Sachelis

Thanks Michel. I've read those instructions and have it working, but I'm still unclear as to why the spoken names can be entered in two locations.

I put one Dot upstairs and one on the main floor. Both use the same Amazon account and the same spoken names. The Dots are far enough apart that the two Dots can't hear the same command at the same time, so I didn't need to use different wakeup names. I only setup Alexa today so I may change my mind, but this strategy works well for me.

I just set up an Alexa Dot and am confused that there are two places where I can enter spoken names: I can right-click on a device in the Administrative Console, choose Note, and enter a name in the Spoken field. This is the method shown in the Echo Integration video. I can visit https://my.isy.io, choose Select Tool | Connectivity | Amazon Echo and then choose Add Device to specify Spoken names (with up to four alternative Spokens). As far as I can tell, only the spoken names entered using method #2 (above) have any effect. Do I need to enter spoken names in both locations? Is there a reason to enter spoken names in the Admin Console? Thanks!

So do you wake up Alexa using different names with different Echos? Or can you say, "Alexa, turn on the kitchen light" to any Echo? I'm in a similar situation. I want to have three Dots and maintain a one set of spoken commands (i.e., I would rather say, "turn on the living room light" or "turn on the bedroom light" than maintain three lists of spoken commands).

Ha! Got it! Thanks Stu! I wired as you said (although the thick black wire was not connected to the black screw on either of the existing switches). Created the scene (my first). It works! Amazing...

I could follow that schematic shown in the blog post that I referenced, and follow your instructions, if I new which were hot, neutral, travelers, coming from power, going to load, etc, but I don't... So to your questing asking if the load is managed at switch #1, I haven't a clue (I'm a software guy). And as for, "That's fine, no problem there." The problem is, I'm showing the old switches and am (obviously) clueless regarding installing the new switches. Thanks for the offer to help, but you're way over my head. I think Stu's reply might be close, but the thin wires are connected to the black screws... dunno how this changes things.

The thinner black wires are connected to the black screw... Thanks Stu.

I have seen various posts, including this blog article, that show how to use Insteon switches to control 3-way lights. However, looking at my existing switches, I'm confused as to which wire goes where (and if, per the blog, the power comes to the same switch as the load). Also, per the following illustration (which shows the current wiring), since both of the current switches have two black wires, I'm unsure which should be wired to the load and which two would get wired together. Can anyone set me straight? I've labeled the income pairs A..E to help us communicate (I hope). FWIW, the red, and one of the black, wires at each switch is smaller than the other wires. That is shown in this illustration. This is what the wiring currently looks like: Thanks!

Thanks Jon! I didn't know about Control events...

(An optional title for this post might be, "Setting a variable when a 2477S switch is turned on.") I am trying to have a light turn on/off based on motion, but also allow the light switch to override the motion sensor. I have a variable named bMotionLightOn that gets set to 1 when the light is turned on by motion. This lets me know if lack-of-motion should turn the light off. Here are my programs: Motion On: If From Sunset To Sunrise (next day) And Status 'Motion' is On And Status 'Light' is Off Then Set 'Light' On $bMotionLightOn = 1 ' So I know the light was turned on by motion. Motion Off: If Status 'Motion' is Off And $bMotionLightOn is 1 Then Set 'Light' Off $bMotionLightOn = 0 Here is where I'm stumped. If the user turns the light on using the 2477S wall switch, I want to set bMotionLightOn to 0. That would prevent the "Motion Off" program from turning off the light when there isn't any motion. Is this the right approach? Can I set the variable when the user turns on the light using the switch? Thanks!