Bvacchiano
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Does it only work for the Intellicentee now and not ScreenLogic? I used to have it working with SL and it was great until it disappeared from Alexa!
Will it work with Easy Touch 8 if you have ScreenLogic?Just to confirm this skill only works if you have the IntelliCenter - it won't work with the EasyTouch.
IIRC I enabled skill which then made me login and afterwards I got a question to authorize with a yes/no option. Clicking yes took a little while to register but then it was linked.
Will it work with Easy Touch 8 if you have ScreenLogic? And if I have the option to get The Intellicenter instead of easy touch w/ScreenLogic Should I do it? I definitely want to be able to use Alexa or some voice command with it so that is an important distinction. Is the easy touch able to get software updates. I’m sorry if these are silly questions. I know nothing about pool equipment and pb already has easy touch sitting in my garage so I need to tell him quickly.
Exactly what I needed! Thanks for the link!See discussion below, both are good systems that will work for you. Pentair protocol adapter seems to have reliability issues so worth taking into account.
Is intellicenter worth $1500 upgrade from easytouch?
Hi, My build is starting in a couple weeks and PB is quoting $1500 extra to go from easytouch to intellicenter. I've read through a lot of prior posts here comparing the two, but I'm having a tough time understanding what the real differences are between. Here are the high level details of my...www.troublefreepool.com
Do you have any knowledge of fact it won't work with ET? I suspect you are 100% correct, becuase it won't do squat for me with an Easytouch. I can not log in successfully from the skill and the new skill even has Intellicenter in the name.Just to confirm this skill only works if you have the IntelliCenter - it won't work with the EasyTouch.
IIRC I enabled skill which then made me login and afterwards I got a question to authorize with a yes/no option. Clicking yes took a little while to register but then it was linked.
I've loved having the Pentair equipment and Easytouch, but I'm losing confidence fast. This is exactly why companies need to stick to their core competencies and likely outsource their IT.
Thanks for the tip. I've searched for skills again and still only find the one for Intellicenter. I will give it some time and try again just in case they have multiple servers or a roll out of some sort across all users. Giving them the benefit of the doubt for right now.@GDN It looks like the Pentair ScreenLogic is now available, can you try that instead?
Actually it's possible that happened. There's been a reorganization within Pentair earlier this year and they may have outsourced some of their software development. Outsourcing is an easy way to reduce expenses, but unless properly managed it can have negative consequences and cause issues like we've just seen.
So there is a new skill finally - but it is listed as Pentair Intellicenter. The URL for linking has changed from pentairpoolchat.com to pentairpooltalk.com. I can download the skill, but it won't link and recognize my account. So I'm in the process of trying to set up a new account. You might download the skill and see how your luck is, I'm not getting there just yet !!
I have the Pentair Intellicenter linked and enabled. When I say "Alexa, ask Pentair CHAT to turn on pool"( or anything else), she comes back with "Sorry, I'm having trouble accessing your Pentair Intellicenter Skill right now". I have written Amazon, but so far they have only told me how to link the skill, which I've already done.Finally today, I now have two Pentair Alexa skills to select from and I'm able to once again use Alexa. They have divided them out - "Pentair Intellicenter" skill for the new device and "Pentair Screenlogic" skill for Easy Touch and Intellitouch using Screenlogic.
They both have new command sets to activate:
Intellicenter you must now say "Alexa, ask Pentair CHAT ....."
Screenlogic you must now say "Alexa ask Pentair POOL ...."
If you just ask the old command you'll get feedback that skill no longer works.
The error happens when Alexa is not able to get a valid response from your skill endpoint. There can be multiple reasons to that as mentioned here
1. Your endpoint is giving an invalid response
2. Your endpoint availability
3. Your endpoint response time
I have the Pentair Intellicenter linked and enabled. When I say "Alexa, ask Pentair CHAT to turn on pool"( or anything else), she comes back with "Sorry, I'm having trouble accessing your Pentair Intellicenter Skill right now". I have written Amazon, but so far they have only told me how to link the skill, which I've already done.