Unreliable on/off action with bash script

[superczar]

I created a basic script to control a wemo switch
Using a library , I can run the following on the command line and the switch works everytime

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$ wemo switch "Wemo Switch" on

I order to trigger this from a dummy switch, i created a script called say wemo_on.sh

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#!/bin/sh
wemo switch "Wemo Switch" on

and made it executable - when I run this from a ssh shell - ./wemo_on.sh , it works as expected

However, when I added the same to a dummy switch under on action , it does not work reliably
Sometimes it works but more often than not, it doesn't

It's a rather odd issue and the only possibility I can think of is that the actual command takes a long time (5-6 seconds) to execute and the on action times out by then
HHow can I fix this?

[TomC]

I have my script working while running it from a ssh shell but how do you add it to your dummy switch?