Connecting to smart lights

@eysteinngudni​ LOL. Hardly.  My wife will tell you I sometimes can't handle a screwdriver..which end do you hold....no, just a very loyal customer for over 10 years, starting with SS2 and then SS3. Thank you for the compliment!

The SS online community is a great place to meet other customers, SS associates and is connected to the Help Center, where are great videos, charts and articles to answer your questions. Also, the online support chat and call center agents are a very friendly helpful group who are always more than welcome to help us customers. The number and operating hours are at the bottom of every page.  

@jghandy1124​ Up to now anything I have attempted to use an Alexa routine to accomplish this has failed. If you were successful, can you post the routine structure you used? Thanks!

@steve_18e2ce​ This is a guess on my part, but based on personal experience in the medical device industry based on working with competitor systems:

The actual technical part of getting an integration done is usually not that difficult, infact, often  the easy part; the works get gummed up when you have to deal with legal matters with your the 3rd party, especially when it is a competitor in  your industry and, what they will seek from you for the that integration. Often, even with monetary considerations aside, other demands are considered a cost too high. 

@mrgoers007  Many are sold on ebay and other online markets but before you sell yours, you may want to try my rather low tech solution. Alarm goes off and I say "Alexa, turn on house lights!". The good: all of my outdoor and indoor lights (11 of them) light up the house like a Christmas tree instantly.  The bad: only works right away  when I am home. Away, it takes me about a minute to open the Alexa app and turn them on remotely. :-)