How to send a notification

[Alyx]

@sdetweil oh… where do you think I went wrong so?

[sdetweil]

@alyx i don’t know… i didn’t change anything in your config…

if you use the alexa app to turn the plug on or off, do you see the notifications?

[Alyx]

@sdetweil ok I re added the selfie device on the alexa app and it found it fine but its now coming up as unresponsive

[sdetweil]

@alyx so, discovery records the IP address of the ‘device’ and the port.

so, if your pi changes ip address during boot, then it won’t work again …

all my pi type devices have fixed addresses to avoid this problem…

[Alyx]

@sdetweil ah ok I’ll set a static! TBH I did have that concern but i was wrong to assume it was dynamic with the IP’s

I’ll come back if this works or not , I have a call rn

[sdetweil]

@alyx yeh the Alexa design is devices don’t move around, and one would only do discovery occasionally

then u have to delete the devices and rediscover

[Alyx]

@sdetweil ok so after fighting with my interfaces file for a few days I have a static IP

Only issue is that I can discover devices on the Alexa app but they arent usable and just come up an unresponsive…

It seems the static IP has messed with that feature ? Any advise on this please?

[sdetweil]

@alyx no after u get a static IP, and your mm config.js has

address:"0.0.0.0",
ipWhitelist:[],

to allow incoming connections from outside the pi machine

it should work

[Alyx]

@sdetweil I did that but still isnt working

[sdetweil]

@alyx sorry, don’t know how u to debug this. it’s really hard

you config works perfectly here
your devices are found (that means the module is running) and the ssdp discovery worked

now alexa will call back at the server (MM system) ip address and port for each switch
which goes into the node_helper and is then sent up to the modulename.js to send to other modules

[Alyx]

@sdetweil hmmmm would you think it has something to do with my static IP?

I did the whole thing via my interfaces file and then reserved an IP in my router for it also.

Edit: I did the static in in the DHCP file. Interfaces is just to activate my USB network adapter (PI OS on desktop)

[Alyx]

@sdetweil ok so I removed my static IP and the Alexa features are working again well some…

Also rebooted there with no luck and deleted the devices and repaired… The monitor on/off is working but the selfie shoot isnt. I checked the dev panel and the notification isnt being received and alexa is saying its not responsive?

[sdetweil]

@alyx if it’s not responsive, that means the little web server Alexa is calling didn’t work

that is the port you set in the notification definition

when you start mm, there are messages that say which ports are listening

that is the info Alexa records on Alexa discover devices

[Alyx]

@sdetweil yes makes sense and no I cant see any indication of a port opening up for any devices even.

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Snap of Config

let config = {
	address: "0.0.0.0", 	// 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 or empty, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	basePath: "/", 	// The URL path where MagicMirror is hosted. If you are using a Reverse proxy
					// you must set the sub path here. basePath must end with a /
	ipWhitelist: [], 	// 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"],

	useHttps: false, 		// Support HTTPS or not, default "false" will use HTTP
	httpsPrivateKey: "", 	// HTTPS private key path, only require when useHttps is true
	httpsCertificate: "", 	// HTTPS Certificate path, only require when useHttps is true

	language: "en",
	locale: "en-UK",
	logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR"], // Add "DEBUG" for even more logging
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: "metric",
	serverOnly:  true,
	// local for armv6l processors, default
	//   starts serveronly and then starts chrome browser
	// false, default for all NON-armv6l devices
	// true, force serveronly mode, because you want to.. no UI on this device

	modules: [
			{
		disabled: false,
		module:"MMM-Config",
		position:"top_right",  // the QR code (if requested) will appear here
		config:{
			showQR: false,
			//restart: "pm2",
			//force_update: true,
			//debug: true
			
		}
	},
	
    {
        module: 'MMM-AlexaControl',
        position: 'middle_center',
	

	config:{
		
            image: true,
	    deviceName: "mirror",
            pm2ProcessName: "mm",
            vcgencmd: "hide",
	    startPort: 11001,
	    refresh: true,
	    restart: true,
	    //stop: true,
	    reboot: true,
	    shutdown: true,
	    monitorToggle: true,
	    //cecAddress: "0.0.0.0",
	    //usb: false
	    pages: 3,
	    notifications:[
    {
        name: 'Selfie',
        port: 11106,
        OnOff: false,
        notification: ["SELFIE_SHOOT"]
    }
],