

When i chose to not act on the echo capability of my ISY portal account, the universe stepped in... I know what my next project is

Ron If you replaced it and its still doing it, that sounds, like powerline noise. I too have an older house (1952) , they never expected how the electrical system would eventually be used. I've found that carefully placed dual band devices and range extenders are needed. Given the amount I know, and assuming that the location is able to receive dual band, I would look at a dualband switch. Paul

The easiest is to put all of the lights you'd like to control in one scene for that purpose. Its ok for the same light to be in other scenes too. For example, I have several different scenes controlling lighting in my kitchen... recessed, pendant etc, and each are controlled by different keypad keys. I also put them all in one scene so a "good night" key pad key turns them all off when we go upstairs for the night. You can also use a program to set the scene on and off from a program Paul

I have a couple and one in particular goes flaky after a a few years (like several of my switches). Beyond "restore device", I have to factory reset it. Have you tried a factory reset, then restore? Paul

Hi Review this post and its references for logging: http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/20328-create-web-pages-using-programs-requires-network-module/?hl=log Though in a different climate, I went through this exercise a number of years ago and found i could adjust hvac to get a head start for cooling my upstairs on hot days, and also control excess humidity when it got colder out and use the gable fan. Temp and humidity are distinct, independent concepts for sure Be sure to consider the operating range of the 2441TH: Operating temperature range 4 o to 40o C (39o to 104o F) Operating humidity range 0-90% relative humidity Paul