Manual Connect / Disconnect for IConvaiRoomConnectionService at runtime

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Hi Convai team and community,

I’m building a medical VR therapy application (TherapyVR) using Unity 6 + Meta Quest 2 standalone + Convai SDK v4.1.0. My AI assistant “Delia” guides patients through cognitive and motor therapy exercises.

My setup:

  • ConvaiCharacter + IConvaiCharacterAgent for sending triggers

  • IConvaiRoomConnectionService + IEventHub subscribed to SessionStateChanged events

  • I write the connection state to Firebase Firestore so a web therapist dashboard can see if Delia is connected in real time

What I want to do: I have a web-based therapist interface (HTML/JS + Firebase) that controls the VR session remotely. I want to add a button that allows the therapist to manually connect or disconnect the Convai AI assistant without restarting the Unity application.

The flow would be:

  1. Therapist clicks “Connect AI” in the web dashboard

  2. Firebase receives the command

  3. Unity calls a connect method on the Convai SDK

  4. SessionStateChanged fires with Connected → Firebase updated → dashboard shows AI as active

My question: Does IConvaiRoomConnectionService expose public Connect() / Disconnect() (or ConnectAsync() / DisconnectAsync()) methods that I can call programmatically at runtime?

I can see CurrentState and IsConnected properties, and I subscribe to SessionStateChanged via IEventHub, but I haven’t found a documented way to trigger a connection or disconnection manually.

If direct connect/disconnect is not available, would enabling/disabling the ConvaiCharacter component achieve the same effect safely?

Thanks in advance!

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