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Fun with Alexa
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I knew this would happen...
You can create your own answers to questions, and alexa will use your answers....
Q: Who's the best poster on Tweb?
A: Everybody knows that would be Cow Poke.
https://blueprints.amazon.com/
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I created...
Q: Alexa, where do these people keep their guns?
A: Hold that thought while I call the police.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI knew this would happen...
You can create your own answers to questions, and alexa will use your answers....
Q: Who's the best poster on Tweb?
A: Everybody knows that would be Cow Poke.
https://blueprints.amazon.com/
Choose Custom Q&A
I created...
Q: Alexa, where do these people keep their guns?
A: Hold that thought while I call the police.
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Cool --- I just played with "Routines", and was able to set my porch lights to sunset off / sunset on, and other stuff.
I had a fancy schmancy lightswitch (not Alexa) that would get confused, and have lights on during the day, then off during the night, and I'd have to reprogram it.
I just swapped that switch out with an Alexa compatible smartswitch, then set up the routine.
Fun!The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostCool --- I just played with "Routines", and was able to set my porch lights to sunset off / sunset on, and other stuff.
I had a fancy schmancy lightswitch (not Alexa) that would get confused, and have lights on during the day, then off during the night, and I'd have to reprogram it.
I just swapped that switch out with an Alexa compatible smartswitch, then set up the routine.
Fun!The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIt WORKED! It WORKED!!!!
My table lamp has a smart bulb in it that you can adjust the color and brightness too.
I was going to do something like you did with my outside driveway lights on the side of my garage door, but I can't find bright enough smart lights (150Watt equiv) - I didn't think about a smart switch. But it would take some doing, since the lights are in a gang of three by my backdoor, outside lights, mudroom lights and kitchen light (which is a 3-way).Last edited by Sparko; 07-05-2020, 10:23 AM.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostNice. I have a little routine set up where I can say "Alexa, turn on everything" and it will turn on my TV and living room lamp, and switch on my roku and load Youtube TV. And "turn everything off" turns them all off.
My table lamp has a smart bulb in it that you can adjust the color and brightness too.
I was going to do something like you did with my outside driveway lights on the side of my garage door, but I can't find bright enough smart lights (150Watt equiv) - I didn't think about a smart switch. But it would take some doing, since the lights are in a gang of three by my backdoor, outside lights, mudroom lights and kitchen light (which is a 3-way).
Then, in "groups" I have a group for "all exterior lights". I have a group called "morning" that, when we get up, it turns on all morning lights and the coffee pot....
Lots of fun.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYeah, I haven't messed with any 3-way yet - only single on/of switches. And they have to have a ground wire AND a white wire for neutral, along with the power and load. But one switch by the front door controls the entry way exterior light and the carriage lights on both sides of the garage.
Then, in "groups" I have a group for "all exterior lights". I have a group called "morning" that, when we get up, it turns on all morning lights and the coffee pot....
Lots of fun.
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OK, so I'm having too much fun!
My wife has a funny accent (yeah, I know, weird) on certain things she says, and Alexa doesn't always get what she says.
Example -- instead of "living room", where the G is at the end of living, she would pronounce it "livinGroom" with the G sounding like Groom.
So, when I say "Alexa, turn on living room" - the living room lights come on.
When she says "Alexa, turn on living Groom" - Alexa says, "I'm sorry, I don't take orders from you".
Does anybody have a spare room I can stay in for a while?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostOK, so I'm having too much fun!
My wife has a funny accent (yeah, I know, weird) on certain things she says, and Alexa doesn't always get what she says.
Example -- instead of "living room", where the G is at the end of living, she would pronounce it "livinGroom" with the G sounding like Groom.
So, when I say "Alexa, turn on living room" - the living room lights come on.
When she says "Alexa, turn on living Groom" - Alexa says, "I'm sorry, I don't take orders from you".
Does anybody have a spare room I can stay in for a while?Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.
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So, more fun --- I found some three-way* smart switches that work quite well, so now I can even tell the hallway lights to come on.
AND, dimmer switch for the dining room and master bedroom, so I can say "alexa, turn on dining room 50%".
*always wondered who the genius was who named a two-way switch "three-way"The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostOK, so I'm having too much fun!
My wife has a funny accent (yeah, I know, weird) on certain things she says, and Alexa doesn't always get what she says.
Example -- instead of "living room", where the G is at the end of living, she would pronounce it "livinGroom" with the G sounding like Groom.
So, when I say "Alexa, turn on living room" - the living room lights come on.
When she says "Alexa, turn on living Groom" - Alexa says, "I'm sorry, I don't take orders from you".
Does anybody have a spare room I can stay in for a while?
Some of the NSA I have assigned to keep an eye on you (for your protection only of course) get bored and have strange senses of humor. Kxit-tikkeq Ti, known as "Sparky" 'cuz of his love of electronics (he's a master in planting listening devices) may have been fiddling with it
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIt might not be her accent.
Some of the NSA I have assigned to keep an eye on you (for your protection only of course) get bored and have strange senses of humor. Kxit-tikkeq Ti, known as "Sparky" 'cuz of his love of electronics (he's a master in planting listening devices) may have been fiddling with itThe first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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I am thinking about getting a couple of smart light sockets so I can control my outside garage lights. My neighborhood doesn't have may street lights so I usually light up my driveway with a couple of LED lights on either side of my garage. I usually leave them on all the time, but with a smart socket I could create a routine to just have them come on at night.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostI am thinking about getting a couple of smart light sockets so I can control my outside garage lights. My neighborhood doesn't have may street lights so I usually light up my driveway with a couple of LED lights on either side of my garage. I usually leave them on all the time, but with a smart socket I could create a routine to just have them come on at night.
But you mean light SWITCHES, or light sockets?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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