ESP Lock / timeout? Automations won’t run.

[soundman516]

Using a V2B board on Saluspa Hawaii Pump model S200106.

I seem to have an issue where after the ESP sits for a while, any automation controlling it from Home assistant won’t actually control the ESP. Specifically I’m trying to schedule my pump and heater. I’ve also noticed if I go and try to press a switch for any control (power, pump, heat, etc…) it will take a couple presses before anything will respond. I believe the reason the automation isn’t running is the same reasons the button presses take a few times but obviously my automation only has a single press in it. My HA automation trace shows it’s finished correctly but the ESP doesn’t respond to the command.

I have written my automations in HA using the entities directly, the device and set its parameters, I’ve even used MQTT commands. All methods function fine once the ESP is “awake” but will not trigger the action after the ESP has sat for a while.

Am I doing something wrong. Is there a “lock” function activating automatically I’m unaware of?

I’d love to know others thoughts on this. Thanks!

[visualapproach]

Hi! There is an autolock but also an auto-unlock so that should not be the problem. Is the ESP responsive except for performing pump actions? Like, if you send text to the display or play a melody (sound may or may not work depending on model). But if you send a command from the UI with some text, it should scroll on the display if the ESP is running well.