I am so confused and frustrated. I am hoping that this is just me not understanding how to do something so very simple.
I have my FanLinc properly installed and it is working with the Insteon App on my iPhone X. I can bring the app up, go to devices, and tap the Device and use my iPhone to control the lighting on/off and dimmer and the fan speed (high, medium, low, and off). Works just as would expect.
Here comes the but...
I linked my insteon account with Alexa. When I initially set up my FanLinc, I was able to tell Alexa: "Living Room Fan High" or "Living Room Light On" and it seemed to be working, but found that the light and fan speed were "combined" and if I told Alexa "Living Room Fan Low", the fan and the lights were set to low. Not what I wanted.
At first I thought I maybe did not "connect" the fan part of the FanLinc with the app separate from the light part of the FanLinc (two different buttons and LEDs), so I tried to mess with that, but it kept finding the same device, regardless of which button I held down to make it blink and be ready to add to the app.
So I found Scenes - and I tried to create 7 different scenes: Fan High, Medium, Low and Off, Light On, Off, and Half (50%). Unfortunately I kept running into the dreaded "A few things share that name" message from Alexa. I tried to shorten the names, and change the order of the words and many other permutations and I have not figured it out. I did some research on this site and many others, but no solutions have presented themselves.
How can I control the fan speed and light separately with Alexa?
I have my FanLinc properly installed and it is working with the Insteon App on my iPhone X. I can bring the app up, go to devices, and tap the Device and use my iPhone to control the lighting on/off and dimmer and the fan speed (high, medium, low, and off). Works just as would expect.
Here comes the but...
I linked my insteon account with Alexa. When I initially set up my FanLinc, I was able to tell Alexa: "Living Room Fan High" or "Living Room Light On" and it seemed to be working, but found that the light and fan speed were "combined" and if I told Alexa "Living Room Fan Low", the fan and the lights were set to low. Not what I wanted.
At first I thought I maybe did not "connect" the fan part of the FanLinc with the app separate from the light part of the FanLinc (two different buttons and LEDs), so I tried to mess with that, but it kept finding the same device, regardless of which button I held down to make it blink and be ready to add to the app.
So I found Scenes - and I tried to create 7 different scenes: Fan High, Medium, Low and Off, Light On, Off, and Half (50%). Unfortunately I kept running into the dreaded "A few things share that name" message from Alexa. I tried to shorten the names, and change the order of the words and many other permutations and I have not figured it out. I did some research on this site and many others, but no solutions have presented themselves.
How can I control the fan speed and light separately with Alexa?
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