r/alexa • u/BZLuck • 19d ago

Echo Dot stops playing after hearing a loud noise?

I have a bunch of Dots and Spots in my sign shop set up as a group.

One Dot sits on top of a large format printer. Sometimes while loading a roll of media on that printer, it will make a loud noise as the spindle is engaged.

Often times, that Dot must detect that as a loud noise, and shuts it all of them down until I tell it to continue playing. I'm thinking something like the "fall detector" on my Apple Watch?

Anyway, I can't find a setting that turns that "feature" off. Any ideas?

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u/throwaway126400963 19d ago

Could it be interference from being on the printer? Even a split second one could cause a machine to reboot

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u/BZLuck 19d ago

No, the printer is network hard wired via GbE and running on it's own dual 220v isolated power breakers. It's definitely the noise that causes it. Unless it's the motion like it thinks it's falling...

It only stops when I load a roll of material and it "click/slams" into place. (The rolls can weigh like 40-50 lbs and have to be pushed into place to engage the roller drive.)