In the Alexa app, routines are custom automations that incorporate your Alexa devices and Sengled Smart devices.
Much like routines in the Sengled Home app or custom automations in the IFTTT app, you are setting something to happen after something else has happened first. Like a chain of events, you are programming the Sengled and Alexa devices to do X if Y happens.
For example, we are going to create a routine that will allow one of the Echo devices to say a specific phrase when a Sengled Smart Door/Window Sensor is opened.
To word it another way, we would like to create a situation where if a particular Sengled Smart Door sensor is opened, a particular Echo device will say a custom phrase to let us know said door sensor has been opened.
This is just an example as the applications for routines are much more versatile.
Note: These instructions are for connecting your Sengled Smart Hub and Sengled Smart LED bulbs, the other devices on your Sengled Hub and your Sengled Smart Wi-Fi LED bulbs to your Echo device(s).
These instructions will only work if you set the Sengled devices up in the Sengled Home app.
Note: The images correspond to how the setup looks on an Android device. The iOS version may look slightly different.
Since we want to create a routine where a specific Echo device will say a phrase when a Sengled Smart Door/Window Sensor is opened, first we must open the Alexa app and press on the three lines in the top left corner.
To word it another way, we would like to create a situation where if a particular Sengled Smart Door sensor is opened, a particular Echo device will say a custom phrase to let us know said door sensor has been opened.
Then, tap “Routines”.
From here, tap on the plus sign in the top-right corner.
Then, tap on “When this happens”.
Since we want the “When it happens” portion to involve a specific Sengled Smart Door/Window Sensor, we tap on “Devices” and then “Front Door Sensor”.
From here, we tap on open since we want the first part of the automation to be “When the Front Door opens…”
After that, we pressed “Save”.
With the first part set, we can choose when we would want this routine to happen by pressing “Anytime”.
Since we want this routine to happen all the time, we leave that setting alone; if we wanted the routine to only take place Monday-Saturday from 9:00 PM to 7:00 AM, we could set that by tapping on “Anytime”.
From here, we want to choose what will happen when the Front Door Sensor is opened, so we tap on “Add action”.
Now, we tap on “Alexa says” and then “Custom” as we want the phrase said to be a custom one.
Tap on “enter response”; then type in what you would like your Echo device to say and press “Next”.
Confirm what you want Alexa to say, be sure everything is spelled correctly, and press “Next” again.
Now, from the “New Routine” page, tap on “Choose device”.
We wanted the Echo Plus to let us know when the Front Door Sensor has been opened.
So, we tapped on “Sengled’s Echo Plus”.
Now, this part is very important, we would want to set the Alexa device’s volume to 100% to be sure we hear it; it the Echo device was left on the lowest volume, we may not hear the Echo device warn us that the Front Door has been opened.
To that end, we tapped on “Add action” again and tapped on “Device Settings”.
Then, we tapped on “Volume” and then dragged the volume from 50% to 100%.
After that, we tapped “Next”, checked the volume on the “Confirm” page and tapped “Next”.
Now we just need to double-check everything.
Notice how the “Set volume to 10” action comes before the Echo Plus says “Front Door has been opened” action.
If you need to change the order of your actions, hold the two lines next to the action you want to move and drag it to the location you want it in.
After you are done, press the arrow in the top-left corner.
From there, you are done.
Due to the highly customizable nature of routines, there are quite a few ways to go; it is best to have a general idea in mind and see what routines you can and cannot create.