johnstonf

With the literally thousands of dollars damage done (they ate wires in my car causing a ton of damage, peed on my HVAC controller board, ate holes in a swimming pool, trailer damage, you name it, I'm usually the target LOL). I now consider it cheap insurance to have these in my trailer shed boat, sump area, hard to monitor places. I'm already a fan!

I got a couple of the new YoLink smart mousetraps (Crazy good! goes 500ft out to my shed and another to my trailer, where WiFi out the is useless). And it freakin WORKS! So it came with their speakerhub (which, via TTS, can say anything (EG "There's a mouse in North Shed", etc). The website is at https://trapeezee.com if you want more info). (Great too... 2 AAA batteries lasts 2-3 years using this LORA frequency low power thing!). Question... I'd like to somehow link it to my ISY994. How might I be able to do this? Via IFTTT maybe somehow?

Great, thanks 👍

I just noticed too that the "GH Category", which turns out to be important. Could @bmercier we get that added to the CSV export?

Well, I finally think i figured out one of my problems... the spokens not working, or dropping off sometimes. I was checking the devices in GH(GoogleHimeApp), and noticed, kind of by accident, noticed that the OutdoorSwitch was looking like a fader (not on/off like other switches)... (thanks to @bmercier tip to test device in GH... After I changed the category to "Switch", the spokens worked!. So the i flipped it back to open/closed, and if I said "Hey Google set AirConditioner to 100% and 0%" it DID actually turn on and off! Here's a few notes I made to myself... just in case it might help someone else. I had not realized how important it was to get that Category RIGHT (i just thought it was a grouping for when you say "turn on every light" blah blah... My notes: TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS: points to remember: (GH=GoogleHome-APP, Portal=UDI-Portal)... -IMPORTANT!... Portal ’GH-category’ (EG:light/fan…) is how GH handles and displays in GH. If you set to Open/CloseType, then it will be a 'blind', and NOT be ok! This will make the device look and act like a fade up/down device, so where you would normally say, for example, "turn on fan" you would instead have to say, "set fan at 100 percent" (weird), so you think that spokens aren't working at ALL... but they are, just weirdly! -ALSO... the Portal ’Room’ is how GH(GoogleHome) groups things in the GH app! -ALSO... Get a CSV download of all spokens (very handy list)... (no import, you need to manually re-populate)... do this before messing around! -If you change device category or room, and if GH is stubborn to update the change, then delete and re-add the device and spokens etc on Portal and then refresh/restart GH. It's not a huge deal to delete a device and re-add it on the portal, as it doesn't delete the device itself on the Portal, nor in the ISY, etc... Just the set of Spokens for that device (So easy to re-add device on Portal!) -If a device stops working via spokens: -Check that the Category on the Portal hasn't changed -Write down the spokens (or get CSV d/l), then delete/re-add on Portal) HINTS -If device is 'good' in GH then spokens should work: -In GH you should be able to control the device and it should look like an on/off switch in GH if the Category on Portal is correct -Device type important! (How GH assistant handles spokens) (EG if device on Portal is set to “DeviceWithOpenCloseSyntax”, then it shows as a fader/blind -If set as a Light: (sometimes it won't display at all in GH IF it is something else really (EG really a 'Switch') -Need to REFRESH/RESTART GH after change type & send spokens -If you change ‘GH Category’ or ‘Room’, just a refresh of GH-App usually sufficient (Don’t need to resend spoken for that… but no harm in doing that)) -If you don’t see device in GH, try Favorites> "Edit"button!!!> See if you can find and add that device to Favorites)… -Also try… GH> under section “Linked to you”> LongPress-device> and: -Verify it displays as an on/off switch (not dimmer) -Click gear icon on that page -After device is in GH, you can rename from the default "first spoken" by selecting device in Favorites OR Devices, then Gear((UR), click on Name and enter new name for in GH app

As in bootstrap the whole thing from scratch... I now have 3 outdoor switches have gone retardo... they work locally, but twhen i try spokens, google says "Sorry, I dont understand" (they were working after the latest resurrection. (I think most other stuff is still miraculously working) Those same switches did the same thing way back, and i had to do a "complete" deletion (i had put in a problem back then, that went on and on as I'm I'm sure you'll recall)... again, back then I was suspicious as to Google not seeing it properly any more). Thanks Thanks Larry... I tried... anyways, i kept it shorter this time. Lesson learned

I answered you @bmercier but it's gone... (quite long). Is there a cache or draft somewhere?

Well, I ended up revoking on my end, and then the only way I could do anything beyond that was to delete the ISY on the Portal, which did allow me to start up!

Well it is definitely a huge help... But it sure would be nice to be able to import it!

Is it a huge project to create a CSV import? @bmercier Or could you import for me? (I hate to ask, but maybe it's easy for you to do?)

I ended up having to delete my ISY in the Portal... AGAIN! It then gave a request to approve it in Admin Console (in Portal tab). I have added one device and one spoken. Of course, just like before, it now works, BUT WHY OK FOR ~5 DAYS? Can UDI import my CSV? This took me a long time, i'm tired of doing this over and over.

So, everything working great for five days and I wake up in the morning... BAM!!! Sorry, I couldn't reach universal devices Sorry, it looks like universal devices is unavailable right now @bmercier UNBELIEVABLE... WHAT IS GOING ON??? So, as per usual: -Reconnect account, nope -Unlink,Relink, nope -Reboot, nope At ISY portal: So, here i am 5 days later, all working, then woke up to AGAIN... UNBELIEVABLE!!! Went thru all the steps... -Reconnect Account, nope... -Unlink,Re-Link, nope At ISY portal: ISY IS NOT ONLINE (see attached) So, in AdminConsole... -Config> Portals... Revoked... ...now can't see option to Register (see 2nd attached) -??? Why could Google no longer get to Portal...!!??? (It's still like theres some phantom old Portal its trying to connect to after X days) -My local ISY still works ok H E L P

THANKS for your feedback... Sorry, but i can now relink in my sleep... Nope, not that! I had it working... For 5 days after i reported it working... Then woke up to that bloody 'UD NOT AVAILABLE'... Yes, i then relinked, unlinked, blah blah... Then had to put a bigger hammer. I was just being nice blaming the database... ;-)) If it was a blocker... why only the Programs, not the Devices? And at one point it WAS showing the Spokens. /f

This has been a terrible experience, after your database failure!... I can't t even begin to explain all the work I've had to do, completely going back and basically starting over. To save a bit of work, I first downloaded spokens csv. How the heck does one UPLOAD that!? (I decided to go the manual route, to save having to post here... but ended up here after all... And after hours of manual config, step-by-step testing, I'm 90% but now when I go into Program Spokens, they appear BLANK on page, but they ARE in new downloaded CSV i did, and working, but can't see to modify, etc. I've tried different browsers, different machines, etc

I Have confirmed that everything I've tested. Thanks everyone and @bmercier for your help. I really rely on this!

I just came to report in, that I think we were successful! I have hacked at it so many different ways. I'm not sure exactly, but I believe after I deleted my Home, it still wasn't able to connect properly, and then I remembered reading about rebooting the ISY, so I gave it a yet another boot and presto I THINK I THINK I THINK... I'LL REPORT BACK TOMORROW BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT! UDI is now LISTED in the linked devices!

Well I'm sure you are dying to know, so how about you contact Google, and then call me and we all get on a three-way and get this figured out?

BUT... when I re-link on iPad, Google fully 2x says "SUCCESFUL", so... from Googles perspective, they are happy, have done their job! They wouldn't give 2 levels of success if not true.

But that just doesn't make sense! Something you did caused a lot of devices to unlink, and needed re-link. Mine was working fine, and had never been on another account! BTW... Google is IMPOSSIBLE to deal with... they were putting advertising charges on my visa fraudulently, and MY bank finally had to reverse the charges, and WAIT to see if Google would complain about it... Like WTF... Google has priority over the bank! I've tried to contact them several times, filled out forms etc... they get away with murder! So i have an impossible journey trying to get them to see this as important enough to give a crap about!

@bmercier 7 days off, and no more replies? My system was working great... after UDI mess-up, now... no Google connection. Hey, You Broke, Can you PLEASE FIX? You can see video above where it shows me linking, it APPEARS to link, but it doesn't really and doesn't appear in the Linked Devices.

Thank you for thinking of me! I agree, but I have no idea how to unlink it if I can't see it under the linked devices. I had a similar problem with dark wind with some outdoor switches, and I ended up being able to resolve it on my wife's iPad but this time I tried it on the iPad too, and it absolutely doesn't show on there after it says linked either. And when I link it (as can be seen in the screenflow video that I attached above), I am using my main email account. JUST TO BE SURE, I just did it again on ipad, still no love. I wish I was just playing with this stuff, but I do have a disability and to count on it for being able to call for help using the Google devices, I really do miss it! Good thing is, it was working so great!

Also, inside my home, @bmercier everything is working ok (my UD-mobile, mini-switches, sensors, blah blah... just no Google commands). I can run my UD-mobile on data, so the portal is working... but I've been excommunicated by you guys and Google... GET ALONG GUYS! 🤣

And I have NEVER used any but my main gmail account. Also... I have tried it on MULTIPLE devices... of which one is my wife's ipad... so looks NOT device related. /f

A day wasted of my life! WTF guys... 95%!?? (I get very alarmed at 80% full!) I rebooted my ISY (AGAIN) just to be sure... still no love! It says connected, but... nope... See attached video... UDI-NFG-After-Outage-LQ.mp4

I was able to find the 'Works with Google' in the Home app, and I link the account, sign in with google, then I get a screen 'smart devices added' and I'm supposed to review or add more devices to a room and I click 'done' and then I'm back to the settings screen, so i go 'Works with Google' again and universal devices is not in the linked services! Still working on this silly thing... driving me nuts!