# Alexa Stop command

**URL:** <https://forum.bondhome.io/t/alexa-stop-command/2264>\
**Category:** Integrations\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/alexa-stop-command/2264 "2021-02-22T02:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![mps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@mps](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/mps)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/alexa-stop-command/2264/1 "2021-02-22T02:33:19Z")

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Hi,  
In the Bond app, I can Open, Close, or Stop my curtains. However, Alexa doesn’t recognize the Stop command, so I can only Open or Close all the way, which isn’t usually what I want. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks,  
Mike

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**Author:** ![residualimages](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.bondhome.io/residualimages/32/74_2.png) [@residualimages](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/residualimages)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/alexa-stop-command/2264/2 "2021-02-22T03:26:26Z")

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> [@Alexa control of Somfy shades](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/alexa-control-of-somfy-shades/1018/2):
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> Yes, looks like that’s everything that’s available. We don’t expose the “stop moving” actions in cloud-to-cloud integrations because the latency might be too high. The time it’d take to say the phrase “Alexa stop (shades)” plus the time for the request to reach the Bond would probably make this not really usable.

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**Author:** ![mps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@mps](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/mps)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/alexa-stop-command/2264/3 "2021-02-23T13:18:39Z")

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That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the explanation.

Is there any way to expose a command like “open for one second”?

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**Author:** ![JoelAck99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JoelAck99](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/JoelAck99)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/alexa-stop-command/2264/4 "2024-02-25T20:24:46Z")

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If “Stop Shade” was there Alexa could access it through a routine. Then the timing would be constant.