I have a Control 4 Based Home Automation System running in a 4 Bed room Villa. The Set up has 5 Alexa units in each of the respective areas 1. Living Room 2. Home Theater 3. Master bed Room 4. Sons room 5. Daughters room. Each room has lights that are connected to Clipsal dimmer and Air conditioner connected via Infra red to the Control 4 Controller. Also Apple TV and Tata Sky controlled via IR to the Control 4 Controller
Each room can be controlled independantly via Control4 Touch Panel installed in the each respective room. All good.
Now the customer asked us to install Alexa into every room so that it can control device via Voice Commands. 5 Alexa Units were installed and programmed for Control 4 device control.
Now we have programmed each area to the controlled with the following voice command
Alexa , Room/Location Name , Device , State
ie. For Master Bed Room Area to Turn on the Lights we have to say
--> Alexa Masterbed room , Lights on
ie. For Master Bed Room Area to Turn on the Tata Sky we have to say
ie. --> Alexa Masterbed room , Tatasky on
AND
ie. For Home Theater Area to Turn on the Lights we have to say
--> Alexa Home Theater room , Lights on
ie. For Home Theater Area to Turn on the Tata Sky we have to say
ie. --> Alexa Home Theater , Tatasky on
We have programmed this way and it works fine.
Now my customer comes and says he does not want to mention the Location Name every time. If he is in the Bed Room, he wants to say
"Alexa, Turn on lights " and the lights of the Bed room alone must turn on.
And if he is in Home theater and if he says the same voice command "Alexa, Turn on lights " ---> Only the Home Theater Lights must turn on.
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I have checked creating a Smart Devices Group and tried various ways to do this. But Alexa allows only one Unique Group name or voice command as all 5 of my alexa are connected.
Is there a way in which i can make the Alexa in a Room or location to control only the devices in that room or location alone and that too by giving a simple command like
Alexa ,Device , State
i.e
Alexa, Lights on
or
Alexa Tatasky on
Can anyone help me do this in Alexa. Each room i must be able to use the command Alexa Device and State to control the devices in that location only. I tried the Smart Home Group but it does not help me create a unique group name only for one area. I tried this option.
Kindly help.