MMM-AlexaControl or MMM-AlexaOn/Off setup

[dave_]

@sdetweil i did the same thing just now with my smart plug and it worked through the alexa app so there’s something wrong with the module or my raspberry pi

[sdetweil]

@dave_ w a real plug?

[dave_]

@sdetweil just a smart socket or plug

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[sdetweil]

@dave_ yeh, but not a belkin wemo plug, which is what the module emulates

[sdetweil]

@dave_ try changing the startPort to like 13000 or 15000

[dave_]

@sdetweil ohh na the mirror still isn’t working for some reason as in the module I’m on the verge of giving up now!

[sdetweil]

@dave_ hm. it has worked on 8 different systems now for me. pi 3 & 4, odroid, Jetson nano, gallium os on my Chromebook, Ubuntu on my desktop, and on my Mac.

[dave_]

@sdetweil alright could you send me your config?

[dave_]

@dave_ or idk if it’s too much to ask but if u have time u could maybe make a video of u setting up the whole module

[sdetweil]

@dave_ sure, its nothing

    {
        module: 'MMM-AlexaControl',
        position: 'middle_center',
        config:{
            image: true,
            pm2ProcessName: "MagicMirror",
            vcgencmd: "hide",
            deviceName: 'chromebook'
        }
    }

[dave_]

@sdetweil pm2processname is name of the folder we used to install pm2 and all correct?

[sdetweil]

@dave_ setup?

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/JoChef2/MMM-AlexaControl.git
cd MMM-AlexaControl
npm install

edited MMM-AlexControl/translations/en.json to be cause I want command to be ‘turn off xx mirror’

{
    "PAGE": "page ",
    "REFRESH": "refresh mirror",
    "RESTART": "restart mirror",
    "STOP": "stop mirror",
    "REBOOT": "reboot mirror",
    "SHUTDOWN": "shutdown mirror",
    "MONITOR": "mirror",
        "USB": "USB"
}

copy paste sample config.js section from his doc and add my info

restart mm…
alexa discover devices
devices found
alexa turn off chromebook mirror

[sdetweil]

@dave_ no. its the name that shows in the pm2 status command

pm2 start MagicMirror

[dave_]

@sdetweil in my case i type in pm2 start mm so for me it’ll be mm!

[sdetweil]

@dave_ correct… if you had used my scripted install I setup pm2 as MagicMirror
see https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

[sdetweil]

@dave_ cause one of the devices is restart MM (using pm2)

[sdetweil]

can u disable other modules and try discovery something is blocking it from working…

do you have vpn on, or firewall, or is this on magicmirror OS under docker?

[dave_]

@sdetweil nope nothing like that

[sdetweil]

@dave_ did u try disabling other modules

[dave_]

@sdetweil yes i did still no luck i think I’ll just wait for a new module like this to come out and hopefully that’ll work

Thanks for your help appreciate it