Smartenit servers

[ColdnFrosty]

I received the same message today. Glad the problem was identified and will be resolved by tomorrow.

UPDATE!!

I just received this reply from the President of Smartenit. They ARE still in business!!

Received today:

The problem has been identified as an inadvertent change of resources in AWS. We are working on a fix and hope to be up by tomorrow at the latest.

Thank you for your patience during this inconvenience.

Al Choperena
President and CEO

[Tuicemen]

I have several ways to handle Alexa X10 devices. When one fails like the smartenit servers I have a fall back in place. However if the Alexa servers have an issue then I fall back on the  phone and one of several apps. As for timers and scenes the broadlink will do these. Still if the internet is down my HomeGenie setup can control things locally.

[SkipWX10]

If the company has closed and our Harmony's become doorstops, there IS an easy & relatively cheap ($35) alternative that I already have working.  The Broadlink RM4 Pro at the link below supports X10 RF codes. The RM4 Pro is essentially a learning remote with an Alexa Skill.
The RM4 Pro will learn RF codes from an HR12A which can be triggered by Alexa commands.  I use a CM15A as a multi-housecode receiver which sends X10 just like the Harmony.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096TXWMPV?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

Okay, bear with me here...I'm not the brightest with tech...So, if I get the RM4 Pro, I can teach it X-10 addresses with an HR12A, then with the Alexa skill for Broadlink, it will then receive commands from Alexa and transmit RF to my CM15A which will then send the command over the powerline as if I was using the palm pad controller?

Thus, this would be an RF version of the Smartenit sending command to the Insteon PLM via USB and commands going out over the powerline?

Thanks for clarifying for the dummy 

[brobin]

Yes, exactly. Think of as an Alexa enabled Palm Pad or learning remote.  In the Broadlink app you learn the X10 codes and name them whatever you want Alexa to control. Set up is quick & easy.

If Smartenit comes back up tomorrow or over the weekend I'll stick with it for now.

[brobin]

As of 12:45am Smartenit is back up!