MMM-MirrorMirrorOnTheWall - Alexa voice control to hide/show modules and display text/images

[joanaz]

I’ve updated my readmes and code, you can do a git pull to get the latest files.

[lucallmon]

@joanaz I have AlexaPi working great right now. I’m a bit reluctant to stop it and try something else right now. Can you post a video of how it’s currently working?

[Journeytojah]

Okay, i will try again with the new instructions.

Do you have any advice regarding names for the certs or other names that would need changing?

[joanaz]

@lucallmon Where do I say you have to use something else? You definitely need AlexaPi to get it working.

[joanaz]

@Journeytojah I think names do not matter, but make sure the names in MirrorMirror.js match with your certs. I called my AWS IoT Device “MagicMirror”.

[Journeytojah]

@joanaz Okay, thanks.

Do you have any idea why i got that error? The function runs in lambda when testing but in the logs i see that application ID is missing.

I made sure to put my app ID in the js script and update the lambda function.

It would get an error on 3s timeout so i set it to 15.

Ill try setting it up from scratch again and let you know how it goes. Thanks!

[zman3]

So i have to have alexapi?
Because I’m running this
https://github.com/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app
Which works great you said earlier that it should work with that. Do I need both

[joanaz]

@Journeytojah do you still have the same error? I thought you got it running.

[joanaz]

@zman3 no you just need one Alexa app running. The Alexa sample app is perfectly fine.

[zman3]

So my orginal error was when I said Alex on the wall she would say there was a problem with the skill, I redid the version right before you added YouTube now when I say alexa on the wall it dings then freezes and I have to reboot the raspberry to get her to work again. I did Amazon’s hello world skill example and that one works fine. I’ll try your newest version again tonight after work.

[Journeytojah]

@joanaz I’m cloning my SD card because i ran out of free space installing AlexaPi last night.

Will start fresh and let you know if it works.

[lucallmon]

Setting up the AWS IoT service… what support plan to choose? Basic is free right? I’m not paying $30 for developer. Is this even required?

[joanaz]

@lucallmon yes you must setup an AWS IoT device, it should be free, I don’t know where you are seeing basic or developer whatever.

You should see something like this

[Journeytojah]

@lucallmon afaik you get 12 months for free, you just need to use a credit card to register, and they “use” 1$ to confirm its your account, kinda like PayPal does.

[Journeytojah]

@joanaz Now i get this error for the Lambda function… tried 3/10/15 seconds.

{
  "errorMessage": "2017-02-04T20:11:41.538Z 1b87c832-eb16-11e6-a281-33f14ad1f615 Task timed out after 15.00 seconds",
  "errorType": "Error"
}

This is the error in the Amazon Skill :
Lambda Response


1
The remote endpoint could not be called, or the response it returned was invalid.

Cloud watch log 

20:46:58
START RequestId: 11e4a442-eb1b-11e6-a7b3-3361f5194998 Version: 1
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20:46:58
Unable to import module 'index': Error at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15) at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25) at Module.require (module.js:353:17) at require (internal/module.js:12:17) at Object.<anonymous> (/var/task/index.js:24:22) at Module._compile (module.js:409:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10) at Module.load (
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20:46:58
2017-02-04T20:46:58.805Z	11e4a442-eb1b-11e6-a7b3-3361f5194998	connect

20:47:13
END RequestId: 11e4a442-eb1b-11e6-a7b3-3361f5194998

20:47:13
REPORT RequestId: 11e4a442-eb1b-11e6-a7b3-3361f5194998	Duration: 15003.64 ms	Billed Duration: 15000 ms Memory Size: 128 MB	Max Memory Used: 26 MB
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20:47:13
2017-02-04T20:47:13.618Z 11e4a442-eb1b-11e6-a7b3-3361f5194998 Task timed out after 15.00 seconds Error


Unable to import module 'index': Error
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/var/task/index.js:24:22)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)

[Journeytojah]

By the way, I was unable to upload the .zip from the RPi, it would just say “must not exist”, so i did it from my laptop, could this be the issue?

I ran the .sh script and downloaded dependencies on the raspberry, archived the src folder contents and used my laptop to upload them.

[joanaz]

@Journeytojah it usually happens when you zip the src folder, you have to go inside the src folder, and select all the files and folder, including node_modules, and certs, and compress them to a zip file.

[Journeytojah]

@joanaz Thats what I did… I will try again.

[lucallmon]

Ok. So, I’ve decided to give up on this. The Readme files are not user-friendly. There is no step-by-step guide for install. I originally got very excited about this and if I could see it working, I might still again. However, I’m no programmer; I’m just the end user. So, good luck and let me know if you ever put out a video demo of it working and create a more user-friendly step-by-step install guide.

[bartalluyn]

Hi,

I’ve succeeded in succesfully linking Alexa to the smart mirror. When I issue a command, the mirror responds automatically. It has automatic wake word detection, audio feedback, automatic authentication using a refresh token, connection through a mirror interface. In the background it uses Alexa Skills kit and DynamoDB to make the communication happen. Read about it on my blog :
[http://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com/](link url)
Go ahead and follow the blog to find out on the progression and further development.

Tips and suggestions welcome of course.