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Originally Posted by Tarana
Ok, thanks. Yes, I'm still trying to get ONE LAMP to turn on via Alexa but it never seems to see it. I put it away because I was just frustrated with it. Maybe I'll try again. I used to use the Clapper for that lamp, but it eventually wore out.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
I still haven't taken my recently purchased smart plug out the box. It just seems like such a hassle, and I'm not even sure what I want to connect to it. I think I'm firmly rooted in the 20th century, not the 21st.
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Another point of possible failure is the interconnections (plural) between the smart device(s) and Alexa. Involved in all this complexity is your WiFi system, Alexa and her connection to your WiFi and to her servers in the cloud, your smart device(s) and their connection to your WiFi and possibly to their cloud servers, et cetera. If anything fails at any connection, then epic failure occurs. Each smart device has its FW that allows it to handle commands, and Alexa has her FW doing the same. They are supposed to follow a set of standard protocols. Do they interpret to standards the same? Probably not. Is this like someone from east London trying to communicate with someone from the deep south in the USA wherein both are using a large amount of colloquial language components. Probably. There can and probably will be confusion. With Alexa, confusion equals epic fail. If she gets confused, nothing will get done.
Add to that the issues with Alexa hearing you--issues with microphones, with background noise, with your voice at any given time, et cetera.
Sometimes I just want to toss her out of my house!
