rlanza1054 Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Hi all, I resisted posting this but had to give in. I hope it was not aswered already. I did search to see if it answered. I have noticed that a lot of people have issue with Sensors in general. Up until now I just had one Open/Close Door Sensor (or Window Sensor) and a few Motion Sensors. I have all of it working ok. I am getting a batteery low alert on the Open/Close Sensor even though it has a brand new battery. It might be caused by a daily Heartbeat instead of a real attery low. I have the Open Close sensor trigger a program to the I/O Linc Low Voltage (2450) to trigger an alert via a Doorbell I have that I can program one back door recording. So the Doorbell is announcing that the Door was just opened. I use it on my Front Door becuase I don't lock my front door. So if someone attempts to walk in I get aleerted. I also have a video door bell that has the motion sensor part of the door bell and that inteefaces with Alexa and I get an announcement with that if someone just walks near the video doorbell. I should point out that I live in an apartment building. There are only 4 apartments per floor. Anyway, I puchased two lInsteon Water/leak detectors. I am still on ISY 4.7.3 firmware. I had no issues getting the ISY to add and see the Leak Sensors. I read that some people can't even add them to their system. I don't have that probllem. What I need help in is with getting the ISY to send an alert to Amazon Alexa and possibliy make a routine to Announce a pre-programmed message. I read that the ISY can push specific vocabulary . But I don't really need that unless it is necessary. I just need a way to get some kind of message or error message that I can use to make a Routine via the Alexa using the Annoucement feature. I do use the announcement feature with other things but mostly as an alarm at a specific time. So does anyone know how to do this? Maybe you can write a sample program that I can follow to setup here. Right now this is what I have for one of my sensors: Leak Sensor Big Bath - [ID 00AE][Parent 00AD] If Status 'Bath Big Leak Sensor-Dry / Bath Big Leak Sensor-Wet' is Responding And Status 'Bath Big Leak Sensor-Dry' is not Responding Then Send Notification to 'Text Program Alerts' content 'Text Leak Sensor Bug Bath Wet' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') That only sends a text message. I actually haven't test this to see if its working correctly. Again is there a way to send something to Alexa? Thank you! Rob P.S. I still haven't gotten around to purchasing a new ISY so I can move to version 5.x firmware. I also need help in a problem with a 6 Button Wall Switch (I was an 8 Button originally). Its not taking the progamming for scenes to each button. But that is on hold. I want the Leak Sensor to work first. I also purchased a couple of wifi sensors that were supposed to work with Alexa but don't. I just purchased a product which is a leak sensor but needs a Hub to work. It's called a YoLink? I would rather just stay as much as possible in the Insteon world with my ISY. =
dbuss Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, rlanza1054 said: Hi all, I resisted posting this but had to give in. I hope it was not aswered already. I did search to see if it answered. I have noticed that a lot of people have issue with Sensors in general. Up until now I just had one Open/Close Door Sensor (or Window Sensor) and a few Motion Sensors. I have all of it working ok. I am getting a batteery low alert on the Open/Close Sensor even though it has a brand new battery. It might be caused by a daily Heartbeat instead of a real attery low. I have the Open Close sensor trigger a program to the I/O Linc Low Voltage (2450) to trigger an alert via a Doorbell I have that I can program one back door recording. So the Doorbell is announcing that the Door was just opened. I use it on my Front Door becuase I don't lock my front door. So if someone attempts to walk in I get aleerted. I also have a video door bell that has the motion sensor part of the door bell and that inteefaces with Alexa and I get an announcement with that if someone just walks near the video doorbell. I should point out that I live in an apartment building. There are only 4 apartments per floor. Anyway, I puchased two lInsteon Water/leak detectors. I am still on ISY 4.7.3 firmware. I had no issues getting the ISY to add and see the Leak Sensors. I read that some people can't even add them to their system. I don't have that probllem. What I need help in is with getting the ISY to send an alert to Amazon Alexa and possibliy make a routine to Announce a pre-programmed message. I read that the ISY can push specific vocabulary . But I don't really need that unless it is necessary. I just need a way to get some kind of message or error message that I can use to make a Routine via the Alexa using the Annoucement feature. I do use the announcement feature with other things but mostly as an alarm at a specific time. So does anyone know how to do this? Maybe you can write a sample program that I can follow to setup here. Right now this is what I have for one of my sensors: Leak Sensor Big Bath - [ID 00AE][Parent 00AD] If Status 'Bath Big Leak Sensor-Dry / Bath Big Leak Sensor-Wet' is Responding And Status 'Bath Big Leak Sensor-Dry' is not Responding Then Send Notification to 'Text Program Alerts' content 'Text Leak Sensor Bug Bath Wet' Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action') That only sends a text message. I actually haven't test this to see if its working correctly. Again is there a way to send something to Alexa? Thank you! Rob P.S. I still haven't gotten around to purchasing a new ISY so I can move to version 5.x firmware. I also need help in a problem with a 6 Button Wall Switch (I was an 8 Button originally). Its not taking the progamming for scenes to each button. But that is on hold. I want the Leak Sensor to work first. I also purchased a couple of wifi sensors that were supposed to work with Alexa but don't. I just purchased a product which is a leak sensor but needs a Hub to work. It's called a YoLink? I would rather just stay as much as possible in the Insteon world with my ISY. = You can certainly update your ISY994i ZW/IR Pro to version 5.x firmware. Using a variable you can create a routine in Alexa to announce the leak sensor has detected a leak.
rlanza1054 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Posted April 21, 2020 Well I don't think I've ever worked with variables. So I would need help and or examples. I know I can update my current ISY. However, my thinking is that I don't touch my current ISY and use it should I need to revert back to the old firmware fast! Also purchasing a new ISY puts a few dollars back to Universal Devices (and Michael) for all the work they have done! Rob
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