MrBill

BTW... 883LM is only $10.25 @ amazon. ?

When I had V4.x firmware my ISY was up for about 8 months without being rebooted (I have a variable that counts uptime--I was sad to actually have to break the streak and start it). With V5.x i haven't been so lucky, this last time it had been running about a month and something went wonky with subscriptions and i ended up restarting it from the portal. I could never do an auto-reboot tho, anytime it restarts I have 17 wireless sensors that need to be opened and closed manually.

@Michel Kohanim I wondered that yesterday and typed it into google.... this is what I found: https://www.amazon.com/ISY-Optimized-Smart-Home-V3/dp/B076B3BWSD it seems to be part of the name of the Alexa skill, which makes sense as this is posted in the Alexa section of the forum.... but mobilinc is something else entirely... at least to me.

Actually, I just learned this in this thread. previously I've always used variables to trigger programs. I've already put this to use tho. I was on a state variable reduction kick anyway, so this helped get rid of another handful.

There is also a related bug I noticed. for background, I discovered this because i installed a new switch next to an existing, the new switch (both 2477D) new switch backlight was too bright, but then Ultimately I decided to adjust the old switch too. To see the bug: Adjust Switch B (new switch), go to adjust switch A and find it claims in the UI to be set to the level used for Switch B, (it's not) and to change switch A to that value, you actually need to change it to something else first then back to that value, or restart the admin console then set the second switch.

I actually use "Alexa, turn away mode off" But it only works if all exterior doors are closed, a specific interior door is open and was opened within the last 20 seconds, and a specific light that we hardly ever actually use was turned on in the last 20 seconds, and one more condition that I'll omit from here. Combination Lock per se.

Since the xbox is already on, just use what I wrote above, with the names changes appropriately... Alexa turn off Xbox in 60 minutes. Caveat: if he has access to Alexa, he can easily override. We could add minor complexity and make it a non-resettable timer.

You create variables in the admin console: For this purpose you will need a "state" variable. (be sure to click SAVE at the bottom of the page, or it won't actually be created). 2) You link that variable to Alexa via the portal. Which will let you set the time via Alexa. 3) this program will start anytime the value of the variable is above 0 and run until it drops the variable back to zero, at which time it will turn off the device: aaatest_delete - [ID 00E1][Parent 0001] If $lamp.timer > 0 Then Wait 1 minute $lamp.timer -= 1 Else Set 'LR Lamp 3#' Off turning the device ON isn't covered, and requires a second program. If the time you want to turn the device back off doesn't change, there are other approaches, but I'm not sure what your exact goals are. if you get specific we can help.

I just played with this: Created a state variable name "lamp.timer" via the portal added a spoke "lamp timer" (i used the default type of 'scene') (default 'off' value: 0) (default 'On' value: 23) "Alexa, Discover devices" "Alexa, Set lamp timer to 70" -- as expected the value of the variable changed to 70. "Alexa, turn on lamp timer" -- as expected the value of the variable changed to 23. "alexa, turn off lamp timer" -- as expected the value of the vaiable became zero. so @larryllix you're correct the timer can be created in this manner. the only caveat is with the default type "scene" the value can only be set 0 to 100.. I'm not sure if any of the other "types" (portal) would expand the value that can be set. if lamp.timer > 0 then Wait 1 min lamp.timer -= 1 else <whatever happens when the time runs out>

The word off might be getting in your way. We use this routinely with lamps where the meaning of the variable actually is a percent but we don't say the word percent when we talk to her. "Alexa, set lamp one to 50" works just fine.

There is a "find". Right click the "My Programs" folder. Does that help?

have you restarted or upgraded your ISY today?

I've been on v5.0.16C since 3days after it's release. My ISY was last restarted a week ago exactly, I just looked it was literally this time of day last Sunday.

Correct. my isy is connected to the portal and alexa is working as well. my isy has not been restarted today.

except my portal connection works fine. my isy wasn't rebooted today, someone else said the same in another thread. The pattern or common denominator seems to be restarted isy's aren't reconnecting. perhaps an undesired maintenance issue. Commenting this so that we can consciously group analyze this theory which might save time identifying the issue if it's true.

I probably should have made the above post in this thread instead. my theory is ISY's that have been restarted can't re-connect to the portal, but if the ISY was already connected before this morning it stayed connected.

This isn't scientific but I've been reading posts in several threads, the general summary might be that if your isy was connected to the portal before this morning there is no problem, but if the ISY was restarted (which is the last stepup of upgrade) the connection to portal can't be re-established. That's my guess, but most of the people that have stated problems it seems the common theme is "isy restarted" and "portal/alexa offline".

I just remembered there was a scheduled maintenance earlier this morning. ((Note the date in the title doesn't match the date in Friday's post.))

I just logged into the portal and accessed my ISY and turned the light next to me off and on. I had Alexa do the same thing. All working fine for me.

I remembered 160 characters as an SMS limit from a long time ago. Apparently Verizon truncates from what OP suggests. I was confused when the question was about AT&T because last time I ran experiments between @txt and @mms on AT&T it didn't truncate, but it did break long messages up into short 160 character blocks and deliver them all, sometimes out of order, Verizon apparently accepts 160 chars and truncates. However the link I included above suggests the @vzwpix.com address accepts text to 1000 characters.

i don't know anything about verizon's gateway, but i did google and found this page. From the info here it seems @vtext.com has a limit of 160 char. It seems the verizon equivelent to @mms.att.net might be to use @vzwpix.com (also found on the same page).

if you are using [10digit]@txt.att.net to send the text messages switch to [10digit]@mms.att.net and that should solve your problem. The first addesss is limited length text messages. Also the @txt version arrives from weird numbers, the @mms version will arrive from the email address that sent.

I'd try moving to a few minutes after sunrise or sunset for that program. I'm not familiar with your ballast dimmer but its probably not a dual band device. I have one older device that doesn't work correctly if there is a lot of other traffic at the time it's supposed to turn on or off, on the other hand if i just delay it a bit it works fine.

It’s a white box 7 5/8” wide x 7 1/4” deep X 3 1/8” tall. (Although white it’s not a USPS issued box.)

Sorry if this is already covered but what is this? While I do have xfinity as an internet provider, this isn't one of my SSIDs, nor an IP address on my network. I assume some neighbor with xfinity managed all-in-one modem/router/wifi that's open wifi? wtf? is Polisy bridging this with my ethernet connection? if so, what a security issue. Is the fix to UNCHECK "interface enabled"? I don't think Polisy should just be joining random wifi networks? who are what does that? EDIT TO ADD: second screenshot I dint'nt clip enough the first time around .