Problem with Xiaomi Robot Vacuum Platform

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Hey everyone I think this is the right place to post this but if not let me know. Anyway I have setup the Xiaomi Robot Vacuum Platform and the normal stuff is working great. When I try to use the remote (XIAOMI_REMOTE_CONTROL_MOVE) it has a duration attribute where I can specify in seconds how long for the robot to move in a direction. It says this is in seconds but if I put 9999 it only goes for about 3 seconds (it depends on the velocity I set). The real issue though is that once I use a duration, that duration seems to stick for the whole session. I can’t increase or decrease the duration. Does anyone else have any experience with this?

Thanks for any help!

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@codymhorton hi! I would really appreciate if you could share a script where you are using XIAOMI_REMOTE_CONTROL_MOVE.
I can get my vacuum start/stop cleaning and also start/stop remote controls but I can’t seem to actually get it to move, it ignores that part of my scripts.

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@Obia sorry for the delay I’ve been busy. So I had more time to work on this tonight. Below is my script to make the vacuum go clean my kitchen.

vacuum_kitchen:
  sequence:
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_start
  - delay: '00:00:08'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0.29"
      rotation: "0"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0.29"
      rotation: "0"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0.29"
      rotation: "0"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0"
      rotation: "-18"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0.29"
      rotation: "0"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0"
      rotation: "18"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0.29"
      rotation: "0"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0"
      rotation: "18"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.xiaomi_remote_control_move
    data:
      velocity: "0.29"
      rotation: "0"
      duration: "5000"
  - delay: '00:00:07'
  - service: vacuum.clean_spot

Also it seem there is a bug in the code. I noticed once I tell the vacuum to move for a duration say 5000 (5 seconds) then it moves this duration for the length of time that the remote is on. Also I think the documentation is wrong about the duration ie 5000 is 5 seconds not 5000 seconds.

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Thanks for the code! This would actually have helped me but after a lot of tinkering I finally got it working myself.

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You can submit fixes to the documentation directly if you want to help others struggling with it. I have never myself worked with the manual control seriously, but I have just heard that the duration part gets “stuck” and you cannot shorten the duration for separate calls.

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Thanks this also helped me. It does seem that “duration” does not work as expected but I can’t figure out what the pattern is.

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IIRC the duration stays the same as what was used for the initial call.