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Old 07-17-2019, 09:33 AM   #3791
John F
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Other than using multiple Amazon accounts (or switching profiles), has anyone come up with a workaround to limit the devices that are accessible to any one echo device in a multi-echo home? Without such a feature, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to come up with unique names for devices that are simple to recall and handy enough to use effectively. Having to say, "Alexa, turn on the ceiling fan in the upstairs guest room," or "Turn on the basement TV (as opposed to the two different bedroom TVs), or turn on the endtable-lamp-on-the-left-side-of-the-living-room-sofa is just bit tedious.

Ideally, I'd love to be able to say, "Alexa turn on the lights" and have it work only for "the lights" that have been assigned to that unit. Having to refer to yourself in the first person ("Alexa, turn off Doug's bedroom light") when you have multiple bedrooms with multiple people using multiple echos registered to the same Amazon account) is a bit weird.
Would routines help?

It may be tedious to enter them, but I think you could set up routines like: "When I say 'Turn on the lights' from the downstairs echo it turns on the downstairs lights".

Looking at routines quickly, it looks like it is doable?
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