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  ohiokdr

  Since the Ring keypads and chimes will not verbally announce which contact sensor or motion detector is being tripped, I have programmed my Echo system to make the announcements for me. You can do this by building a Routine for EACH sensor and EACH Echo. I currently have 7 contact sensors installed and 6 Echos. I had to build 42 routines to allow each Echo to announce which of the 7 contact sensors were tripped. It is not an elegant solution, but it works.

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  21-01-2020 02:15:16

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  Principal

  Would you have a tutorial in how to emulate your idea? I agree with Other users, with toddlers in the home with a door to the pool it’s is absolutely a priority to be able to program Each sensor with its own custom voice name to report which sensor is Open/close.

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  30-08-2020 08:23:09

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  SoKateLvr

  Yes, we really need the verbal announcement of which door and window is open and not just chirps. It really helps and it can be an option, not default. People can choose what they prefer. We just got the Ring 2nd gen system. Replaced an ADT system and already missing the announcements. Please make it happen :)

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  08-09-2020 04:49:16

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  Delgado89

  I swapped from Vivint to ring due to the cost and effectiveness of the equipment. However, I've been surprised to see some simple features not available through ring security. The audible name of a location sensor seems obvious to me. I understand ring is still developing but here is my recommendation for a solution. Vivint runs an all in one panel which can cause problems when not operating well. However, the fact that it has a touch screen makes it great for controlling the system. It seems to me that ring had been trying to provide a solution with the echo show. I just purchased one and saw that I can now have the doorbell auto load on the screen when someone rings!!! Great work! So along this same thought, i see the echo show being the control hub (although seperate) for the security system. Although the panel may not be able to say front door open or garage window. It seems safe to say that the echo show or any echo device should be able to by enabling the skill feature and assigning what should be said. Hope this helps!

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  14-09-2020 03:59:58

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  Eagle328

  Yes, any echo can say what door or window is opening or closing with a routine made in the Alexa app. It works great.

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  14-09-2020 04:11:20

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  BryanB

  It is easy to setup any Alexa enabled speaker device(s) (ie: echo, show) to announce specific phrases based on which sensor is triggered and the open/closed state. For example, I have voice announcements triggered on a Show 5 located in our kitchen. It tells us things like "Front door is open", "Front door is closed", and with a smart lock... "Front door is unlocked", "Front door is now locked", "Front door lock is jammed", "Garage overhead door is open"... and so on. Refer to this video for tutorial... [https://youtu.be/qSaUmtZkpd0](https://youtu.be/qSaUmtZkpd0) AFAIK, there is still no Ring base station hook/feature to change the default light scheme based on sensor status, ie: if a door is open and the system is not in ready state. Seems Ring development is somewhat lazy about implementing easy features like this one which many people have asked for.

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  18-11-2020 07:08:53

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  mde8965

  As others have said, using Alexa will overcome the lack of Ring announcing which sensor is being tripped. But when you set up the routine (I.e. when the front door is open), the action should be "messaging" instead of "Alexa says" if you want multiple echo devices in your home to announce which sensor was tripped. I have 9 echo devices in my home and for each of my ring sensors, and each of my outdoor Arlo cameras, I only had to set up 1 routine each where 4 of the echo devices all make the announcement "Mike, the (front door, back door, master bedroom window, etc.) has been opened". Or "Mike, the front yard camera is detecting motion". You can even tell Alexa to show you the camera on a Show device when it detects motion. I dont use that feature as you have to tell Alexa to "stop" when you don't want to see that camera anymore. If you have battery operated cameras this will kill the battery. Works a charm! Plus you can disable any routine at any time if you are doing something like unloading the car and going in and out of one door many times. All you have to do is say "Alexa, disable the \*\*\*\*\*\* routine". For example "Alexa, disable to back door motion routine". Then when you are done just tell her to enable it again.

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  11-12-2020 02:16:06

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  DOMINIC1954

  Another option for those with only a few sensors, you can change the chime to a different one for each door.

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  19-12-2020 05:20:58

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  Buzzme

  Has this feature been enabled where the base station lets you know which door is opened?

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  25-07-2021 01:45:11

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