diff --git a/xwords4/relay/scripts/showinplay.sh b/xwords4/relay/scripts/showinplay.sh
index 8438b93e0..f4c7eeec7 100755
--- a/xwords4/relay/scripts/showinplay.sh
+++ b/xwords4/relay/scripts/showinplay.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 
 set -e -u
 
-FILTER=""
+FILTER_DEVS="1"
 ROOMS=""
+CONNNAMES=''
 
 LIMIT=10000
 
 usage() {
-    echo "usage: $0 [--limit <n>] [--filter] [--room <room>]*"
+    echo "usage: $0 [--limit <n>] \\"
+    echo "   [--no-filter-devices]    # default is to show only devices involved in games shown \\"
+    echo "   [--room <room>]*         # filter on specified room[s] \\"
+    echo "   [--connname <connname>]* # filter on specified connname[s]"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -18,14 +22,19 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
             LIMIT=$2
             shift
             ;;
-        --filter)
-            FILTER=1
+        --no-filter-devices)
+            FILTER_DEVS=''
             ;;
 	--room)
 	    [ -n "$ROOMS" ] && ROOMS="${ROOMS},"
 	    ROOMS="$ROOMS '$2'"
 	    shift
 	    ;;
+	--connname)
+	    [ -n "$CONNNAMES" ] && CONNNAMES="${CONNNAMES},"
+	    CONNNAMES="$CONNNAMES '$2'"
+	    shift
+	    ;;
         *) usage
             ;;
     esac
@@ -36,6 +45,9 @@ QUERY="WHERE NOT -NTOTAL = sum_array(nperdevice) AND NOT DEAD"
 if [ -n "$ROOMS" ]; then
     QUERY="$QUERY AND room IN ($ROOMS) "
 fi
+if [ -n "$CONNNAMES" ]; then
+    QUERY="$QUERY AND connname IN ($CONNNAMES) "
+fi
 
 echo -n "Device (pid) count: $(pidof xwords | wc | awk '{print $2}')"
 echo ";   relay pid[s]: $(pidof xwrelay)"
@@ -54,7 +66,7 @@ echo "SELECT * "\
 
 # Devices
 LINE="SELECT id, model, osvers, array_length(mtimes, 1) as mcnt, mtimes[1] as mtime, array_length(devTypes, 1) as dcnt, devTypes[1] as dTyp, devids[1] as devid FROM devices "
-if [ -n "$FILTER" ]; then
+if [ -n "$FILTER_DEVS" ]; then
      LINE="${LINE} WHERE id IN (select UNNEST(devids) FROM games $QUERY)"
 fi
 LINE="$LINE ORDER BY mtimes[1] DESC LIMIT $LIMIT;"