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Alexa confuses "Sunset"


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I recently moved and am setting up my home automation from scratch.  (I moved from the old ISY box to EISY.)  After a few initial hiccups, I am adding more devices and integrating more with Alexa.

One of my programs is called DoSunset.  When it is 30 minutes before sunset, several of the lights in the house go on.  It all works great.  That program is also added to Alexa.  The spoken word is "It's Sunset."

Here is the issue.  When I tell Alexa, "It's Sunset" it goes to the Big Sky skill and starts telling me about when sunset will be.  My other programs are working fine with Alexa but this one gets fouled up.

I realize this is an Alexa thing but has anyone else run across this and how did you get around it?

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Finding good, reliable and non conflicting spokens becomes a challenge as the number of them grows. I have over 60 different ones and creating any new ones is getting difficult. Then you gotta remember them all!

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It takes some real thinking and creativity to fabricate so many names. There has become so many taboo words also that Alexa gets confused with.

For my motorised blinds I had a big problem for different positions and finally settled on"

Alexa...
Open "full living room blinds"
Close "full living room blinds"
Open "living room blinds" Opens to about 2/3 and cuts some sky glare.
Close "living room blinds" closes to about 1/3 but leaves a gap behind couch, or A/C unit in another location.

Any other position of "partial" or "full" would make Alexa angry an I am tired of sleeping on the couch. :) 

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