Voice Control on MagicMirror Synology Docker

[sdetweil]

@egnos well, voice reco and PIR support run on the server side of mm.

their module design assumes the hardware is near the user, which makes the server side near the user. PIR requires use of the gpio pins on pi, or physical connections on an Arduino processor.

so to have the input devices near the user (mm browser only) and processing on the synology server (mm server in docker) somewhere else will require quite a bit of re-engeneering, and still some additional hardware for PIR type sensors

[cyberphox]

I run mine in Docker on my Synology. Use a pi behind the mirror for viewing with PIR hooked up to it.

As for voice, yeah you might be outta luck there.

[sdetweil]

@cyberphox said in Voice Control on MagicMirror Synology Docker:

Use a pi behind the mirror for viewing with PIR hooked up to it.

so you use a python script to handle PIR screen on/off, not a MagicMirror module, right?

[Egnos]

@sdetweil said in Voice Control on MagicMirror Synology Docker:

esign assumes the hardware is near

To solve the PIR problem I could wire the sensor to the GPIO of the Raspberry connected to the monitor (away from the Raspberry Server on the Synology) and turn the monitor off / on using a few lines of code (something I should find on the internet … do you have any advice ?) that run externally to the MM.

For voice commands I would like to use GoogleHome/EchoDot Alexa (better quality of voice recognition, integrated speaker, google/alexa functions, etc …) to send commands to the MM Server.
This last part is still being studied … I see that someone on the forum has tried the GH-MM combination but I don’t see many results …

[sdetweil]

@egnos alexa, use MMM-AlexaControl, but it sends to the server side.

so you could run FULL MM on synology and view on pi same as before.

PIR … quick search turns up lots of python based solutions

[Egnos]

@cyberphox said in Voice Control on MagicMirror Synology Docker:

I run mine in Docker on my Synology. Use a pi behind the mirror for viewing with PIR hooked up to it.

Very Good

@cyberphox said in Voice Control on MagicMirror Synology Docker:

As for voice, yeah you might be outta luck there.

I know it! Someone on the forum has done something … but there is no feedback !

[cyberphox]

@sdetweil yes that’s right