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    • jonas
      jonas @Emil last edited by

      @Emil thanks for your fast response. I tried it quickly and measured around 50 tries with varying results. First of all I used just a speech output from my Echo as you recommended. The normal response was about 2-4 seconds which is absolutely acceptable.

      Then I directly talked to my echo speaker to turn my light on and off, this was also very quick with about 2-4 seconds.

      I observed sometimes my flic glowed orange and sometimes it took very long to response with both, the speech and the light.

      It could be that all devices add a small delay and in total it feels rather slow.

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      • Emil
        Emil FlicTeam @jonas last edited by

        @jonas This is not something we've heard of. It reacts "instantly" in our tests and that has been the response from our customers too.

        Are you sure the Flic integration itself is slow, and it's not your lights or whatever you have hooked up Alexa to do after receiving the trigger? You can set up Alexa to just say something upon pressing the Flic button, that should be the best way to test the latency I guess.

        Also make sure both the Alexa hub and the Flic hub have good wifi, or ethernet connectivity.

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        • jonas
          jonas last edited by

          Its finally here and I ditched my workarounds for doing this before. Now I have the problem that the skill is rather slow and can take up to 20 seconds sometimes. Is this normal or is there a possibility to reduce the latency?

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          • fb 0
            fb 0 last edited by

            It's live!

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            • goonermel
              goonermel @Emil last edited by

              @Emil @leapoldstoch1 This is a total game changer now for my Flic buttons. I don't believe you can toggle lights with one trigger action, but I'm still very happy with the integration nevertheless! 😄👍
              I used to use IFTTT which used to work ok but since I have started paying to use the applets, it hasn't worked properly or when it does, the response is soooooo slow! Methinks I'll cancel that subscription now!
              Thank you so much for this developers, this had endless options! 👏👏👏

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              • Emil
                Emil FlicTeam @leapoldstoch1 last edited by

                @leapoldstoch1 not what we know. Note that Alexa devices are originally meant for voice, and I doubt the device makers have added the phrase "Alexa, toggle my lights please" as a matching phrase...

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                • leapoldstoch1
                  leapoldstoch1 @Emil last edited by

                  @Emil congratulations this is amazing ..... is there any way however to toggle routine on routine off ?

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                  • Emil
                    Emil FlicTeam @leapoldstoch1 last edited by

                    @leapoldstoch1 In that case, just make sure you have the latest flic app installed.

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                    • norman.vezey
                      norman.vezey @rmainva1 last edited by

                      @rmainva1

                      Here is a step by step approach to configuring a Flic button called “TEST BUTTON” to run Alexa routines. if you’ve used iFTTT before the process is similar.

                      1. In Alexa SKILLS & GAMES search for and enable the Flic skill. (you will only have to do this once)
                      2. In the flic app add a new Flic button and name it TEST BUTTON
                      3. In the TEST BUTTON configuration page, under Click, Double Click, Hold, add the new Amazon Alexa Trigger option. Each of these triggers will show “This action has no configurable actions”.
                      4. In the Alexa app select Routines and scroll down until you see TEST BUTTON - Click is pressed etc.
                      5. In the Edit Routine page add your required action. I found it easier to omit renaming the routine as the app will name the routine using the default name of the trigger e.g. TEST BUTTON - Click is pressed

                      That’s It, I hope it works for you,
                      Norman

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                      • leapoldstoch1
                        leapoldstoch1 @Emil last edited by

                        @Emil hi Emil, there is no Amazon Alexa option on the actions list.

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                        • Emil
                          Emil FlicTeam @rmainva1 last edited by

                          @rmainva1 please follow this guide https://flic.io/alexa/setup

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                          • rmainva1
                            rmainva1 @norman.vezey last edited by

                            @norman-vezey How did you get it to work. My Flic action says there is nothing to configure? Am I missing a step?

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                            • norman.vezey
                              norman.vezey @Emil last edited by

                              @Emil Works a treat! This is a game changer for me, I'm now in the process of adding my Alexa Routines and everything seems to be working fine so far. I have been using IFTTT pro until now, the main difference I've noticed so far is the speed of execution, I have however many Routines so the update process will take a while. Thank you so much for implementing this feature.

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                              • Emil
                                Emil FlicTeam last edited by

                                We are slowly rolling this out in different regions. Stay tuned.

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                                • rplaughl
                                  rplaughl @krooked last edited by

                                  @krooked yep, I've downloaded it too and it doesn't seem to allow you to do anything yet.

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                                  • krooked
                                    krooked last edited by

                                    I just downloaded the Flic skill on the Alexa app, but can’t figure out how to setup routines yet. Has anyone tried it yet?

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                                    • rplaughl
                                      rplaughl @amir last edited by

                                      @amir this is excellent news. Once this happens, I'm sure I'll dig even deeper in my pockets to give you more of my money...

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                                      • dchauge
                                        dchauge @obbucket last edited by

                                        @obbucket from @amir post it sounded like a "this quarter" type thing, so I'm hopeful and won't bother them until April 😀

                                        That being said, I have started to think of different Alexa routines I'd set up specifically for Flic buttons. One thing I'm curious on being able to set a trigger based on current status. For example, I have a light that is turned on dim with one click, 100% with two clicks, and off with a long press... Would there be any way to set a trigger based on the current status? I know it depends on the bulb, and I have some Lifx bulbs that do this because they're directly integrated. But what about something like a Wyze bulb, or ewelink (sonoff) outlet.

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                                        • will
                                          will last edited by

                                          Did Flic ever fix this?

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                                          • obbucket
                                            obbucket @amir last edited by

                                            @amir Any update or progress on Alexa Routines ?

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