At some point in the last few days Alexa has deemed my virtual (simulated) switches as ‘Offline’ even though they work fine from the ST app. She replies ‘sorry, the device is not responding. Please check its network connection and power supply.’
I tried removing one of the switches from the Alexa app and re-adding it bit there was no change in behavior. A friend of mine is experiencing the same behavior. Is anyone else seeing this?
tgauchat
(ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)
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Are they also marked “offline” in the Alexa App?
I have one that is not offline in the App, but Alex voice still says “isn’t responding”… Haven’t tried removing (“Forget”) / adding (“Discover”) again.
Yes, they are marked as offline in the Alexa app. It shows 24 devices there but when I run discovery she tells me she found 18 devices. In the Alexa app there are 6 devices, all virtual switches, which show as offline. These worked fine until recently.
If anyone sees problem with virtual switches, can you try to just open the Echo SmartApp and clicking “Next” and “Done”? I would like to solve this issue if it is widespread but have not seen it myself.
Also, try actuating the virtual switch once outside of Alexa.
I had this issue also. Activating the switch within the Smartthings app (turning on and turning off) cleared the offline notification on Alexa. Everything appears to work now. Hopefully it holds.
This week Alexa started showing my SmartThings receptacles intermittently on or offline. I can run discovery on Alexa and a receptacle might show up fine one pass, then offline the next time I run it. I can turn them on and off in the Smartthing app with no problem and when they are on from the Smarthing app Alexa will find them no problem. An hour later try to issue a on or off command with Alexa and she reports one or more of the devices in a group as offline. She was rock solid the preceding weeks, this just started in the last few days. Any ideas?