Alexa drops Espalexa after some time

[kfeger]

Dear all,
I have used Espalexa for a couple of switches with no special alteration to the examples provided. What I see is that Alexa drops those switches after some time. Starting discovery then again finds the switch and the cycle is repeated. I have no idea, what causes Alexa to drop the switches.
My system in total consists of a managed WiFi with 4 APs, four Echos and a FireBox. No issues to the WiFi are known. Any hind what causes the drop of a Espalexa -unit? Is there a way to get hands on the reason of disassociation?

[chrisncc1701]

hello, I have been having a similar problem, i think is the same thing (issue #209) i have raised it on various forums and got nowhere, even talked to Amazon and their support people said it had been resolved, it has not. I have 2 echo dot's and an echo flex, i have found if i unplug the echo dot's and rediscover the espalexa and fauxmo devices using the echo flex only, then power up the echo dot's after, everything is working fine and my devices have not yet disappeared !! this makes me think there has been an update on echo dots making the espalexa and fauxmo devices to disappear from their internal hubs after a period of time, i wish i knew more about how it all works and i hope this helps

[kfeger]

Thank you very much. Since I have no Flex, I will reset all Echos to factory default and see what happens. At least it’s a lead. Again, thank you! BTW, merry Christmas and a happy new year! Von: Chris B ***@***.***> Gesendet: Montag, 19. Dezember 2022 18:25 An: Aircoookie/Espalexa ***@***.***> Cc: Karl O. Feger ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Betreff: Re: [Aircoookie/Espalexa] Alexa drops Espalexa after some time (Issue #213) hello, I have been having a similar problem, i think is the same thing (issue #209 <#209> ) i have raised it on various forums and got nowhere, even talked to Amazon and their support people said it had been resolved, it has not. I have 2 echo dot's and an echo flex, i have found if i unplug the echo dot's and rediscover the espalexa and fauxmo devices using the echo flex only, then power up the echo dot's after, everything is working fine and my devices have not yet disappeared !! this makes me think there has been an update on echo dots making the espalexa and fauxmo devices to disappear from their internal hubs after a period of time, i wish i knew more about how it all works and i hope this helps — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#213 (comment)> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABDNWDBWKF2Y53XABS6UXILWOCK45ANCNFSM6AAAAAATDP3MRQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread. <https://github.com/notifications/beacon/ABDNWDCEPESODKTV5N75VRTWOCK45A5CNFSM6AAAAAATDP3MRSWGG33NNVSW45C7OR4XAZNMJFZXG5LFINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTSQ6FRZA.gif> Message ID: ***@***.*** ***@***.***> >

[chrisncc1701]

Hello again, i think i tried factory resets on my echo dots but you can't stop software updates from Amazon

[chrisncc1701]

Hi there,
Just thought i would comment again, my espalexa and fauxmo devices are still working ok since i discovered them with the echo flex, i am convinced these problems are caused by an update on echo dot's a while ago, at least 6 months

[BoeckEH]

Not sure if I mentioned earlier that I was pulling my hair out trying to get my gen 3 dot to find my fauxmo as a hue, finally I bought a gen 4 on black Friday and immediately it found all my devices and has been working great since. I concur that it was a dot update quite some time ago. Once detected, it's fine, but gen 3 has an issue finding new ones.

[kfeger]

Thank you very much for your hints! I reset all Alexas to factory default. While starting up again, they all said “getting updates” and haven’t forgotten the devices yet. Its now about two weeks and under the former conditions I would have had to rediscover at least once. So once again, thank you very much for your help! Karl Von: Chris B ***@***.***> Gesendet: Montag, 2. Januar 2023 17:23 An: Aircoookie/Espalexa ***@***.***> Cc: Karl O. Feger ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Betreff: Re: [Aircoookie/Espalexa] Alexa drops Espalexa after some time (Issue #213) Hi there, Just thought i would comment again, my espalexa and fauxmo devices are still working ok since i discovered them with the echo flex, i am convinced these problems are caused by an update on echo dot's a while ago, at least 6 months — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#213 (comment)> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABDNWDAOMRYAG6CWXTR4N6DWQL6FDANCNFSM6AAAAAATDP3MRQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread. <https://github.com/notifications/beacon/ABDNWDAGQ6XE4JPPP4VRUM3WQL6FDA5CNFSM6AAAAAATDP3MRSWGG33NNVSW45C7OR4XAZNMJFZXG5LFINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTSRTJUCY.gif> Message ID: ***@***.*** ***@***.***> >