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General Category => Smart Devices and Gadgets => Topic started by: Kettykrueger on October 09, 2018, 05:00:14 pm

Title: Routine with smart bulb - intermittent
Post by: Kettykrueger on October 09, 2018, 05:00:14 pm
Hi all

Newbie here  :)

I’ll get straight to the point. I have a dot and 6 GU10 smart bulbs by Lohas in my living room. Up until this weekend I only had 2 bulbs (to test performance) and the worked fine, so I bought 4 more.

Since then, when invoking a routine to dim or brighten the lights, 1 or 2 bulbs don’t behave properly.

For example, I have a routine to ‘bright’ lights which sets all 6 bulbs to ‘cool’ and 100% brightness. 1 or 2 bulbs will turn on but be ‘warm’ and dull. When I say the command again, the 1 or 2 bulbs then go to the correct settings.

It doesn’t happen all the time, and never happened before I had 6.

So what’s happening? Too many commands in a routine?

Appreciate any help!

Thanks
Title: Re: Routine with smart bulb - intermittent
Post by: renegade600 on October 09, 2018, 05:24:26 pm
is it always the same bulb?
Title: Re: Routine with smart bulb - intermittent
Post by: Kettykrueger on October 09, 2018, 05:37:16 pm
is it always the same bulb?

Same one or two, yeah. But they work properly the second time.
Title: Re: Routine with smart bulb - intermittent
Post by: renegade600 on October 09, 2018, 06:14:19 pm
then try changing the position within the routine. 
Title: Re: Routine with smart bulb - intermittent
Post by: Kettykrueger on October 10, 2018, 05:21:13 pm
then try changing the position within the routine.

I’ve tried putting a delay in between each set of bulbs. For example, front 2 bulbs turn on, Alexa says ‘front’. This is repeated 3 times until all are on.

This was working well earlier but I’ve just tried it now and a different bulb turned on but not at the right brightness.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Routine with smart bulb - intermittent
Post by: bignottalle on May 10, 2022, 01:03:45 pm
If it is always the same bulb, there is probably something wrong with it. I suggest you go to the shop you bought it from and ask for a refund.
Title: Re: Routine with smart bulb - intermittent
Post by: sumailse on May 10, 2022, 04:49:47 pm
It might be something wrong with the network that connects the bulbs. Are they connected through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?
My smart light bulbs from vont.com (https://www.vont.com/product/vont-bulb-color-smart-light-bulbs-smart-bulbs/) use a Wi-Fi connection, and I have never experienced any difficulties. Maybe it is because the Bluetooth connection is not powerful enough to keep all the bulbs working?
You should ask a professional electrician because these two bulbs can actually be broken or no-good right from the production site. It is always the same bulb, right? I must be something wrong with it, and you might consider taking it back to the shop and ask your money back.