Need help with MM-Google Assistant Mk2

[09succotash]

For some reason, the hotword is working, but when I get ready to say the command for Google Assistant, it doesn’t respond, or pick up what I am saying at all. Please help, posting config.js file below.
Using Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, running Raspbian Stretch.

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

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: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics"					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "5128581",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			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,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true
			}
		},
{
	module: "MMM-Hotword",
	position: "top_right",
	config: {
		chimeOnFinish: true,
		mic: {
			recordProgram: "arecord",
			device: "plughw:1"
		},
		models: [
			{
				hotwords    : "smart_mirror",
				file        : "smart_mirror.umdl",
				sensitivity : "1",
			},
		],
		commands: {
			"smart_mirror": {
				notificationExec: {
					notification: "ASSISTANT_ACTIVATE",
					payload: (detected, afterRecord) => {
						return {profile:"default"}
					}
				},
				restart:false,
				afterRecordLimit:0
			}
		}
	}
},
{
  module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {

    // --- ESSENTIALS / modifying for your environment might be needed.


    deviceLocation: {
      coordinates: { // set the latitude and longitude of the device to get localized information like weather or time. (ref. mygeoposition.com)
        latitude: 29.558190, // -90.0 - +90.0
        longitude: -95.413352, // -180.0 - +180.0
      },
    },

    defaultProfile: "default", // If you have several profiles and want to set one of them as default profile, describe here.

    profiles: {
      "default" : { // profile name.
        profileFile: "default.json", // profile file name.
        lang: "en-US"
        //currently available (estimation, not all tested):
        //  de-DE, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, en-IN
        // fr-CA, fr-FR, it-IT, ja-JP, es-ES, es-MX, ko-KR, pt-BR
        // https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/rpc/languages
      },
      /* Add your other profiles here, if exists.
      "other_profile" : {
        profileFile: "other.json",
        lang: "de-DE"
      }
      */
    },

    record: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
      recordProgram: "arecord",  // Defaults to "arecord" - also supports "rec" and "sox"
      device: null       // recording device (e.g.: "plughw:1")
    },

    play: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
      playProgram: "mpg321", // recommended.
    },


    // --- OPTIONAL / not important but customizable for your usage


    responseVoice: true, // If available, Assistant will response with her voice.
    responseScreen: true, // If available, Assistant will response with some rendered HTML
    responseAlert: true, // If available, Assistant will response with Alert module of MM
    // Sometimes, any response might not be returned. responseAlert is useful for displaying error.

    screenZoom: "80%", // Adjust responseScreen to your mirror size.
    screenDuration: 15, // milliseconds. How long responseScreen will be shown after speech.
    //If you set 0, Screen Output will be closed after Response speech finishes ASAP.

    youtubeAutoplay: true, //If set as true, found Youtube video will be played automatically.
    pauseOnYoutube:true, //If set as true, You cannot activate Assistant during youtube playing. Recommended for the performance (Because permanent hotword detecting might make performance lower)

    youtubePlayerVars: { // You can set youtube playerVars for your purpose, but should be careful.
      "controls": 0,
      "loop": 1,
      "rel": 0,
    },
    youtubePlayQuality: "hd1080", //small, medium, large, hd720, hd1080, highres or default

    useWelcomeMessage: "What's the weather", //Try "brief today" as this value. You can use this value to check module working when MM is starting.

    onIdle: {
      //timer: 1000*60*30, // if you don't want to use this feature, just set timer as `0` or command as ""
      //command: "HIDEMODULES",
      timer: 0,
      command: null,
    },

    onActivate: {
      timer: 0,
      //command: "SHOWMODULES"
      command: null,
    },


    // --- FOR EXPERTS / For development, debug or more


    verbose:false, // You can get error or some logs when this value is set as true.
    ignoreNoVoiceError: true, //To avoid some annoying youtube stop bug.

    startChime: "connection.mp3", // you can use `mp3` to play chime when your mic is ready. It should be playable with your `play.playProgram`
    noChimeOnSay: false, // When using the `ASSISTANT_SAY` trigger, you can prevent the chime from being played before your words

    auth: { // I believe you don't need to change this.
      keyFilePath: "./credentials.json"
    },

    record:  { // Full version
      sampleRate    : 16000,      // audio sample rate
      threshold     : 0.5,        // silence threshold (rec only)
      thresholdStart: null,       // silence threshold to start recording, overrides threshold (rec only)
      thresholdEnd  : null,       // silence threshold to end recording, overrides threshold (rec only)
      silence       : 1.0,        // seconds of silence before ending
      verbose       : false,      // log info to the console
      recordProgram : "arecord",  // Defaults to "arecord" - also supports "rec" and "sox"
      device        : null        // recording device (e.g.: "plughw:1")
    },

    play: { // Full version
      encodingOut: "MP3", //'MP3' or 'WAV' is available, but you might not need to modify this.
      sampleRateOut: 24000,
      playProgram: "mpg321", //Your prefer sound play program. By example, if you are running this on OSX, `afplay` could be available.
      playOption: [],
      // If you need additional options to use playProgram, describe here. (except filename)
      // e.g: ["-d", "", "-t", "100"]
    },

    useGactionCLI: false, // If set as true, you can update your gAction when MM is rebooted.
    projectId: "", // Google Assistant ProjectId (Required only when you use gAction.)
    deviceModelId: "", // It should be described in your config.json. In most of case, you don't need to this.
    deviceInstanceId: "", // It should be described in your config.json. In most of case, you don't need to this.

    recipes:["hide_and_show_all_modules.js", "reboot.js", "screen_onoff.js", "shutdown.js"],
    transcriptionHook: {},
    action: {}, // You can catch your gAction command.
    command: {}, // You can catch transcription hook and be able to make your own `COMMAND` with this.
    //See the `transcriptionHook` section.
    action:{}, // You can make your own MM command for gAction and transcriptionHook
    //See the `command` section.

    notifications: { // You can redefine these notifications to communicate with specific modules.
      ASSISTANT_ACTIVATE: "ASSISTANT_ACTIVATE",
      ASSISTANT_DEACTIVATE: "ASSISTANT_CLEAR",
      ASSISTANT_ACTIVATED: "ASSISTANT_ACTIVATED",
      ASSISTANT_DEACTIVATED: "ASSISTANT_DEACTIVATED",
      ASSISTANT_ACTION: "ASSISTANT_ACTION",
      ASSISTANT_UNDERSTOOD: "ASSISTANT_UNDERSTOOD",
      ASSISTANT_RESPONSE_END: "ASSISTANT_RESPONSE_END",
      DEFAULT_HOOK_NOTIFICATION: "ASSISTANT_HOOK",
      TEXT_QUERY: "ASSISTANT_QUERY",
      SAY_TEXT: "ASSISTANT_SAY",
    }
  }
},


  
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

[ricardoyen]

Try using a simply version

{
	module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
	position: "top_right",
	config: {
		deviceLocation: {
			coordinates: {
				latitude: -29.730320, // -90.0 - +90.0
				longitude: 30.038760 // -180.0 - +180.0
			},
		},
		record: {
			recordProgram : "arecord",  
			device        : "plughw:1",
		},
		notifications: {
			ASSISTANT_ACTIVATED: "HOTWORD_PAUSE",
			ASSISTANT_DEACTIVATED: "HOTWORD_RESUME",
		},
		useWelcomeMessage: "brief today",
		profiles: {
			"default" : {
				lang: "en-US"
			}
		},
	}
},

[09succotash]

Thanks, but i already figured it out. Appreciate the help

[Mykle1]

@09succotash said in Need help with MM-Google Assistant Mk2:

Thanks, but i already figured it out. Appreciate the help

For the benefit of other users you could post what the problem was and how you solved it.

Just a thought.

[09succotash]

The actual problem was that the module script wasn’t configured correctly to use my microphone like the MMM-Hotword module was, so I copied the information under “mic” into “record”.