MWareman Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 IFTTT 'down for maintenance'.... Too many Alexa users linking up? Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk Annnnd it's back. I've got a IFTTT setup now to call the Maker channel with a (secure) URL on my webserver in response to 'Alexa, trigger cabinet lights'. THe URL is a .php file that calls 'runIf' on a toggle program on ISY. Pretty sweet! First run had a few seconds latency - but newer runs happen very quickly... Quote
stusviews Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Getting a .php file to run an ISY program. Quote
Shawn Aruch Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Is there a portal url scheme to turn on or off a device with a get? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
MWareman Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Getting a .php file to run an ISY program.See http://forum.universal-devices.com/index.php?/topic/17278-Amazon-Echo-added-IFTTT&do=findComment&comment=154349 Michael. Quote
stusviews Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Hi stusviews, Do you mean two ISYs or two Echos? If ISYs, yes, you can actually tell Echo to switch ISYs. If Echos, yes, as long as they use the same Amazon account. With kind regards, Michel Thanks. I mean for two (or more) Echos. Quote
Michel Kohanim Posted November 15, 2015 Posted November 15, 2015 Hi stusviews, As long as you use the same account tied to the portal, then yes. With kind regards, Michel Quote
Jimbo.Automates Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 New version of ISYHelper has been released: http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/16787-isyhelper-interface-older-foscams-maker-ifttt-amazon-echo-and-more/ Quote
Big517 Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 Can anyone suggest a rpi from Amazon? I am trying to install some of this stuff on my windows PC, but am running into issues, and now that I think about it, I want something up 24/7 that I can count on so with 0 knowledge of RPI, i'm going to take the plunge to get this setup property.A Any suggestions, links would be appreciated, here is what i'm looking at: http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW/ My Echo is going to be here tomorrow so i'm going to tackle this in the next 24 / 48hrs hopefully. Thanks! Quote
barrygordon Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 Gi517, That kit will work fine. I Generally just buy a starter kit from Amazon ($49.99) Plus an 8G MicroSD for ($3.96). I have bought several of these from Prestige Milano via Amazon What you need for the end game is a RPi 2 model B, a plastic case (I get clear ones), A power supply ( prefer 2 Amp), and an 8G MicroSD card. This is normally sold as a "Basic Starter Kit". If you want to go wireless then you also need a WI-Fi Dongle/Adapter. If Possible I recommend Wired. All my RPi's run wired. To get started you need a monitor and a keyboard/mouse, an HDMI cable and an Ethernet cable. But I run all my RPi's wireless using tightVNC. It is easier to get started with a monitor/keyboard/mouse, keyboard/mouse on USB. But once started with tightVNC installed on RPi and a windows machine, RPi is very happy headless. The NOOBS Software is free (download from IIRC, RaspberryPi.org) and the tools to put the image onto the MicroSD are also free (SD Formatter and Win32DiskImager). All the application software is also free (HA Bridge, and Configuration program). All of the work to get started is quite easy and fairly well documented/discussed in this thread. It seems daunting if you have no Linux/Unix experience but it really is not. Plenty of info on the web to get started. Once you have the MicroSD setup and have selected Raspbian as the OS You will need to do an update and an upgrade to get all of the latest changes to the OS. The web has plenty of info on the process (IIRC 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get upgrade', but not sure of the order. As I said the web (yahoo or google search) is your best friend. Quote
Big517 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Thank you for the detailed response, I took this convo offline to avoid thread hijacking. Quote
barrygordon Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) I just ran into the Echo/Bridge communications issue. As of today the echo seems to only find one of my bridges (1 of 4). Is everyone using 1.0.7 bridge having this problem?? I am going to try HA Bridge 1.0.8 Same thing on Bridge 1.0.8. I normally forget all devices then do a discovery. It used to find all the devices at once. Now it finds some of the devices. I then do a discovery without a forget all devices and it either finds some more or finds the rest. Subsequent discoveries will eventually bring the device total to the correct count. Is anyone else seeing this? Edited November 17, 2015 by barrygordon Quote
bocarob Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I am running 1.0.7 it seems like it gets confused i i give it a command it says ok but nothing happens but then if i give the same command it works just fine it happens alot not the harmony part as i only have one hub on harmony app running the other are isy only but if i take out the 3 other hubs it works just fine Quote
blueman2 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) I just ran into the Echo/Bridge communications issue. As of today the echo seems to only find one of my bridges (1 of 4). Is everyone using 1.0.7 bridge having this problem?? I am going to try HA Bridge 1.0.8 Same thing on Bridge 1.0.8. I normally forget all devices then do a discovery. It used to find all the devices at once. Now it finds some of the devices. I then do a discovery without a forget all devices and it either finds some more or finds the rest. Subsequent discoveries will eventually bring the device total to the correct count. Is anyone else seeing this? Barry, this is EXACTLY what is happening to me. I tried going back to prior versions of software on my Pi, but to no avail. Was there a software update to the Echo recently? I have not posted a lot on this because I thought it was an issue with my router or something that suddenly came up. Also, while it does take several tries to discover all the devices, once they are discovered, the control works just fine. This first came up for me 1 week ago. See my original post #782 Edited November 17, 2015 by blueman2 Quote
barrygordon Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I am in contact with both bws systems and Amazon on this issue. According to BWS the discovery is strictly local to LAN, but sooner or later something goes to Amazon as it has to populate the Echo Apps on mobile devices. It is not a router issue as far as I can determine. My personal opinion is that it is an Echo search timing issue. Amazon must know about it since they even tell you via the echo after a device discovery that "... if not all devices are discovered press the button on the HUE and do discovery again. BWS asked me to try something and I will do that and see what turns up. Quote
Big517 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 From what I can tell this recent issue is ONLY applicable to your rpi running a more than one instance of BWS' server correct? I'll be installing tonight, and want to minimize issues so i'll be sure to run a single instance, and from what I read somewhere it will cap out a 46 devices... that should get my living room and kitchen running Quote
barrygordon Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I have been in contact with Amazon and BWS Systems regarding the discovery issue between the Echo and the HA Bridge. I actually tried putting all 93 of my devices onto a single bridge and echo would not discover any of them. BWS Systems states there is no forced limit in the HA Bridge. A bridge should be able to handle as many devices as desired. Amazon has stated and implied in their discovery process that the Echo may not discover all of the devices in a single pass (one request to do a device discovery). I now use the following process when changing the devices on my HA Bridge's. First I forget all devices. I then do repeated discovery requests until the Alexa app states that the number of devices discovered matches what is on my HA Bridges. I have had to repeat the discovery process up to 4 times. Based on the counts from the Echo, it appears to be discovering a subset of the total number of bridges, and which subset appears to be random based on the uPnP responses the Echo gets to its M-SEARCH requests. Personally I don't think Amazon will be changing anything in the near term, and I can live with the necessity for multiple discovery passes as it is an annoyance, not a failure. As an aside I am working on ceiling mounting the Echo (Architectural rule: No one looks up). Not a priority with me, but am interested in how many others would like such an approach. It would be upside down in a circular wooden holder, the holder mounting on the ceiling and requiring an outlet available to plug in the Echo (I live in a one story home with a full attic). Quote
btreinders Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 It is now taking me several discovery attempts to get all the devices as well. I have not changed anything and it used to get them all every time. Amazon must have changed something. Quote
Big517 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I have been in contact with Amazon and BWS Systems regarding the discovery issue between the Echo and the HA Bridge. I actually tried putting all 93 of my devices onto a single bridge and echo would not discover any of them. BWS Systems states there is no forced limit in the HA Bridge. A bridge should be able to handle as many devices as desired. Amazon has stated and implied in their discovery process that the Echo may not discover all of the devices in a single pass (one request to do a device discovery). I now use the following process when changing the devices on my HA Bridge's. First I forget all devices. I then do repeated discovery requests until the Alexa app states that the number of devices discovered matches what is on my HA Bridges. I have had to repeat the discovery process up to 4 times. Based on the counts from the Echo, it appears to be discovering a subset of the total number of bridges, and which subset appears to be random based on the uPnP responses the Echo gets to its M-SEARCH requests. Personally I don't think Amazon will be changing anything in the near term, and I can live with the necessity for multiple discovery passes as it is an annoyance, not a failure. As an aside I am working on ceiling mounting the Echo (Architectural rule: No one looks up). Not a priority with me, but am interested in how many others would like such an approach. It would be upside down in a circular wooden holder, the holder mounting on the ceiling and requiring an outlet available to plug in the Echo (I live in a one story home with a full attic). I am interested in ceiling mount as well. Although I have a vaulted ceiling in that room I'm wondering if I placed it at the peak if it would affect the acoustics and help or hurt the mic picking up people speaking Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote
jratliff Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I was planning on playing around with a ceiling mount for mine as well. It would be nice if Amazon made remote mics to add on around the house in a smaller form factor. Quote
bgrubb1 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Same here, multiple discoveries needed. I also saw a situation where the Echo app where it had devices that I dont have (like a wink hub) that were greyed out. They disapeareard after a forget all ..Barry Quote
Big517 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Same here, multiple discoveries needed. I also saw a situation where the Echo app where it had devices that I dont have (like a wink hub) that were greyed out. They disapeareard after a forget all ..Barry Suggestive/subliminal marketing!? Quote
btreinders Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 I see IFTTT now has a trigger command. Why didn't ISY think of that? Quote
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