Works for a few minutes, then Alexa loses connection to device

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Works for a few minutes, then Alexa loses connection to device

Opened this issue 8 years ago · 8 comments

I have successfully integrated this method into some of my existing Wemos code, and it works well. I have two devices connected to one Wemos, it boots up and connects to Wifi, I also have MQTT talking to a Pi, then the Alexa connection is successful. Alexa will function the devices on command, no problem. Then I leave and come back some time later, and find that while the Wemos is still connected to Wifi, Alexa no longer sees the devices.
I am about to look into just getting Alexa to connect to my Pi as one device and just relay commands from that server. Any ideas? I am implementing the code just like the example. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1 · 2018-02-01T04:18:46.000Z

are you using the sinric skill or arduino-esp8266-alexa-multiple-wemo-switch code ? I have seen few people having this issues after updating Alexa firmware to the latest version

Answer 2 · 2018-02-01T04:28:05.000Z

Not sure ... I am using the UpnpBroadcastResponder object model, I have an Echo Dot Gen 2. I noticed in another issue thread a link to a different implementation that looks like it does not use the UpnpBroadcastResponder , I was going to try this out and see...

Answer 3 · 2018-02-01T04:30:19.000Z

https://gist.github.com/kakopappa/02299a8ceec0aaaad3ea3bd7f2af8066
This method? I will work on this tomorrow and see how it turns out.

Answer 4 · 2018-02-01T04:33:07.000Z

try sinric.com

Answer 5 · 2018-02-02T02:41:20.000Z

Hi, found the example code and got the libraries, but not getting anything with the site. Do you know if it is down? I see that I would need to sign up and get an API key there right? Thanks for the help

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On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:33 PM, Aruna Tennakoon ***@***.***> wrote: try sinric.com — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#40 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AiWti4cfxcF9AA78qN5VUzIn5_g9TTecks5tQT6EgaJpZM4R1B_h> .

Answer 6 · 2018-02-02T02:52:42.000Z

@Mehrtens Site is up.

it may take few seconds depending on your connection speed. There is a one angular file (bundle.js) which is little bit big and it takes time to load up.

issuse kakopappa/sinric#19

Answer 7 · 2018-02-03T03:27:09.000Z

My bad ... was using IE, switched to firefox and got right in. Got the code working. Setup two Wemos devices, each with two relay outputs to control, they work great. And no more dropouts, I come back hours later, and works right away. This is the way to go for me. In reviewing the sinric code, would I be correct in thinking that if I add in the WebSocketEvent function additional code for handling if (action == getPowerState) {} that I could return back the status of the device relay on request from Alexa, or is this a feature that is not available in the Alexa Skill at this time? I don't suppose that source code is available, I would like to attempt to add it... Thanks for the help

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On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:52 PM, Aruna Tennakoon ***@***.***> wrote: @Mehrtens <https://github.com/mehrtens> Site is up. it may take few seconds depending on the connection speed. There is a one angular file (bundle.js) which is little bit big. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#40 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AiWtixfZ1qXgzjeXfZOWoQzYF6twaXqcks5tQnh8gaJpZM4R1B_h> .

Answer 8 · 2018-02-03T06:49:20.000Z

@Mehrtens I have updated the example code with more details now.
https://github.com/kakopappa/sinric/blob/master/arduino_examples/switch_example.ino