MikeB

Odd, I already have V3 as well now that I checked!

Has been working well for me for years, I definitely control my lights with Alexa more than with paddles at this point.

Thanks!

Just received this via email: We're reaching out to let you know about changes to how Alexa works with Universal Devices, Inc. devices that connect to Alexa using the ISY Optimized for Smart Home V2 Skill. The ISY Optimized for Smart Home V2 Skill uses an outdated integration that hasn't been updated by its developer to support all of Alexa’s existing and new functionality. As a result, the Universal Devices, Inc. devices you have connected using their Alexa Skill will stop working with Alexa on November 1, 2025. This means the devices will no longer work with Alexa voice requests, Routines, or the Alexa app at that time. While no immediate action is required, we want to alert you to this upcoming change. We know how important it is to have a reliable smart home experience. Works with Alexa certified devices are designed to support Alexa's latest features and deliver the best voice control. To find products that continue to support Alexa's growing capabilities, click here. Thank you for making Alexa part of your home. Thanks, Alexa Customer Service

Interested in this topic as well. I only have 1 INSTEON thermostat currently (2-piece version), but I think it's time I finished this project and replaced my others. Although I want to integrate thermostat control and notifications with the ISY, integration with the Amazon Echo is priority #1.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

I had been limping along with my Hue Emulator setup until last night. Some phrases that had worked long ago stopped working over time. Yesterday I finally took the time to migrate over to the ISY Portal and love it so far, but it did not fix the spoken word recognition issue. Long ago "turn on pink floyd radio" worked to initiate a SONOS playlist, but stopped working a while back. Just recently "turn on goodbye" and "turn on goodnight" worked but stopped probably with this last update. Using the keywords "music" or "radio" seems to be a problem. For example, "office music" worked but "kitchen music" did not, so for consistency I had to change to something else. I am using these: "office sonos" "kitchen sonos" "living room sonos" "floyd sonos" "classic sonos" ...etc. Hopefully it stays working. Spoken word changes are tough to digest, especially for other family members that get used to saying certain commands and now have to change. Really hurts the WAF. For "goodnight" and "goodbye", oddly enough changing the spoken words to "good night" and "good bye" seems to work! I hope it stays working.

Back up now over here!

I finally got rid of my Hue emulator setup and got the Echo/ISY integration through the ISY Portal working yesterday. There was a short period of time yesterday afternoon where I believe the ISY Portal was down (Echo's response to commands was "That command doesn't work on device..." Other than that I had everything working well yesterday evening. This AM Echo started responding again with the above error and lost the ability to discover devices. I came here and found this thread. It's good to know there is an outage and not an issue specific to me! As of right now I am once again able to discover devices and the Echo seems to be responding normally.

I do know that Smarthome was looking to replace the RS-232 transceiver chip in the PLM last year because of frequent failures. Perhaps newer ones are more reliable.

Although I'm sure bad power can result in frequent PLM failures for some, you would also be experiencing frequent failures on other INSTEON devices.

I agree that it would be useful to specify different ON/OFF commands like you can with the emulator.

Level?

Changing the command to "Goodnight Sonos" seems to work much better. Thanks for the suggestion.

Right. I have a server that is running 24/7 anyway (basic file sharing, media server, photo storage, wholehouse audio control, workstation backups, etc.) so I don't mind adding the Hue emulator to it. Others wit no dedicated server might prefer to use a Pi.