Automations not working in new setup

Need Help With My Project
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I can’t seem to get Automations to turn on/off an LED on a Particle Photon 1.

  • Used the Blueprint in Blynk to set up a Particle device, this was easy, but often had to wait for a long time for the success animation (I set this up at least 5 times until it finally was successful)
  • Developer mode turned on
  • Automations created to turn on Particle D7 LED a time, along with send notification
  • I can control the LED toggle switch via the device Dashboard in both mobile app, and web interface
  • I get the notifications for on and off Automations in the mobile app
  • I have Automations enabled in the mobile app
  • Webhooks in both Blynk and Particle are working, haven’t messed with the template

I can’t figure out why none of the 5 automations I can use in Free Mode are able to turn on/off the toggle switch to have an effect on the device. Is something broken with Blynk Automations, or is this an issue in Free Mode that Automations don’t actually do work on the device?

I thought maybe the toggle switch on the Automations had to be in the opposite direction because the documentation has it backwards from what was done in the Particle-Blynk Blueprint. For Switch it reads: “Typically 0 = on, 1 = off”, but I tried to set the toggle in the Automation in both states for “on”, but no luck, I get no action on the device using an Automation.

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Thanks in advance for any guidance on what I’m doing wrong, or if the problem is real.

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@Oleksii-QA could you please take a look?

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I took down the photonwell device, and stood up wellhead device using a Boron instead, as there is no Wi-Fi at the well head. :sweat_smile:

Apologies if @Oleksii-QA had a look and it was offline. I will keep this device online for your ability to diagnose the issue.

The problem still persists. To restate:

  • Automations are not able to trigger the LED on the Particle device via POST webhook.

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Maybe I don’t understand how to use Automations, but they do seem simple to setup, and I’m grateful to not have to write JS! I’m simply looking to turn D7 LED on or off at specific times. The push is not triggering the POST webhook that’s setup for the device, and it is only turning on the switch in the dashboard with no effect to the device. Is something broken on Blynk’s end, or am I missing something?

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The logs show Type Push, should this be a POST type?

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Thank you for your time!~!

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To succinctly reiterate, the automation flips the switch on the dashboard, but doesn’t trigger traffic to the Particle device. Something’s busted with the Blynk Automations, right? My device is powered, and I’m interested to see if a correction on the Blynk side makes this problem go away. -Thanks

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Automations that were working previously are not working randomly from past one month.

I deleted the automation and created a new one this seemed like the problem was fixed for a day or two but now its randomly not working.

If the automation is to turn the light ON/OFF it only turns ON but not OFF even if the device is online…

Sometimes the light turns on for couple second and turns back off.

Something is broken.

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Yeah, I’m done with both Blynk and Particle. Nice ideas, but poor execution. Stick with a big vendor like Arduino for embedded. Duhhhleet