I tweeted a bit about this , but thought it might be a good heads up for the ST nerds not on Twitter :slight_smile: Especially since new users can no longer use the old skill. The old skill is now called “SmartThings Classic” while the new one is just “SmartThings”. If you search the Alexa skill cata…

I ran into that too, and it was frustrating. I managed to still lock my locks after asking Alexa to turn on my good night scene, which set my mode to night, which then kicked off an automation to lock my locks.

[image] h0ckeysk8er: Seriously? I want to have ST re-lock my doors when I go to bed to be sure they are locked so they are included in my “Goodnight” scene. They’ve been allowed in the past and frankly, it should be my choice on whether they can be included or not. To clarify, you can include…

[image] Automated_House: This was true for the old Alexa skill, too I’m not sure about that because I had the old skill and locks in my scenes. They worked perfectly until I switched to the new skill.

In old system you could lock, but not unlock the door.

[image] milandjurovic71: In old system you could lock, but not unlock the door. ah, that’s right. Will correct my post above.

[image] h0ckeysk8er: Seriously? I want to have ST re-lock my doors when I go to bed to be sure they are locked so they are included in my “Goodnight” scene. They’ve been allowed in the past and frankly, it should be my choice on whether they can be included or not. There’s a workaround for…

[image] Lars: do not want us to allow scenes with “sensitive” devices Queue @JDRoberts with comments on what constitutes a sensitive device in 3… 2… (And for the record, I agree with him - I should get to choose.)

[image] nathancu: Queue @JDRoberts with comments on what constitutes a sensitive device in 3… 2… As defined by Amazon: https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/210204906-Amazon-Alexa-SmartThings-Scenes Unsupported devices include: door locks, garage door openers, security systems,…

Hush - you know exactly what I meant… :wink:

[image] JDRoberts: security systems The irony of course being that the only professionally monitored SmartThings option (the ADT hub) has a special Alexa skill that allows you to arm and disarm it :laughing:

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JDRoberts August 18, 2020, 10:41pm 503

There’s a workaround for the locks issue. It’s not elegant, but it works.

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