beninsteon

I've found the support for this device to be exemplary thus far. I certainly hope your message Gary doesn't represent universal devices opinion as it falls short of what I expect for a $500 smart home device with included echo support. V3 had been in the works for months. Who knows how much longer it will take Amazon to push to skill store.

Unfortunately I still don't see either skill in the Canadian list, which is all I have access to for some reason. I've even tried making a new Amazon account with a us address but it still detects I'm in Canada. Is there any way you can ask Amazon to remove the geographical restrictions on your skills?

When I search the amazon website for the ISY skill it comes up, but says "You are not eligible to install this skill due to geographical restrictions". (See attached).

I can see Canadian skills only it seems as you say. Perhaps you can update the v2 skill for English Canada. Perhaps as a developer your skill selection is different than a usual user. Even on my old Echo where ISY skill was already enabled I can no longer see it when I search for the skill. When I try to open the skill in the app it boots me out. Please address this issue. Thank you.

Not found on web app either ..... same when I search in smart home skills. See attached screenshot. I'm sure you've seen this already: https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/c53176c7-2f4e-4598-935b-7e5d3b08b97e/how-to-update-your-skills-for-canada Unfortunately the alexa app or website won't let me download any skills unless I select my language as English (Canada)

Alexa app says not found.

Hi, Amazon has released echo in Canada finally. It seems the is smart home skill is not available here. Could you please enable this? I have a new echo and I can't enable the skill. Working on my old echo. Thank you

Hi, I think I know the answer to this question already ("no") but I thought I'd ask to make sure: Is it possible to pass non-integer variables to the ISY through Alexa? For example, is there any way for me to say "Alexa, tell Izzy to run program play %variable", where %variable is a band name/playlist/song that is passed to program "play"? Thanks, Ben P.S. I've created a fairly robust set of network resources for controlling Squeezebox players. If anyone has an interest in this please let me know.

@KeviNH thank you very much. @oberkc I should have known better than to have questioned someone with more than 4K posts! Sorry I've never seen such a helpful and involved community. Thanks all. Ben

Thanks all for your assistance! I was using an "Int", instead of a "State" var and it is now fixed. @oberkc - I had considered that, but I think that program would simply trigger 15 minutes after the garage is opened, even if it was closed during that period of time. Ben

Hi, I'm trying to write a program to notify me if my garage door is open for more than 15 minutes. Here's what I've come up with but it's not working and I'm wondering if anyone can help me troubleshoot: Program 1 [Notification.GarageOpen.1]: If Status 'Outside / System Devices / Garage Door IO Sensor' is On Then Wait 15 minutes $GarageOpen = 1 Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Program 2 [Notification.GarageOpen.2]: If $GarageOpen is 1 And Status 'Outside / System Devices / Garage Door IO Sensor' is On Then Send Notification to 'BenInsteon' content 'GarageDoor' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') Program 1 is triggering correctly, but program 2 is not. Despite the variable "$GarageOpen" is 1 and "Garage Door IO sensor" is "On", the console still says the Status is "False". I have a third program that changes $GarageOpen to 0 if the garage closes. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Ben

Thanks for your help. Used a program/scene as you suggested to achieve what I wanted. Ben

Hi, Just purchased my ISY994i to replace my dead hub 2. I've been really impressed with the device so far. I'm hoping you can help me with what I hope is a small issue I can't seem to figure out. I've got 2 KPLs in a room controlling various scenes. I've got one of the buttons set as an "All Off" and this is working well. What I'd like to do is program the light for the "All Off" button to go OFF when any light in the room is turned on. I can't seem to figure this one out. Tried using programs (if light a or light b ... or light z is NOT off then ...), but I don't see an option to control the state of the KPL light in programs (just the overall backlight). With thanks for any help you can provide. Ben