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Thank you. I understand the flow but its the part of ISY Portal MS stateVAR ----> Alexa vocal that I'm not getting. Will keep at it. Not really necessary, just a cool thing to have Alexa do (talk based on ISY status that is) so I hope to get this running.

I have ISY programs and Alexa routines to open, close, and open part-way (for pets), my garage door on verbal commands using an Insteon 74551. Works great. I want to add a verbal announcement from Alexa to say "Garage door is already Closed" or "Garage door is already Open" if the wrong verbal command is given by mistake. And I can think of other times/routines I’d want Alexa to provide verbal feedback based on ISY status. I can’t seem to find any examples of ISY programs and associated Alexa routines that provide for custom verbal responses based on ISY IF/THEN/ELSE programming. Somehow I’m missing that. If someone has an example of how to accomplish this I’d appreciate it. Thank you!

That was me. I had to go back to v4.7.3 because of the incompatibility. I haven't heard anything new on the forum that might suggest Locative now works with V5 sans Portal but I have some free time on this coming holiday weekend and may try it out. I did however recently purchase Portal since I am now delving into Alexa which is so far so good. BTW I am not forwarding ports even without Portal. I'm using a reverse proxy.

New Alexa user here and I’m enjoying setting things up. There’s much I don’t know about Alexa’s capabilities but I wonder about the voice recognition. I know Alexa can differentiate between learned voices but what does that afford end users? For example, can my wife or I say “Alexa Turn on Bedroom light” and have it turn on the nightstand lamps on either side of the bed depending on who issued the command? The same thing would apply to “Alexa Open Garage Door” and expect the correct door to open.

Thanks Mecheng70. Just saw your post. In your test were you running 5.x and Locative? In my trials with previous versions of 5.x, Locative could not communicate successfully (ie change state and integer variables) whereas with 4.x everything functions smoothly. No changes to programs or URL calls. I’m not using Portal btw.

From Simplextech: I normally use Geofency but just to see I installed Locative on my iPhone and set it up. I'm using FW 5.0.16 and I run the Occupancy nodeserver in the portal (NOT Occupancy v2). Using the In/Out links provided it works perfectly. No issues for me with Locative or with Geofency. Thank you Simplextech. However I'm not using Portal and had not planned on it. I don't guess you have ever tried Locative w/o Portal for 5.x? Works for 4.x.

Does Locative work with this latest release? I tried two previous 5.x versions and Locative quit working. This is an important app for me to have working with my ISY. I'm on 4.7.3 now and all is well. Dont want to migrate to 5.x unless it works with Locative.

A static IP for your ISY is the best way to go and will avoid future confusion.

On my system I modified the device name to display “Garage Door-Sensor: ON=Closed” When I log in to the ISY this is a reminder as to how the On/Off status of the sensor relates to the actual status of the garage door. As to the status of the Garage Door Relay, I wrote a program to turn the Relay OFF after a set period of time (eg, 1 min). Works as expected. See below.

Still working for me.

Voice access is cool I’m sure for those who have Alexa, Google, etc. I don’t think access is any faster though and I use port 443 (which is open anyway) to come in to my home network then hit a reverse proxy on my firewall, offload SSL encryption, and send traffic internally via port 8080 to the ISY. My access link is something like: https://isy994.mydomain.com

I’ve had my ISY994i and multiple switches, dimmers, and motion detectors at home controlling lights, garage doors, etc for a couple of years now. I don’t use portal or mobilinc for remote monitoring or control. I just login to my ISY via my phone and can monitor what’s on/off or change/activate whatever is needed when I’m away. What am I missing by having not gone the portal or mobilinc path ?

I purchased the 2842-222 a couple of months ago and am using it with my isy994i running 4.6.2. It’s performance is adequate, ie it can sense motion and trigger actions. They do seem a little hard to come by now. Amazon has them but only as ‘like new’ from 3rd party sellers.

You can change the name in your router if you assign it a static address (eg, based on the ISY MAC address). I named mine simply, ISY994i. In my router I chose 'home' as my local domain. So, within my LAN: isy994i.home:8080 takes me to the ISY login page. You can see I also changed the http port from 80 to 8080.