topic Groups within home? in Home Automation

Groups within home?

Imago_Monkei — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:32:00 GMT

I installed two Hubspace outlets to control some lamps in my living room. I have them grouped in the Hubspace app, and in the Google Home app, they're combined as “Living Room lights”.

When I try to turn them on or off (whether through the app or through a routine), there's a noticeable delay of 1+ seconds between light reactions.

This is how they're grouped.

This is what I see when I try to add them to a routine. For example, I have a routine “Turn on the TV” that turns on my TV/Chromecast and turns off the lamps.

Is there a way to toggle the settings so the lamps change simultaneously? Eventually I plan to install a smart switch as well, so I'd like to group that in with the lamps so it all happens instantly and not sequentially.

Re: Groups within home?

MplsCustomer — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:48:03 GMT

@Imago_Monkei

I'm just another Google Nest customer, but my guess is that Google Nest can send a signal at the same time to all of the Wi-Fi devices for your lights, but they cannot control when that signal is received and implemented.

When we get "Visitor announcements" for a doorbell ring on the Nest Hubs around our house, the announcements don't all play at the exact same time.

Re: Groups within home?

LovelyM — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:18:17 GMT

Hi folks,

@MplsCustomer, thanks for your input here.

@Imago_Monkei, thanks for reaching out. The Google Home needs permission from the smart devices' cloud before performing any actions. There might be a few seconds delay depending on how fast the commands are relayed.

Let me know if you have additional questions.

Best,
Lovely

Re: Groups within home?

Juni — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 02:20:39 GMT

Hi there,

I just wanted to follow up if you were able to try the steps provided. Please let us know as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have

Regards,

Juni

Re: Groups within home?

Juni — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:28:54 GMT

Hello there,

We haven’t heard back from you, so I'll be locking this thread in 24 hours. Feel free to create a new one if you have other concerns in the future.

Thanks,

Juni

Re: Groups within home?

Imago_Monkei — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:08:52 GMT

Hi Juni, sorry I didn't see any reply with steps to try.

I don't think it's a matter of the signal delay. I think it is because the routine is doing each step sequentially from top to bottom of the command. That is why I hoped that I would be able to pair the lights. But if that is not possible (which seems to be the case), I'll just keep doing what I've been doing.

Re: Groups within home?

Juni — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:18:35 GMT

Hi Imago_Monkei,

Understood. Let us know if you have other questions or concerns; otherwise, we will be locking this thread after 24 hours.

Thanks,

Juni