Hello-Lucy installation troubles

Mykle1

@SSkull995 said in Hello-Lucy installation troubles:

First, forgive me. This entire issue was my fault.

I recently added some defaults to the checkCommands.json file and left a trailing comma at the end of the file. I’ve corrected the problem, tested it and pushed the corrected file to the repo. To clear the SyntaxError: Unexpected token ] in JSON at position 6643 error, following this instruction.

Do a git pull in the Hello-Lucy directory.

Please advise on the result. :-)

SSkull995

@Mykle1 Perfect! I will do it right now, let me just boot my raspi. Many thanks and sorry once more, I was into solving this problem, but I could not figure out where the json was ahah!

SSkull995

@Mykle1 You are the man! Now it works without problems! I just can’t get my intro .mp3 work, but that is simple fix. Many thanks Mykle! Have a nice day and sorry for the problems :)

SSkull995

Ok so, troubles again sorry! I just restarted MM and now Lucy starts but does not hide my modules and does not get the starting phrase. The microphone is working as the speaker, and the modules are the same as before.
No clue why this occurs, no errors during MM startup

Edit:
I notice that the intro voice starts, as well as the mic icon and the string “Say Hello Lucy”. However, all my modules are there, as the program does not hide them, and the start phrase is not recognised. I just used alsamixer to check the card number, which matches the config.js one. Further, I tried to record myself and the microphone works without problems, I can clearly hear my voice and the hello Lucy phrase.
Maybe something in the program is still making some troubles? Many thanks again Mykle!

So many edit:
Now when I start the MM, the microphone blinks barred, like no microphone. And it’s stated “Command Please”. It is weird, because I launched it and it froze on the “command” and no mic and no welcome phrases. Sometimes it starts tho, without really a scheme

Mykle1

Not really sure what your issue is now. I did make some changes to the repo just now, including a new config entry. So, for starters, do another git pull in the Hello-Lucy directory and use the new config entry. This should solve all the modules showing at startup. Only your pageOne modules will show as default.

The instructions state to run arecord -ls in your terminal to determine your devices and microphone entry as does the config entry sample itself. *shrug

To hear any startup phrases you must have the sound files in the sounds folder AND the names of the sounds in the config entry. They are case sensitive.

All the modules you want to use with Lucy have to be installed and enabled and entered in to config. If they are not one of the default modules then they have to be added to Lucy. Instructions are in the repo

SSkull995

@Mykle1 Hi Mykle! Thank you, I will absolutely update the repo.
The issue is this: after a while on npm start and ctrl+c in the MM, to check the modules and the correct behaviour of them, I noticed that the microphone starts to blink on the upper right corner and the phrase “command please” comes up. From that point, Lucy does not recognise any word I say, even if the microphone is full functional and records super fine.

One thing for the sound, I realise that for the intro sound (1.mp3 and 11.mp3) you have to keep the [], even if there is only one .mp3 file. Was is supposed to be like this? Because the ding.mp3 is not between brackets, but I remove the brackets from the intro sound, then Lucy does not play any sound at the start up

Edit:
I managed to make everything work! However I have a problem now, because the error occurred again
[20:12:09.572] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: SyntaxError: Unexpected token ] in JSON at position 7147
at JSON.parse ()
at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/Hello-Lucy/node_helper.js:26:26)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:786:30)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:645:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:685:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
at loadModule (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:132:17)
at loadNextModule (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:166:5)

It just happened, 3 mins ago I was able to use Lucy without problems!

Mykle1

@SSkull995 said in Hello-Lucy installation troubles:

One thing for the sound, I realise that for the intro sound (1.mp3 and 11.mp3) you have to keep the [], even if there is only one .mp3 file. Was is supposed to be like this?

Yes.

Because the ding.mp3 is not between brackets, but I remove the brackets from the intro sound, then Lucy does not play any sound at the start up

That is correct. You can remove the contents of the brackets but not the brackets themselves.

Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: SyntaxError: Unexpected token ] in JSON at position 7147
at JSON.parse ()

I just mentioned this error above and the reason for it. If you have added to/modified the checkCommands.json file it is likely you left a comma after the very last array in the file, or some other mistake.

I’m finding it hard to pinpoint your issue based on your description of the problems you’re having. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

SSkull995

@Mykle1 I do not believe it is related some mod I did to the original checkCommand, because I am adding one module at a time and the error occurred randomly. When I removed the last module that I added to Lucy, the error remained

Edit:
It is true, it is quite unstable the module and sometimes it runs and others it doesn’t. For instance, I put inside MMM-DarkSkyForecast, both in the config.js and in the checkCommand.json. There is no error, but the module does not start. Further, Lucy does not start either, no intro sound and microphone that blinks. Plus all the modules show up.
When I remove DarkSky from the config.js, then it works again. If I try DarkSky on a config.js without Lucy, it works!

Mykle1

@SSkull995 said in Hello-Lucy installation troubles:

When I remove DarkSky from the config.js, then it works again.

Interesting and very telling. I’m not accusing you of making mistakes but they do happen. I am unable to duplicate the issues that you are stating. I just installed DarkSkyForecast and added it to Lucy without a problem.

Post your config entry for Lucy (in a code block) and I’ll take a look at it again

Mykle1

MMM-DarkSkyForecast now works by default with Hello-Lucy and has been added to the repo