Opening and closing blind commands are reversed

[Sachelis]

I am using the ISY Portal with Alexa and an "I/O Linc Insteon to Somfy RF Drape Control Kit 318276I" to open close my outdoor Somfy blinds (aka drapes). However, when I tell Alexa to "turn on the blinds" the blinds open and when I say "turn off the blinds" they close. I started a thread about open/close versus on/off back in April and I'm okay using on/off, but I'd like "turn on the blinds" to have them cover the windows and "turn off" to uncover the windows.

 

I tried switching the N/C and N/O wires on the I/O Linc, but when they are switched (i.e., black wire to N/O and white wire to N/C), the blinds didn't open or close.

 

I also tried selecting the blinds in the Admin Console, clicking the Options button, and selecting the Trigger Reverse checkbox, but that didn't change the behavior.

 

Any suggestions on how to reverse the commands?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

[ghaynes27]

Create two programs with one opening and the other closing and then assign them a spoken word on the ISY portal. I did not like saying "turn on the blinds" it just sounds silly so I made my spoken "privacy" so now I say "turn on privacy" and then blinds go down and "turn off privacy" and the blinds go up. Sounds more logical to me this way. This has been working perfectly for me. 

[Sachelis]

Create two programs with one opening and the other closing and then assign them a spoken word on the ISY portal. I did not like saying "turn on the blinds" it just sounds silly so I made my spoken "privacy" so now I say "turn on privacy" and then blinds go down and "turn off privacy" and the blinds go up. Sounds more logical to me this way. This has been working perfectly for me. 

 

It'd be really strange for me to say "turn on privacy," because the only thing that can look into my window is the sun.

 

But back to the point, how do the two programs activate the binds? As in, do the programs have If and Else logic? Do the have Then conditions? What are the spoken words in Alexa to run the programs (e.g., "privacy", "on privacy", "turn on privacy")? I understand that you prefer "privacy" over "blinds," but I don't understand how the two programs interact with Alexa.

 

Thanks!

[ghaynes27]

Actually I just checked and I am using one program right now. You do not need any If logic for this program. Saying "On" will trigger Then and "Off" will trigger Else.

 

 

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Edited October 17, 2017 by ghaynes27

[TrojanHorse]

Create two programs with one opening and the other closing and then assign them a spoken word on the ISY portal. I did not like saying "turn on the blinds" it just sounds silly so I made my spoken "privacy" so now I say "turn on privacy" and then blinds go down and "turn off privacy" and the blinds go up. Sounds more logical to me this way. This has been working perfectly for me.

Clever!

 

 

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