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Alexa and Google Home Enhancements

Alexa, Raise/Lower. Hey Google, Lock/Unlock

You can now use Raise, Lower, Open, and Close with Alexa.

To enable this feature:

— On ISY Portal, go to Select Tools | Connectivity | Amazon Echo

— Edit one of your “spokens”

— In the Alexa Category, choose one of these new options:
    Device with Open/Close syntax
    Device with Set/Lower/Raise syntax

— Save your “spoken”

— After changing the Alexa Category, ask “Alexa, discover my devices”

When you use “Device with Open/Close syntax”

In addition to the regular turn on/turn off, you will now be able to say:

  • Alexa, open <device>
  • Alexa, close <device>

When you use “Device with Set/Lower/Raise syntax”

In addition to the regular turn on/turn off, you will now be able to say:

  • Alexa, open <device> 
  • Alexa, close <device> 
  • Alexa, set <device> to <close | low | medium | high | maximum | open>
  • Alexa, set <device> to <any number from 1 to 100>
  • Alexa, raise <device>
  • Alexa, raise <device> by <number>
  • Alexa, lower <device> 
  • Alexa, lower <device>  by <number>

Please note that this Alexa category is available for devices and state variables only. In the case of variables, when setting up your spoken, it is recommended to use a turn off value of 0, and turn on value of 100.

You can now control your locks using Google Home.

To enable this feature:

— On ISY Portal, go to Select Tools | Connectivity | Google Home

— Add a lock to your device list, then save

— Ask “Ok Google, sync my devices”

 

Things you can ask:

  • Ok Google, lock <spoken>
  • Ok Google, unlock <spoken>
  • Ok Google, is <spoken> locked?

Enjoy and stay safe!

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Bye Bye Climate Module!

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” ~ Semisonic

The first Climate Module was installed on 11/21/2008 on an ISY99! Since then, we brought to life such gems as ISY Portal, Polyglot, Polyglot Cloud, and Polisy. And, more importantly, we’ve been blessed with a community of genius developers, who develop bleeding edge integration of things, including an assortment of Weather Services, with advanced functionality and features.

So, although we are sad to say farewell to our beloved Climate Module on 03/31/2020*, but we are excited to offer you more choices and enhanced features through Polyglot Cloud.

And just to make this transition a little easier for you:

  • If you purchased your Climate Module in 2019, you can request for a $49.00 store credit, 4 years subscription to ISY Portal, or a prorated refund on a 4 year usage basis
  • If you purchased your Climate Module in 2018, you can request for a $35.00 store credit or 3 years subscription to ISY Portal
  • If you purchased your Climate Module in 2017, you can request for a $23.00 store credit or 2 years subscription to ISY Portal
  • If you purchased your Climate Module in 2016, you can request for $15.00 store credit or 1 year subscription to ISY Portal

Please send your UUID to our sales department. 

Say hello to the future!

* Please note that on 03/31/2020, your climate module will stop functioning.

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To Polisy and Beyond!

The long wait is finally over: Polisy is now shipping! Polisy is ISY’s companion that extends your automation wishes to infinity and beyond. Click a couple of buttons and integrate with weather services, Philips Hue, LiFX, Ecobee, Roomba, Sonos, Tesla, SolarEdge, and a growing list of other things.

Polisy PRO With Dual Band WiFi and Bluetooth (4.0)

Polisy is powerful. It boasts 1Ghz Quad Core AMD CPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB 3D NAND SSD, 3 x 1 GB Ethernet ports, and extensive I/O features. Its prowess is assured by a lean fine-tuned version of BSD Unix. Its security hardened by TPM boot. Its reliability, viability, and support is guaranteed by the same team that brought you the ISY.

 

 

Polisy is preconfigured with our revolutionary Polyglot framework that allows integration of anything into ISY. These things show up just like any other device, can be included in scenes, and available in programs.

For instance, our Tesla Poly enables you to use battery range, state of charge, and your own preferencees – such as price of electricity – as conditions to automate when to charge/discharge. Or use an INSTEON / Z-Wave motion sensor on the ouside of your home as a trigger for your Tesla to honk the horn and flash the lights to thwart off intruders.

For your reading pleasure:
– Polisy Quick Start Page
– Polisy User Guide

Lest we forget, if you are a geek like us, you would want to know that we value your geekiness so much so that:

  • If you have already published a Poly in our Polyglot store, you get Polisy for free
  • Verified developers get 50% discounts on all our products, modules, and bundles including the preorder for Polisy
  • You get all products and modules in your hands before the general availability
    If you have not signed up as a developer yet, well, what are you waiting for? 

Order Now!

Let Polisy take your home to where no home has gone before!

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Introducing Polisy

Your gateway to integrating everything and anything with your ISY with a single button click! Such awesome things as Audio Video controllers, Tesla, Ring, Ecobee, Roomba, Weather Stations, Rachio, LiFX, SolarEdge, ….

Polisy is your plug & play Polyglot in a beautiful shiny box. Your ISY’s sidekick now and its destiny in the future.

Polisy is powerful. It boasts 1Ghz Quad Core AMD CPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB 3D NAND SSD, 3 x 1 GB Ethernet ports, and extensive I/O features. Its prowess is assured by a lean fine-tuned version of BSD Unix. Its security hardened by TPM boot. Its reliability, viability, and support is guaranteed by the same team that brought you the ISY.

For those not familiar with Polyglot, it’s our revolutionary framework that allows integration of anything into ISY with a single button click. These things show up just like any other device, can be included in scenes, and available in programs.

For instance, our Tesla Poly enables you to use battery range, state of charge, and your own preferencees – such as price of electricity – as conditions to automate when to charge/discharge. Or use an INSTEON / Z-Wave motion sensor on the ouside of your home as a trigger for your Tesla to honk the horn and flash the lights to thwart off intruders.

Polisy PRO With Dual Band WiFi and Bluetooth (4.0)

Polisy not only comes with Polyglot already configured and running, but also it automatically finds and commissions your ISY when attached. From thereon, you command/control both Polisy and ISY through one interface. 

Native support for 3G/4G modems gives you the ability to go off the grid. Literally! And, if you are one of those maximum-connectivity types, get the Polisy PRO model which comes standard with Dual Band WiFi and Bluetooth (4.0).

And, by the way, Polisy comes with 2 year subscription to ISY Portal free of charge.

Lest we forget, if you are a geek like us, you would want to know that we value your geekiness so much so that:

  • If you have already published a Poly in our Polyglot store, you get Polisy for free
  • Verified developers get 50% discounts on all our products, modules, and bundles including the preorder for Polisy
  • You get Polisy in your hands before the general availability
    If you have not signed up as a developer yet, well, what are you waiting for? 

Polisy will be available to the public in December of 2019. But …. [finale_countdown_timer campaign_id=”26313″ skip_rules= “yes”]

Preorder Now!

Let Polisy take your home to where no home has gone before!

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The Importance of IoT and Transactive Energy for the Smart Grid

When: June 12, 2019 3:30 PM PDT
Where: International OpenADR Symposium at PG&E Pacific Energy Center 

Services for IoT and Transactive Energy (TE) will be required to enable a truly smart grid. Michel Kohanim discusses UD\’s existing research, framework, complementing products/ecosystem that have seamlessly integrated IoT technologies and Smart Grid standards including Transactive Energy. OpenADR is a perfect fit for bringing all these services under one standardized umbrella.

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Introducing UD Integrator/Dealer Program

This program is specifically designed to be simple while providing you with opportunities for growth, customer outreach, support, and partnership.

Highlights:

  • Free equipment every year
  • Substantial discounts on products and bundles including SmartHome products
  • Dedicated dealer support page with specialized dealer-focused content
  • Listed in our searchable dealer directory 
  • Partnership opportunities for our utility and government energy efficiency projects
  • Listing on Insteon’s Dealer page

Learn more & sign up

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The Importance of IoT in Smart Grid Technologies

When: February 26, 2019 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM PST
Where: Lawrence Berkley Lab – Energy Technologies Area (as well as online)

Perhaps you have already heard of IoT – Internet of Things. IoT is pretty much meaningless without a purpose: how does it help anyone? 

Michel Kohanim discusses UD\’s existing research, framework, complementing products/ecosystem that seamlessly integrate IoT technologies, Smart Grid standards, and AI assistants to help us all save money, save energy and save the planet.

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