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Alexa voice to Wunderlist task

04 Saturday Feb 2017

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Simplify

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echo-wunderlist

For those who are into personal productivity. You may know that one of the ways is to dump everything from your mind to a list so you can clear your head and concentrate on your most important task. This is done so you don’t have constantly worry about remembering your to-do list.

Amazon Alexa already has a shopping/to-do list with in its app however my wife and I already use a app called Wunderlist, and rather not to use two apps for our to-dos. We prefer to use the Wunderlist app because it allows us to comment, add pictures, and share specific to do lists with each other. For example, we can share specific task list called “Groceries & Errands” where we can assign specific task for each other, and exchange comments in near real time and it’s also in context for the specific task so there’s less confusion.

To do this I utilize the following which I believe is simple to do but let me know if you more specific steps.

1) Alexa Echo
2) IFTTT (ifttt.com)
3) Gmail to me@wunderlist.com
4) Wunderlist (wunderlist.com) and their blog post on the mail to Wunderlist feature. https://www.wunderlist.com/blog/mail-to-wunderlist

There is however a manual cleanup process I go through as the Alex app will not delete or check off the items which has been emailed out. This is why I would occasionally go to the Alexa app and check off all shopping & to-do list as they are never touched. I’m not sure if it will cause an issue if you allow this list to grow but I don’t find it too cumbersome to check each item off and delete them whenever I’m in the Alexa app which is not very often.

Wunderlist is the app we personally used but this can be done for any app which accepts emails to task or an application that can perform direct integration with IFTTT which I’ve found the following three can be done directly.

  1. http://en.todoist.com/
  2. http://www.meistertask.com/
  3. http://www.toodledo.com/

Living with Iris forum

17 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris, Save, Secure, Simplify

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forum, help, Iris, Iris Forum, Lowe's iris, questions, wish list

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forum Left Side of BlogLiving with Iris Forum is online now at forum.livingwithiris.com, or look to the top left side of this blog and you should see the categories you may jump right into.

I’ve tried to make this forum easy to join so you can either login with your twitter, facebook, or register with your email address.

Here’s what each category means.

  • Home: Home page of forum
  • General: General discussion about Iris.
  • Wish List: Anything you wish Iris can do.
  • Question/Help: Got questions or need help with Iris?

Some of you know that there is already an Iris forum at myeyesoniris.lefora.com which I’ve mention here before but if you didn’t know myeyesoniris.com no longer exist and nobody knows what the future will be for the forum hosted on lefora.com.

You can start by checking out my welcome post on the forum, and I hope to see more of you there.

Fan speed switch set up video

10 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris

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fan control, fan speed switch, Iris, Lowe's iris, video, YouTube

Thanks to Steve who pointed this video out to me.

We haven’t heard much news regarding the fan speed switch besides it’s one of the products that has been in the “coming soon” status for the longest time.

. Fan Spped Switch Coming Soon

I wasn’t able to get any release dates for this product but some how this setup video is posted online with all the other Iris videos.

IVEE Sleek with Iris

07 Saturday Jun 2014

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris, Simplify

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Iris, Iris Add Devices Page, ivee, ivee sleek, Lowe's iris, setup, voice, voice command, YouTube

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Jamesisenberg who wrote the review for Ivee provided me with the video demonstrating how IVEE works with Iris now.


Below is also the setup instructions if you’re interested in doing so too.  Continue reading →

Iris Hub Update Version 4.00r25

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris, Simplify

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coming soon, garage door sensor, hose end controller, hub update, hub upgrade, irrigation controller, Lowe's iris, Lowes.com, range extender, smart plug, update

Hub update 4.00r25

A new update for the Iris hub has been released today for version 4.00r25.

If you haven’t already logged into the web portal you’ll notice the following message on what’s new for this version.

Iris Login Popup for hub update 4.00r25Here’s the run down on what I’ve found.

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How to move the Iris app home page tiles

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris

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app, iris system, Lowe's iris

I was just playing with my phone when I notice I hand made a change on the Iris app home section and had these three lines to move each tiles. So I had to figure out how I did it.

So it it was pretty simple but just not intuitive.

First just put your finger and hold right below the right arrow button on the Iris app home section.

app move tile 1

Within a second you will notice you get the three lines to allow you to move each tiles. Continue reading →

Installing Iris Smoke and CO Detector

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris, Secure

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Carbon monoxide detector, Iris, Lowe's iris, Smoke detector

I received in the mail the First Alert Smoke and CO detector today and just got it installed and working even though the Iris portal says it’s “coming soon”.

This is what it looks like in the package.

Smoke and Co in package

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Browser Session Timeout issue when logging into Iris Portal.

16 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris

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Browsers, Firefox, IE, issue, Java, Lowe, Safari, session, time out, Web browser

Recently I’ve been having a lot of browser timeout session issues and I’ve been going from one browser to another. Now each different browser would start having the following message once I log in to Lowe’s Iris portal.

Session Timeout

 

To resolve this issue for me I needed to clear out the Java temp files in windows Control panel.

Clear Java

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upgrading my hub from version 3.04r25 to 3.06r47

15 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris

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hub, Lowe's iris, Lowes, Upgrade

If you have logged in to your Iris web portal recently you may have notice the following message.

Hub upgrade notice

To upgrade your hub either you click on the blue button with the right arrow or you may just click on the “devices” tab which will bring you to the devices page.

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Changing FreedomPop Burst’s device SSID and Network Password

15 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris, Secure

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Default password, freedompop, Password, security, SSID, Wi-Fi

If you have decided to use FreedomPop Burst as their primary connection for your Lowe’s Iris hub, then please make sure to secure the hub by changing it’s SSID and network password.

I’ve found the following page regarding “How do I access the Hub Burst’s Device Utility to change the SSID and network password?”

FreedomPop Change SSID - password

 

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