Hey guys
Could anyone give me some help please
I have 5 IKEA gu10 spot lights - I set up a flow for when the light switch is turned on then it will turn on the lights - unfortunately it taking about 3 seconds from when the light switch is pressed to when the lights come on - not sure why this is happening
I’m facing the same issue.
My conclusion was that issue is related to the light switch, and not to the lights. When I trigger a flow from within the app, the lights respond immediately. But when you press on a button on one of the light switches (Tradfri in my case), it takes seconds before the lights respond.
It would be very nice if there is a way to shorten the response time.
You can also discover what is slow, by adding timeline notifications, or log cards (Simple Log app f.i.)
-Notification is sent at the time the lights turn on → the trigger is delayed
-Notification is sent at the time the switch is turned on → the lights respond delayed
Also, Homey is not good at sending too many signals at once.
And, it fires all action cards at random (asynchronized)
It’s best to add a little delay between every 2 or 3 lights.
However, the flow editor’s smallest settable delay is one second, which is quite absurd.
When you group your lights, using an advanced virtual device (Device Capabilities app) or < group > app, devices are commanded synchronised (one after another, not at once), and with the < group > app you can add a delay in the milliseconds range if you like, it is added between every light command
Thanks for the reply guys
found it’s only sometimes they have quite a long delay - the lights usually switch on 0.8 seconds after pressing the switch which I don’t mind it’s when it takes 3 seconds - when we have anyone round and use the light and it takes longer then usual they will turn the switch on and off a few times as they think it’s not working - then homey gets confused
For too many on off actions in a row, you can add a timer which makes the trigger to be ignored for a few seconds, like this
I have problems with all my ikea buttons, slow, or not working at all… really annoying.
This is better with the latest versioner of Homey, thanks
