Instructions For Existing Users - Universal Devices ISY-994i User Manual

• Enable the ISY Smart Home Skill using the Instructions to enable the V3 skill in the
echo app

18.2.3.1Instructions for Existing Users

• ISY Smart Home skill is now on V3 and V2 will eventually be removed. If you are still
on V2, please follow Instructions for Migrating to V3 below
• If you are using "Alexa, Ask izzy to ...", you are currently using an outdated ISY Skill
which is obsolete. Please consider disabling it and follow the Instructions to Enable
the V3 Skill in the Echo App below
18.2.4 Instructions to configure Alexa devices in ISY Portal
• Make sure you have followed all the steps in ISY Portal Installed and Configured
first.
• Log into ISY Portal
• Click on My Profile at the top right corner, choose your ISY from Preferred ISY drop
down
• Under Select Tool, choose Connectivity | Amazon Echo
• Click on Add Device, Scene, Program, Variable or A/V to add a new Alexa device
• Choose your ISY device/scene/program/state variable
• Enter a Spoken (This is the name Alexa will use to recognize this device), then save.
NOTE: Rooms are optional and useful only for categorization in ISY Portal
• Using Color bulbs:
o When choosing your ISY device, please use the Z-Wave device ending with
_186
o The skill has been tested with Aeotec and Fibaro color bulbs
• Using A/V Devices:
o Those are virtual devices for which you can map as many functions as you
need to network resources, state variables or programs
o Create as many virtual A/V devices as you have physical A/V devices.
Example; one for the TV, one for the Home theater, etc.
o All fields are optional
o Under Basic, use either Set Channel To, or Channel Up/Channel Down, not
both.
o Under Volume, you can use Set Volume To, Volume Up/Volume Down, or
both. If you use both, use the same State Variable.
o When entering a State Variable value, you can specify an absolute value, or a
delta by entering + or - before the number. This can be especially useful for
the Volume Up/Volume Down
o When you hover on a field label, you get an example of how to use it
• If the Smart Home Skill is already enabled on your Echo, you can send your devices
to your Echo by saying: "Alexa, discover my devices".
• If the Smart Home Skill has not been enabled on your Echo yet, please continue with
the instructions below.
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