MMM-Assistantmk2 and MMM-Hotword not picking up

[ejay-ibm]

seems to be an audio config issue .
Please paste your config.js file here
and the outputs of the following commands :
aplay -l
arecord -l

Ejay

[jmartin1009]

@sdetweil I’m not using MMM-Voice, I’m using MMM-Assistantmk2 and MMM-Hotword, hotword pics up the word to wake the assistant and assistant takes care of the rest. I’ve been able to talk to the assistant but hotword doesn’t wake when I say the wakeword.

[jmartin1009]

@ejay-ibm here is my magicmirror config file:

var config = {
	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: "imperial",

	modules: [
	
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
		    module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
		    position: "top_bar",
		    config: {
		      record: {
		        recordProgram : "arecord",  
		        device        : "plughw:1, 0",
		      },
		
		      notifications: {
		        ASSISTANT_ACTIVATED: "HOTWORD_PAUSE",
		        ASSISTANT_DEACTIVATED: "HOTWORD_RESUME",
		      },
		    }
		  },
		  {
		    module: "MMM-Hotword",
		    config: {
		      record: {
		        recordProgram : "arecord",  
		        device        : "plughw:1, 0",
		      },
		      autostart:true,
		      onDetected: {
		        notification: function (payload) {
		          return "ASSISTANT_ACTIVATE"
		        },
		        payload: function (payload){
		          return {
		            profile: payload.hotword
		          }
		        }
		      },
		    },
  		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "Dubuque",
				locationID: "4854529",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "6730254e02c0f50e5d951db321f6fa33"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "Dubuque",
				locationID: "4854529",  //ID from https://openweathermap.org/city
				appid: "6730254e02c0f50e5d951db321f6fa33"
			}
		},
		{
    			module: "MMM-EARTH",
    			position: "bottom_right",
    			config: {
        			mode: "Natural",
        			rotateInterval: 15000,
        			MaxWidth: "30%",
        			MaxHeight: "30%",
    			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
		{
    			module: 'MMM-ShairportMetadata',
    			position: 'bottom_left',
    			config: {
      			    metadataPipe: "/tmp/shairport-sync-metadata", // location of pipe with shairport-sync metadata
	  			alignment: "center",	// Possible values [left|right|center]. Default: center
    		}
  		},
	]

};

here is the output for aplay -l:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]
  Subdevices: 7/7
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I do use PulseAudio because i use the PS3 eye mic, which uses a mic array that alsamixer doesn’t like, but it works when i talk to the assistant, Hotword just doesn’t hear my wakewords.
Here is the output for arecord -l

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 1: CameraB409241 [USB Camera-B4.09.24.1], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

It seems to work whether i use “plughw: 0” and “plughw: 0, 1”.

[sdetweil]

@jmartin1009 I would remove the space in the device name

"plughw: 0,1"

[sdetweil]

I just installed MMM-Hotword, and used this config

        {
          module: "MMM-Hotword",
          config: {
            autostart:true,
            autorestart: true
        }

and it works fine…
i did have a little snowboy rebuild work to do but documented in the hotword install doc…

[jmartin1009]

@sdetweil I can try removing the space and hope to works, and I had to do the snowboy rebuild already as it said I had an error when I tried to start magicmirror, so that should be okay, so I’ll try deleting the space and if it doesn’t work I will try to rebuild snowboy and try again and I’ll get back to you. Thanks!!

[jmartin1009]

@sdetweil is that your config for magicmirror or in the config file or hotword?

[jmartin1009]

@sdetweil I tried getting rid of the space, I tried adding autorestart=true on both configs, and still no luck :/

[sdetweil]

@jmartin1009 just the config for hotword.

[ejay-ibm]

Hello,
I agree with Sam :
You need to remove the space at both places.
1st in MMM-AssistantMk2

module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
		    position: "top_bar",
		    config: {
		      record: {
		        recordProgram : "arecord",  
		        device        : "plughw:1,0",

And as well in

module: "MMM-Hotword",
		    config: {
		      record: {
		        recordProgram : "arecord", 
		        device        : "plughw:1,0",

If that still doesn’t work try just :
plughw:1

As well you should check in the audio properties that your mic have enough gain.

you can check this by typing
alsamixer
in command line

hope this helps

Ejay