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31 Aug 2020

Michel Kohanim News air quality, automation, climate, iot, isy, polyglot, purpleair, wild fires, wildfires 3 comments

Air pollution got you choked up?

Monitor it with ISY994 + PurpleAir

“The sky of the color of ashes in the east and embers in the west.” ~ Stephen King

For Californians, wildfires are becoming more frequent and the smoke and particulate matter generated by them are a serious health hazard. Wouldn’t it be nice to know if it is safe to be outside or even just open a window?
Now you can!
Combine your ISY994 with a PurpleAir air quality monitor and you’ll have instant data to make those types of decisions.

26 Aug 2020

Michel Kohanim News automation, climate, climate module, iot, isy, isy994, media, media player, media server, Plex, polyglot 0 comments

What’s Up Poly?

Plex It!

Thanks to our very active, enthusiastic, and ingenious developer community, we have surpassed 80 full fledged Polys (Node Servers) including more climate service choices. In this episode of What’s Up Poly, though, we’ll concentrate on Home Theater Light Automation with ISY and Plex Node Server.

28 Jun 2020

Michel Kohanim News, RATES alexa, energy efficiency, iot, transactive energy 0 comments

RATES Final Report

Thanks to the participation of over 110 volunteers in our RATES pilot, we learned a lot not only about Transactive Energy but also how to best engage customers using Smart Speakers. We are quite pleased with the outcome and hope you will enjoy reading the results in our official and approved RATES Final Report.

15 Jun 2020

Michel Kohanim News alexa, energy efficiency, green, iot, smartgrid, title24 0 comments

Your Own Energy Expert!

We are very excited to announce the launch of Energy Expert, the Alexa Skill and ecosystem of things that will enable you to better understand and optimize your energy usage and costs. Two of the most electrifying features of Energy Expert are Proactive Notifications and Automatic Optimization.

13 May 2020

Michel Kohanim News automation, climate, climate module, iot, isy, isy994, openweathermap, polyglot, weatherbug, weatherunderground 23 comments

Which Weather Service?

“I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed” ~ Robert Frost

As you may already know, and thankfully, the Climate Module is going away. ‘Thankfully’
because, now you have many other options and services to choose from. But, which option and service is the right one for you? Let’s find out!

29 Mar 2020

Michel Kohanim News alexa, automation, climate, climate module, google home, iot, isy, isy994, polyglot 9 comments

Alexa and Google Home Enhancements

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

You always wanted to lock and unlock your door locks with Google Home. And, you always wanted to use Alexa to Open/Close your garage door and Raise/Lower your blinds. Now, you can do both!

18 Mar 2020

Michel Kohanim News automation, climate, climate module, iot, isy, isy994, openweathermap, polyglot, weatherbug, weatherunderground 0 comments

What’s Up Poly?

iAquaLink and Ring

Thanks to our very active, enthusiastic, and ingenious developer community, and as we are reaching 75 awesome and full featured Polys (Node Servers), we are going to start sending Poly news on a regular basis. And, of course, we also hope that these communiques can save you from boredom (in case you are home). In this edition: iAquaLink and Ring.

13 Feb 2020

Michel Kohanim News automation, climate, climate module, iot, isy, isy994, openweathermap, polyglot, weatherbug, weatherunderground 54 comments

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 have had the pleasure of creating so very many exciting things such as ISY994, ISY Portal, Polyglot, Polyglot Cloud, and Polisy. And, we have been blessed with a genius community of developers who have been bringing us bleeding edge integration so many things including a variety of Weather services.

26 Dec 2019

Michel Kohanim News automation, energy efficiency, iot, isy, isy994, polisy, polyglot 4 comments

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, Ring, Roomba, Sonos, Tesla, SolarEdge, and a growing list of other things.

26 Jul 2019

Michel Kohanim News automation, climate, iot, isy, isy994, openweathermap, polyglot, weatherbug, weatherunderground 18 comments

Rain or Shine? ISY994 + OpenWeatherMap

“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” ~ Mark Twain

It’s all about the weather, whether it’s on the evening news or it’s the first app you open in the morning to plan your day, your week or your vacation. But wouldn’t it be great for your home or business to do the same? To prepare itself for changing weather conditions and automatically adjust things for your comfort, energy/water savings, and even parties?

Well, now it can!