Portal / Alexa is acting dumb

[larryllix]

@bmercier I seems amazon has changed something and caused bad response messages. When I vocally operate ISY Portal device I get back a verbal message "I don't know how to do that". My polISY programs still seemed to still be triggered, most of the times though.

Nothing has changed at this end. I now tried to "Discover devices" with nothing new found several times. I have changed some Text in the ISY Portal for "T V lights" to "Tee Vee Lights", same thing happens using the "television lights" verbage command On/Off.

This seems to be all some change at amazon's end, or some lack of feedback from ISY Portal to Amazon. Most commands still work but most or all, retort the "I don't know how to do that" error response. All my programs are listed as "switches" to avoid t constant asking "are these are lights?". I use On/Off commands via ISY Portal only.

Mostly a heads up. Anybody else experiencing this new problem with Alexa commands?

[bgrubb1]

My Daughter reported similar after she took the install for the "New Alexa AI" did you install ?

 

[larryllix]

3 hours ago, bgrubb1 said:

My Daughter reported similar after she took the install for the "New Alexa AI" did you install ?

 

Not that I know of but you never know what gets forced on us sometimes. They are really pushing this phony, so-called "AI" guessing, everywhere.

[bmercier]

I have seen issues with Alexa+ as well.

[larryllix]

Looks like amazon must have discovered their error and corrected their responses to my requests.

Now Alexa just answers with the original "OK" again.Howvere my "T V lights" seems to have become a taboo phrase now so I will have to use "television lights" for that function.

[larryllix]

Looks like I spoke too soon. Again my main Alexa Show 10" screen started doing the "I don't know how to do that" response like before. This time, only one of the 10 devices did this, while still operating the ISY Portal devices just fine. All others answered "OK".

A power cycle of this device seems to have cleared up this outstanding problem unit, for now.

However, my "TV Lights" commands, I have been using for over three years now, will not function anymore on any unit now.

Thanks amazon....NOT!