Strange behavior with command

[sotana22]

Hello, first I want to say many thanks to this great lib.

I have an issue with the voice command. I'm german, so my commands are normaly "an/aus" In english it should be "on/off" I use an ESP32 WROOM device. Currently I use only one LED for testing at PIN 23. So the Problem is:

• when I turn the LED on, I say "Alexa Device_Name on" (in german: "Alexa Device_Name an") in my case Device_Name is "BESTA_Schlafzimmer" -> LED turns on
• now I want to turn the light off and say "Alexa Device_Name off" (in german: "Alexa Device_Name aus") -> responce from Alexa, that she is not able to do it.
• then I try "Alexa Device_Name turn off" (in german "Alexa Device_Name ausschalten") -> LED turns off
• on the other hand, if I also try "Alexa Device_Name turn on" (in german "Alexa Device_Name einschalten") -> responce from Alexa, that there is no scene for this command.

For a Philips HUE lamp I can use the comands "on/off" and with fauxmoESP I have to use "on/turn off". Why?

[barneyz]

I use ESP_Alexa_Library, but it is the same concept behind. Sometimes I had have a similar issue. It helps then to rename the device to a "same" name, in my example Küchenschranklicht to Kuechenschranklicht or Couchlicht_3 to Couchlicht_drei in the Alexa App.

[sotana22]

Hello, thanks a lot for your comment. Yes, I would understand it, if I have an Ö Ä Ü or a number, but which name should I use instead of BESTA_Schalfzimmer?

[barneyz]

It depends not to Umlaute, Couchlicht_3 to Couchlicht_drei was a real issue in the past.... Try to renaming a device in the alexa app is a 10 sec try, you can rename it back...

[sotana22]

Ok, I do not changed the name in the alexa app, but I changed the device name in the source code. But at the end, it has the same effect, the name was changed. I tried "Lego" and "Lego_Schlafzimmer". Both worked fine. So it looks like, that there is a problem with BESTA?