[BUG] I`m adding new commands and it`s executes the command but Alexas threats as a doorbell
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New Smart Home commands are discovered by Alexa correctly and execute normally, but Alexa says "Ding Dong.... Someone is in front of <device name>" for every newly created command. Older commands created weeks ago still behave correctly.
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This started Happening after I ve tested that field Voice/MCP Reply in the command, I use the Alexa skill for Smart Home, even I`ve deleting that field it doesn t stop threating everything as a doorbell
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@Vinicius-Gimenez-Figuerola, I noticed the same thing yesterday. When I trigger a new or changed command via the virtual Alexa Smart Home device, my Echo device says, "Ding dong, someone is at [voice word]." Old commands are not affected.
For now, I set my Alexa device to "Do Not Disturb" so I don't hear the announcement like this article suggested:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GV7ZJNSWKL8E3D7TI'm looking into what changed. I think Amazon changed something recently because I didn't change anything related to the doorbell feature. You probably know this, but the doorbell feature is needed to trigger an Alexa routine when a command runs.
It doesn't have anything to do with the Voice/MCP Reply field. The TRIGGERcmd Smart Home Alexa skill doesn't use it. Only the legacy conversational Alexa skills (called TRIGGERcmd, Trigger Command, and TC) use it.
I opened a case with Amazon about it.
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@Russ Oh, yes. For now, that's exactly what I've done. I've created a routine for each command that enables the do not disturb for about 5 seconds before running the command.
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@Vinicius-Gimenez-Figuerola , interesting. What triggers that routine? I would think the command couldn't trigger it because it would be too late. I'll try it.
EDIT: I tried it - that works, but I don't want everyone to have to do that for every command, so I'm still looking for a solution. Worst case, I could make the doorbell feature (for running routines) a toggle for each command, and default it to false.
EDIT2: I added a feature to each device to allow you to disable the "Doorbell Press Notifications".
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@Russ Yes, a permanent solution needs to be found. What I did is just a workaround because I was getting tired of Alexa saying "Someone is in front of..." every time I asked her to run a command.
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@Vinicius-Gimenez-Figuerola if you rename your command, and rename it back, it will re-create the Alexa device with this new UI option to disable the doorbell press notifications. Does that solve it? I tried to default it to false, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that.
