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Alarm.com Skill - Interact with locks through Amazon Alexa

There are three ways to interact with your locks: by name, group, or general device type. 

  • To interact by name, use the exact name in the command.
  • To interact with a group of devices with similar names, use a common word in the lock names. 
     
    Example: If there are locks named basement door and basement deadbolt you could lock both by saying, "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to lock the basement locks" or "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to lock the locks in the basement."
     
  • To interact with groups of locks by general device type (e.g., doors, locks, or deadbolts), say the type of device in the command. 
     
    Example: "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to lock the doors," or "Alexa, ask Alarm.com Are my doors locked?"

The list of commands below is a small subset of the possible things you can say to your locks. 

Example commands:

Note: The example commands are on a lock with the name Front Door.

To lock the door:
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to lock door in the front."
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to bolt the front door."
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to latch my front doors."
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to lock the doors."
To unlock the door:

Important: Unlocking a door is a secure command. For more information about secure commands and how to enable them, see Alarm.com Skill - Enable secure commands

  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to unlock front door with [four-digit pin code]."
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to unlock the doors with [four-digit pin code]."
To ask a question:
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com to check if the front door is locked"
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com is my front door unlocked?"
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com are the front doors locked?"  
  • "Alexa, ask Alarm.com are my doors unlocked?"

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