The setup of Musiccontrol Sonos is done in 4 easy steps.

• Registration in Roomskills
• Activation of the Roomskills Service 'Musiccontrol Sonos'
• Setup of the players
• Activation of the Alexa skill 'Roomskills Musiccontrol'

In order to use Roomskills you need an active Roomskills user. With the installation and connection of any of our Alexa skills Roomskills Voicecontrol or Musiccontrol a user is automatically set up in Roomskills. If you have not activated a Roomskills skill there are 2 ways to register with the Roomskills service. You can use our registration process by using a valid email address or you can login using the Amazon Login service using your Amazon account to login into Roomskills.

• The easiest way to register and log into Roomskills is by using the 'Amazon Login' button on the login page (to the login page).
• An alternative way to register and log into Roomsskills is by registering your email address and define a password to login. First you use our registration page (to the registration form). After the registration you have to confirm your given email address by clicking on a link send to you from us by email. After the link has been clicked you can log into Roomskills using the email address and password defined in the registration process.

• First go to 'Services' in the menu on the left and then select the service type 'Musiccontrol Sonos' in the drop down menu and click on the '+' button next to the drop down menu. Then give the service a name and click on connect, to give the service the right to control your Sonos devioces.
• Then you are forward to the Sonos website wher you can confirm to give Roomskills acces to control your players.
• After this is done you can setup your players in Roomskills.

Now we can setup the players in the according rooms in Roomskills. All players are setup centrally in the configuration menu of the Musiccontrol Sonos service. For each player the following parameters have to be defined

• The name of the player
• The room for the player.
• The percentage value by which the player volume is increased or decresed with on volume up or volume down command.

In addition alternative names can be defined for each favorite to improve the recognition of the Alexa system for the favorites.

If the service Musiccontrol LMS is activated as well you can use voice commands to play music from your musci library on the the Logitech Media Server. In this case you should use the Logitech Media Server plugin UPNP/DLNA bridge to connect your Sonos speakers to the Logitech Media Server and then you can select the player in the LMS server as well.

That's it. We are done setting up the system and we can test it using the 'Control' area by clicking on 'Control' in the menu on the left.

If everything works we can continue by activating the Alexa skill as decribed in the next section.

Depending on the use cases different packages are required.

• A complete control of the LMS players via Alexa using our Alexa skill Roomskills Musiccontrol requires the package "Basic".
• If you only want to use NFC tags like our Roomskills Tags or QR codes to control the players using the tags or codes in combination with your Smartphone or if you just want to turn the players on or off via Alexa voice commands you can do this with our package "Free".
• To control the players with a physical button or a fixed URL you should at least activate the package "Basic".
• If you want to control the players within the Alexa app or within Alexa Routines the required package depends on the number of devices controled by Alexa. The maximum number of parallel devices in Roomskills is
• package Free: 2 devices,
• package Basic: 5 devices,
• package Advanced: 8 devices,
• package Pro: 200 devices.

As a last step, we have to activate the Alexa skill 'Roomskills Musiccontrol' in the Alexa App. First we have to find the skill in the Alexa App by using the search function under 'Skills and Games'. By clicking on 'Activate to use' we activate the skill.

Next you have to link the skill to your Roomskills service. This is done entering the Amazon account data. It is important to use the Amazon Account with the same email address as used in Roomskills.

After the account linking process is done, you can start using the voice commands described in the next section to control your players.

Have fun.

Define a standard room and control other rooms

Each Alexa device can be configured to control a defined room. If there is no standard room defined the skill asks you to give the standard room by just saying the name of the standard room.

If you want to change the standard romm this can be done by saying the following voice sommand:

Alexa, tell music control the standard room is <room name>

After this command has been activated the standard room has changed to the new room.

With the command

Alexa, tell music control delete the standard room

the standard room can be deleted as well.

If you want to control a device in another room stan the standard room you can do so by adding a reference to the room to the voice command. With the command

Alexa, tell music control play music in the living room

music starts playing in the living room. You can use the following references to address devices in the respective rooms

• ... in the office
• ... in the living room
• ... in the kitchen
• ... in the family room
• ... in the bed room
• ... on the balcony
• ... in the bathroom
• ... in the extension
• ... in the garage
• ... in the hobby room
• ... in the library
• ... in my home
• ... in the nursery
• ... on the patio

Turn the music on and off

The possible commands to turn the music on or off are

Alexa, tell music control start music

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control play music
• Alexa, tell music control play
• Alexa, tell music control music
• Alexa, tell music control start

The possible commands to turn the music off are

Alexa, tell music control stop music

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control end the music
• Alexa, tell music control stop
• Alexa, tell music control music stop

Set the volume

The possible commands to raise the volume are

Alexa, tell music control volume up

an alternative command is

• Alexa, tell music control turn the volume up

The possible commands to reduce the volume are

Alexa, tell music control volume down

an alternative command is

• Alexa, tell music control turn the volume down

The possible commands to set the volume to a certain value are

Alexa, tell music control set the volume to <value>

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control set the volume level to <value> ein
• Alexa, tell music control volume level to <value>
• Alexa, tell music control volume level <value>
• Alexa, tell music control volume <value>

The volume can be raised multiple times by using one voice command. the possible commands are

Alexa, tell music control volume <amount> times up

an alternative command is

• Alexa, tell music control turn the volume <amount> times up

or reducing the volume multiple times is possible as well, of course

Alexa, tell music control volume <amount> times down

a alternative command is

• Alexa, tell music control turn the volume <amount> times down

Control your play list

The possible commands to jump to the next title in your playlist are

Alexa, tell music control next

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control next title
• Alexa, tell music control Lied next song
• Alexa, tell music control forward

The possible commands to jump to the previous title in your playlist are

Alexa, tell music control previous

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control previous title
• Alexa, tell music control previous song
• Alexa, tell music control backward

Play favorites

The possible commands to play a favorite are

Alexa, tell music control play <favorite name>

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control play the favorite <favorite name>
• Alexa, tell music control favorite <favorite name>

Group the players to play together

The possible commands to group players of diofferent rooms are

Alexa, tell music control play music from <room name>

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control follow <room name>
• Alexa, tell music control play music from <room name>
• Alexa, tell music control play the music from the <room name>
• Alexa, tell music control play <room name>

to end the grouping of the players use the commands

Alexa, tell music control end music synchronisation

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control do not follow
• Alexa, tell music control sync off
• Alexa, tell music control synchronisation off
• Alexa, tell music control music synchronisation off

Transfer music between rooms

To transfer the current playlist and playing position from one room to another use the following commands

Alexa, tell music control transfer the music from <room name>

alternative commands are

• Alexa, tell music control transfer the music from the <room name>
• Alexa, tell music control transfer <room name>
• Alexa, tell music control catch <room name>
• Alexa, tell music control catch music from <room name>

If the Music Control LMS service is activated and the Sonos player is connected to the LMS as LMS player you can select the LMS player in the Sonos service configuration page. Once the LMS player is selected you can use the music control voice commands like 'play the album Abbey Road from the group Beatles' to play music from the LMS music library on the Sonos players.

In order for a local Wifi Button in your network to control your Sonos devices via Roomskills you need to setup Roomskills Local Connect in your local network first. Roomskills Local Connect creates a secure connection between the local button to the Roomskills Service. The small app is available for many systems like Windows, macOS, Linux incl. Raspbian, Qnap, etc. On the webpage

Products > Roomskills Local Connect

You find a nice overview how to get Roomskills Local Connect up and running.

• First you select the service option "myStrom button configuration" in Roomskills Local Connect and follow the instructions given there.
• Then you open the Roomskills Website and go to the area "Buttons". There you select the newly connected button and select the product which should be controled by this button.

The following functions are controled by the different actions on the button:

function	music player	light	switch
touch/single click	on/off	on/off	on/off
double click	next title	brightness to 100%	on
long press	previous title	brightness to 10%	Aus
Rotation right	volume up	brightness up
Rotation left	volume down	brightness down

You can activate a direct call to activate a function in the details of each function of the devices or in the details of a defined music favorite. You find the details page of the function or the music favorite by clicking on the icon next to the function or the music favorite (the icon with the pencil or touch symbol).

In order to use the given link once the function is activated, each browser that should be able to use the link has to be enabled. To enable the device you have to login once into Roomskills using your account or you have to open an activation link once. The activation link in the area "Connect".

By clicking on the button "Activate" in the details page you activate the function.

An overview of all activated functions can be found in the area "Connect".

After a function or a favorite has been set active you find the link which calls this function in the area "Connect". The link can be copied to the clipboard for later use by clicking on the button next to the link. In addition there is a button which will open the QR code code for this function (pages). With a click on this button you get a QR Code picture of this link, which can be printed and put to a place where it can be used to open the link on a smartphone using the smartphone camera.

Roomskills Tags are small and stylish NFC tags to control functions on the smartphone or in the smart home. The function is activated by bringing the smartphone near the tag. With the tags you can for example activate light scenes, turn lights on and off or you can start music favorites on Sonos or Logitech Media server players.

With the tags you can also activate functions on the smartphone itself like starting Spotify playlists.

Here a short manual how to store functions on the Roomskills Tags and how use your smartphone to activate the stored function.

You find the Roomskills Tags and the Tagboard in our Shop. Please have a look.

The full background NFC Functionality is available on the models Xs, Xs Max, Xr, 11, 11 Pro and newer. The iPhone models iPhone 7 / 7 Plus / 8 / 8 Plus and X do not support 'NFC backfground reading' and need to use the 'NFC Reader' app to open and use a tag. We have good experiences with the App 'NFC for iPhone' (to the App Store). Older iPhone models do not support the use of NFC by apps.

With the following steps you setup your Roomskills Tag on an iPhone:

1. The app 'NFC for iPhone' can be used very well on an iPhone to programm an NFC tag and therefore we download the app onto our iPhone.
2. Then we open the app which we want to store on the iPhone. This can be Spotify for example. In the Spotify App we open the playlist we want to start and tap on 'Share' and 'copy'. Now the link to the playlist is in the clipboard on the iPhone. If you want to activate a function on Roomskills, lets say start a music favorite we go in Roomskills to the music favorite and open the details page of the favorite. On the details page we activate the 'Direct URL (QR/NFC Connect)' function by clicking on 'Activate'. Then we copy the link by clicking on the button open_in_browser next to the URL and now the link is stored in the clipboard of the iPhone.
3. Now we open the app ‚NFC for iPhone‘ and select the function 'Write'
4. Then we select 'Weblink‘ as data set.
5. Then we tap on the field of the URL and select 'Paste' to copy the stored content of the clipbard to the text field. Then we tap on ‚Save‘ and then on 'Write' to start the writing procedure.
6. Now we move the upper part of the iPhone to the Roomskills Tag to write the data onto the tag. The we get the success message, that writing was successful.
7. That was it – best we move our iPhone once to the tag to see if everything worked..

One additional remark: To use the Roomskills functions on other phones, this phone has to at least once have logged into Roomskills with the account of the function or open one specific URL once to he authorized to open the functions. You find more information in the area Connect on the Roomskills Website.

With the following steps you can use the Roomskills Tag on an iPhone:

1. First the screen has to be activated.
2. Then hold the upper area of the iPhone near to the Roomskills Tag.
3. Now tap on the NFC message on the iPhone (this is necessary due to security measures from Apple).
4. Now the iPhone needs to be unlocked to activate the function. The easiest way is by activating Face-ID on the iPhone. As soon as the iPhone is unloacked the function is activated.
5. The iPhone models iPhone 7 / 7 Plus / 8 / 8 Plus and X do not support 'NFC backfground reading' and need to use the 'NFC Reader' app to open and use a tag. We have good experiences with the App 'NFC for iPhone' (to the App Store). Older iPhone models do not support the use of NFC by apps.
6. That was it – have fun.

Not all Andoid Phones support NFC, please check if your Phone is NFC capable first. With the following steps you then setup your Roomskills Tag on your Android Phone:

1. To setup the tag you can use the app ‚NFC Writer by Trigger‘, so please download it from the Play Store to oyur phone first.
2. Now we open the app of yhich you want to store a function on the Roomskills tag. This can be for exampema Spotify playlist. So open the Stotify app and the playlist and tap on 'Share' and 'copy' to copy the URL to the clipboard of the phone. If you want to activate a function from Roomskills with the tag just go to the function in Roomskills, lets say a music favorite. Then open the details of the music favorite and click on 'Activate' the Browser URL (QR/NFC Connect). Then click on the button open_in_browser next to the link to copy the link to the clipboard of the phone.
3. Then open the app ‚NFC Writer by Trigger‘ and tap on the filed ‚web address‘ and select 'Paste' to copy the link from the clipboard to the text field.
4. Then tap on ‚Write Tag' and follow the instructions.
5. That's all – best we move our iPhone once to the tag to see if everything worked..

One additional remark: To use the Roomskills functions on other phones, this phone has to at least once have logged into Roomskills with the account of the function or open one specific URL once to he aothorized to open the functions. You find more information in the area Connect on the Roomskills Website.

With the following steps you can use the Roomskills Tag on an Android Phone:

1. First the screen has to be activated.
2. Then hold the upper or middle area of the phone near to the Roomskills Tag (depending on the phone type).
3. Now the phone needs to be unlocked to activate the function. As soon as the iPhone is unloacked the function is activated.
4. That was it – have fun.

There are only 2 steps necessary to control a function via a fixed URL.

• Activate the URL for the function that should be executed by calling a fixed URL
• Use the URL

In order to control a function by calling a URL you have to activate the URL control for the function or the music favorite that should be controled. This is done on the details page of the function or the favorite. You get to the details page by clicking on the icon next to the function or favorite (the icon shows a pencil or a touch symbol).

To activate the function you click on the lower area of the page on the button "Activate" next to the text "Direct URL access ...".

After activating the function a unique link is created which can be used to execute the function or start the music favorite. You can copy the URL into the clipboard by clicking on the button next to the link. In addition you find an additional button (pages). By clicking on this button a QR code specific for this function or favorite is created, which can be printed and put to a place where it can be used to open the URL on a smartphone using the smartphone camera.

The created URL can be used to call the function anywhere where a URL can be called. For example on Smartwatch apps, or NFC tags like our stylish Roomskills Tags To the Roomskills Tags.

The most likely reason is, that the voice command was not correct, so please check our list of the valid voice commmands here on this page.

The most probable reason is, that the link to play the music is not set correctly. Please check the setup in Roomskills Local Connect. One possible reason is, that the computer running Roomskills Local Connect has now a different IP address assigned by your internet router.

This means the skill encountred a problem, when processing the request. Please check the connection of the skill with Roomskills Local Connect on the Roomskills website by clicking on the button "check connection" in the service details.

This means the skill needed more time to answer your request than is necessary by the skill. Please check your local systems like the music server if they are running as expected. One possible reasons might be, that the music server is still indexing your music library. In this canse please wait until the indexing is finished and try again.

Please check the general FAQ on our website under "FAQ" or please contact us directly via our contact form and we will try to help.