Inconsistent Automations on WIFI

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Hello everyone :wave:

I have just started using HA and I wanted to run it on a Raspberry Pi 3 but that barely worked so I changed it to a Pi 4 with only 1GB of RAM; the difference was night and day, everything worked smoothly.
I am running HA on WIFI and I am starting to notice inconsistent behaviour with my first automation… sometimes it triggers and other times it doesn’t.
I want my TV to trigger my Goovee ambient lighting whenever it power on and off. It’s very simple to setup so I don’t think there is anything wrong with the automated settings.

Is it possible that I get inconsistent behaviour because it’s connected to WIFI or could it be that my Pi with only 1GB of RAM is struggling because of limited hardware resources? Thanks for reading!

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Could we see your automation?

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Sure I have added a screenshot of the automation. The second one is the same but it turns on my lights when the TV is turned on. Both Automations work around 70% of the time…it’s weird.

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Connect it to a spare port on your router if you have and see if the behavior changes.

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Thanks for your suggestion; I will try that for sure. I would have liked to keep my last LAN port free that is why I wanted to try HA via WiFi first.

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If you are short of ports you can find pretty cheap switches.

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