# Can I have more then one instance of "Switch Activates Home Phrase"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Automation Ideas\ **Created:** [October 23, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978 "2015-10-23T18:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SFBayArea\_OLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@SFBayArea\_OLD](https://community.smartthings.com/u/SFBayArea_OLD)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/1 "2015-10-23T18:23:54Z")
I’ve created a virtual switch to turn all the lights off at night with a single button push or Alexa ask. Now I’ve created a virtual switch to specifically open or close door lock. I want to be able to yell Alexa to “open door on” and have her perform that. So I am thinking of using the same app - “Switch Activates Home Phrase”. However, unlike “Smart Lights” I don’t see the way to make a second instance of the app, which will perform different task from the first instance. ---
**Author:** ![bravenel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/bravenel/32/13223_2.png) [@bravenel](https://community.smartthings.com/u/bravenel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/2 "2015-10-23T18:30:43Z")
Simply install it again, using the different switch. You can give the app a different name so you can keep them straight. ---
**Author:** ![SFBayArea\_OLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@SFBayArea\_OLD](https://community.smartthings.com/u/SFBayArea_OLD)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/3 "2015-10-23T19:09:20Z")
I knew it has to be very simple solution. 😄 Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![SFBayArea\_OLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@SFBayArea\_OLD](https://community.smartthings.com/u/SFBayArea_OLD)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/4 "2015-10-23T19:14:35Z")
Ok, I just installed another instance of the “Switch Activates Home Phrase”, but I don’t think there is way to rename the smart app name. Now I have two of the “Switch Activates Home Phrase” one after another. ---
**Author:** ![bravenel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/bravenel/32/13223_2.png) [@bravenel](https://community.smartthings.com/u/bravenel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/5 "2015-10-23T19:26:46Z")
Use this one instead, it lets you name each instance – does the same thing. > [@\[OBSOLETE\] Button Runs Routine](https://community.smartthings.com/t/button-runs-routine/24335): > > This little app can be useful for linking Harmony or Echo to SmartThings. This allows a momentary button (most likely virtual) to run a Routine. This app also allows the standard restrictions for when it runs, those being time of day (including sunrise / sunset), days of week, or modes. ---
**Author:** ![SFBayArea\_OLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@SFBayArea\_OLD](https://community.smartthings.com/u/SFBayArea_OLD)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/6 "2015-10-23T19:58:46Z")
“Button Runs Routine”, looking for the button and does not recognizes my virtual device. ---
**Author:** ![bravenel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/bravenel/32/13223_2.png) [@bravenel](https://community.smartthings.com/u/bravenel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/7 "2015-10-23T20:20:00Z")
It needs to be a Momentary Button Tile. You can create one in the IDE. ---
**Author:** ![vilayanur](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/vilayanur/32/21755_2.png) [@vilayanur](https://community.smartthings.com/u/vilayanur)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/8 "2016-02-10T23:27:48Z")
Hi guys, I seem to have an issue here. I download the smart app, but in the menu I am only getting to select the switch to use. Somehow the menu of which home phrase to activate seems to have dissapeared? Anyone having this issue??? ---
**Author:** ![bravenel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/bravenel/32/13223_2.png) [@bravenel](https://community.smartthings.com/u/bravenel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/can-i-have-more-then-one-instance-of-switch-activates-home-phrase/26978/9 "2016-02-11T00:26:36Z")
Try [Rule Machine](https://community.smartthings.com/t/release-rule-machine/28730) instead. It can do all of this for you.