Long delay after trigger before action is complete (switch/plugs)

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Newb here…I just starting playing with Home Assistant today.

Home Assistant: Latest version on Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Switch: Kasa HS200
Plugs: Kasa HS100
Tuya
Tuya

Automation: When I manually toggle the lightswitch, all three plugs should turn on/off respectively.

Problem: There is a 27 second on delay and a 16 second off delay.

All these devices work almost instantly using Alexa voice control from an Echo Dot. I wanted to add a manual feature so you don’t have to verbally say a command.

I have all the lights as a group.

group:
  Bedroom Lights:
   name: Lights
   entities:
 - switch.stevens_smart_plug
 - switch.002009475ccf7fe01cd0
 - switch.002009475ccf7fdf5c72

Here’s how I’m accomplishing it.

Manual-ON
Trigger type: State
Entity: switch.bedroom_light
From: off
To: on

Action Type: Call Service
Service: homeassistant.turn_on
Service data: { “entity_id”: “group.bedroom_lights” }

Manual-OFF
Trigger type: State
Entity: switch.bedroom_light
From: on
To: off

Action Type: Call Service
Service: homeassistant.turn_off
Service data: { “entity_id”: “group.bedroom_lights” }

Any idea what could be causing this?

Also, when I toggle the lights in the web browser using Home Assistant, they respond immediately.

2

I am not sure what is causing your issue, but you can use the Alexa Media Player to trigger Alexa routines too.

3

Thanks for that info. I’d like to get Alexa and everything running through Home Assistant eventually.

For now I’m going to keep her where she’s at. Once I figure out what’s causing this delay, I’ll move her over.

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4

I have my eye on group operations, somehow in some of my cases, operating on group entities can take extra delay. Try testing the same trigger/action but with individual entities of the group instead of the group.

5

It appears you are going through the tuya cloud/network on your switches. That network does occasionally lag noticeably. Most of the time my tuya type switches will lag a couple of seconds but I have experienced a 10-15 second lag… albeit rarely.

6

With Alexa Media Player I only control an Amazon Plug so it only uses one cloud network.

7

What other brands are cost effective and reliable?

8

think z-wave stuff… it ain’t cheap though

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