phlojo

Hi, i was able to achieve more or less the same scenarios using the following approach: In ISY i set up a state variable called AlertMotionOutisde. Via various programs I have it change its value from 1 to 2 and to 3. Depending on conditions. Example if motion detected on this side of the house or the other... In ISY portal I added this variable multiple times as a Motion Sensor. Every time with a different "Detected" value. So when it is detected as 2 is different that 1 and 3 and so one.. In Alexa, when you discover the devices, each one of these variables is detected as a different Motion Sensor. Which means that you can build an Alexa routine from it. So when Alexa detects motion from MotioinOutsideLeft (which in reality is AlertMotionOutside with value 2 in ISY) i have Alexa speak "Motion Detected on the Left Side of the House" and so on and so forth... I know this isn't a step-by-step but I hope this helps!

I hear you. (punt intended )... Amazon echo now has a 'feature' where you can say to itself "Symon says 'whatever' " and then it repeats in its own voice 'whatever'. This can be triggered from the wireless remote even. It tells me that the Echo could be used to trigger its voice and other audio bits - - - however, I don't believe there is a way to tie into this. Maybe if one develops apps for it, there could be a way, but even then, my basic understanding now is that those apps would have to be first initialized or interacted with via voice using the 'skill' approach. I always assumed one could connect some kind of multi switch to ISY and that switch could then turn on/off sounds from some 'sound machine/board/player'... but I know I'm not helping you much with this assumption....

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Benoit thank you. I guess this is the perfect use for the ISY Skill, as opposed to the Connected Home integration.

I had a very similar problem lately. For me it started when i replaced my wifi router. The bottom line, everything worked again and the portal connection was green only AFTER I deleted all port forwarding rules and manually assigned IP address to my ISY and enabled DHCP. It then got a new IP address from the router via DHCP. I then locked that IP address for it in my LAN settings, assigned and opened the ports I needed for remote access, and Portal started working. I hope this will help

Is this possible: "Alexa, what is the status of Front Door Open?" Will it return "True" if ? Any other ways of getting status from a device? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

any idea where I could fin these kind of jumpers?

Some I got from Insteon Starter Kits, those have the jumpers on and were preinstalled, the last 3 i bought via Amazon, but i believe they get them through Smarthome. These last 3 do not have those jumpers installed or present in the box.... All are supposed to be brand new. The only other difference between the first two (from Insteon kits) and the last 3 (purchased from Amazon) is that the first 2 show up as TriggerLinc v.40 while the last two show up as TriggerLinc v.43. Truth be told, I'm not noticing these last 3 performing any different than the other/first 2 even without that jumper. Should I be concerned about this and try to track down the 3 missing jumpers?

Correct me if I'm wrong but by default these insteon sensor come without a jumper, in other words with the jumper "removed". I'm looking at the picture in the owner manual and i see the jumper in that pic, but mine don't have one, and they are brand new...

Thanks LeeG, much appreciated! Jimbo - I didn't realize there was a jumper setting on these Insteon Door Sensors, but I was wondering what the purpose of the Door Sensor-Closed device in Isy is and noticed that as far I can tell it never gets used/triggered. Are these related?

i created something like this but with multiple (5) doors which based on what button of a mini remote i activate, notifies me of which door is open (or not via a 'disarm' like program), and/or if any of the doors is left open for a longer period of time it send another notification every 15 seconds until the door is closed. (i have and alt mode where instead of sending text notifications every 15 minutes, it turns some kitchen counter lights on and off, just for fun ). What i need to figure out next is how to include in that notification, which specific door is open. Right now I have a general notification saying "one of the doors is open". I can't figure out how to include in the body of the notification which specific door is open. I figured i could just include the status of each of my 5 doors that i am tracking, but I can't figure out how to query/address each door status. I've been digging in the forums but I can't find it... Maybe because it is such a basic thing for most?