Stuart England Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 So, the Echo dots etc are named according to their location right, each one called kitchen, living room or whatever. Can this be passed as a variable into the programming at all? The ultimate requirement here is fairly obvious.. "Alexa trigger lights on" instead of "Alexa trigger kitchen lights on" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Just now, Stuart England said: So, the Echo dots etc are named according to their location right, each one called kitchen, living room or whatever. Can this be passed as a variable into the programming at all? The ultimate requirement here is fairly obvious.. "Alexa trigger lights on" instead of "Alexa trigger kitchen lights on" nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart England Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 wow... someone is missing something obvious here huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 13 minutes ago, Stuart England said: wow... someone is missing something obvious here huh Give Amazon time - i know they have been hearing feedback like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 i believe some users here have been using multiple amazon accounts with the epic amazon echo driver here and set them up for different rooms to do this now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 i just use the room name lights family oks it kitchen lights on family lights on bedroom lights on so and so forth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 14 minutes ago, Matt Lowe said: i just use the room name lights family oks it kitchen lights on family lights on bedroom lights on so and so forth right but it is a valid criticism - it's not location aware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 You're right - it would be nice to have a default location that you could put in when setting up the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I just noticed on the Alexa developer forum that this has been a hot issue since the first Echo devices were introduced which is almost two years ago. For some reason Amazon is taking a long time to deal with this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieF Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Does anyone know if this nuts been cracked yet? It would work great with this (https://www.cepro.com/article/cheap_echo_dot_premium_multiroom_audio_origin_acoustics_valet_amp ), and an Audio Matrix....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Does anyone know if this nuts been cracked yet? It would work great with this (https://www.cepro.com/article/cheap_echo_dot_premium_multiroom_audio_origin_acoustics_valet_amp ), and an Audio Matrix.......NoSent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieF Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 damn...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 27 minutes ago, RobbieF said: damn...... Hear hear... it should only be a matter of time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieF Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I hope so... I'm doing a renovation next year, and would love to put voice control in every room - but it will need this functionality to be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 25 minutes ago, RobbieF said: I hope so... I'm doing a renovation next year, and would love to put voice control in every room - but it will need this functionality to be useful. I’m with you. I have set all my programming up with this in mind but currently use a mixture between schedules, motion sensor results and an extra voice command to determine what room I’m in when I tell my good friend (Alexa) to do something... As soon as she becomes self aware (location sensitive),I just need to delete my current lines of code which try to guess what room I’m talking from and add code that converts Alexa’s location (however this is provided) to my standard (AlexaRoom - 1 is bedroom, 2 is lounge etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 We just add numbers We have sky - For living Room We have Sky 2 - For master bedroom Works a treat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieF Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I've read of your (@South Africa C4) ingenious work arounds, and yes, it's impressive what you've been able to achieve with logic. But the programing required to get this "right", is maybe too much hard work for me.... I'm holding thumbs the it will "Just Work" by this time next year when I've installed everything How Many Alexa's have you setup? And if using Echo Dots, are you piping the speaker out to an Audio Matrix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 13 hours ago, RobbieF said: How Many Alexa's have you setup? And if using Echo Dots, are you piping the speaker out to an Audio Matrix? Ive got 7 Alexa’s active at present. 6 dots and an Echo. However, I only use the, for voice control not for playing music per se. Although they do control the playing of various playlists (centralized in a mixture between Apple Music and a NAS library) via IFTTT triggers. I am (finally) 2 months in to building a beach house so am also hoping everything just works this time next year as the idea of programming (and fiddling) work arounds for another system (which I will probably only use once a month anyway) is not very appealing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave w Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Quote At the Dot location, the Cat 5 plugs into a proprietary balun that breaks out into a USB connector for power in, and a headphone jack for audio out. This is really the key....and a super easy key to make. All they are doing is powering the Dots with POE and piping the aux out back to a single zone amp. Pretty easy to replicate. OK, I'll give them the mounting brackets too. But again, not rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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