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Expose your homebridge controlled devices to Amazon Alexa.

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Alexa response is fast but it takes long until it is ready for next action (blue ring flashes about 5 seconds) #522

Closed kolorfilm closed 2 years ago

kolorfilm commented 2 years ago

Hi,

I actually don't know if this has something to do with the plugin, but since a few weeks my alexa devices (mainly dots) takes very long to stop the actual feedback (blue ring flashes). The actual call and response is fast, but it takes very long (~5-10seconds) until the device is ready for the next action. Everything looks good on homebridge.ca everything is green.

Setup:

PI3b+
Homebridge (latest version all up to date)
latest version of homebridge-alexa as well
Cloud Server Connection Keepalive is set to 10 (worked for me very well, but anything lower makes also no difference as I checked that)

Any ideas what the problem could be?

NorthernMan54 commented 2 years ago

Under the covers a voice command is a single message and response. Does Alexa respond quickly with the status of the request? Or is that delayed as well.

On May 19, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Michael Päßler @.***> wrote:

Hi,

I actually don't know if this has something to do with the plugin, but since a few weeks my alexa devices (mainly dots) takes very long to stop the actual feedback (blue ring flashes). The actual call and response is fast, but it takes very long (~5-10seconds) until the device is ready for the next action. Everything looks good on homebridge.ca everything is green.

Setup:

PI3b+ Homebridge (latest version all up to date) latest version of homebridge-alexa as well Cloud Server Connection Keepalive is set to 10 (worked for me very well, but anything lower makes also no difference as I checked that) Any ideas what the problem could be?

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kolorfilm commented 2 years ago

The response (for instance turn the lights on) is fast, but the blue ring remains flashing afterwards for about 5-10s and then the voice responded (or sound). This only happens when controlling Homebridge devices.

NorthernMan54 commented 2 years ago

This is a bit odd, as a request is just a single request with a single response indicating success or an issue. And if she is quickly acknowledging the successful request quickly, I’m a bit stumped.

kolorfilm commented 2 years ago

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26705027/169372246-7260fd26-5811-4b9f-9d92-b840ca863565.MOV

NorthernMan54 commented 2 years ago

When you use the Home app to control the same device, is it quick or does the home app have a spinner?

The bong is the success response coming back

kolorfilm commented 2 years ago

The Apple Home App is fast, also with Siri. No spinner at all. As I said, the light turns off immediately, but then it takes long.

NorthernMan54 commented 2 years ago

That would be the success response being slow

let me see if I can recreate the issue

NorthernMan54 commented 2 years ago

Well for me it is very quick, can you share your username for the cloud servers, I want to take a look and see what is occurring for your account when a request is processed.

If your not comfortable posting the username here, you can DM me directly thru the Homebridge discord server.

NorthernMan54 commented 2 years ago

@kolorfilm - This should now be resolved

To recreate the issue, you needed to have an Alexa group with multiple devices, and control them via voice. When using the app, the issue did not occur.

kolorfilm commented 2 years ago

I can confirm it works now! Many thanks!