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    MMM-Awesome-Alexa isn't working

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      LukeTheWalker
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      Hi everybody!

      Reading both in the GitHub repo and in this forum I got the idea that this module may be kinda obsolete and unsupported but I really like the visual effect and the possibility to have another Alexa device in my house for basically nothing.

      I already tried to install the module following the instructions at https://awesome-alexa.js.org/#/installation?id=step-2-install-module

      And also tried to install it using @sdetweil do-install.sh script.

      Both times I got a lot of errors but the electron rebuild always worked fine in the end.

      I run the config-helper without any issues and correctly update the config.js file with all the necessary tokens.

      I tested my microphone and stereo device (a bluetooth JBL Go) using the audio setup troubleshooting page at https://awesome-alexa.js.org/#/audio-setup

      But when I launch the MagicMirror, even without any error, Alexa is totally unresponsive, can somebody help?

      Using an rpi3 with
      node 14.15.0
      npm 6.14.8

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        sdetweil @LukeTheWalker
        last edited by

        @LukeTheWalker what is the device name in the config.js, does it match what u were using in the testing?

        Sam

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          LukeTheWalker
          last edited by

          Maybe I am not understanding the question correctly.

          In the ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js file, in the MMM-awesome-alexa module object there is a parameter named deviceId which I set to the value I found on my amazon console developer, here is the section am referring to:
          config pic.png

          And here is the amazon page from which I picked it
          amazon id.png

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            sdetweil @LukeTheWalker
            last edited by sdetweil

            @LukeTheWalker

            is the mic device set as the default?

            Sam

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              LukeTheWalker
              last edited by LukeTheWalker

              It should

              B649C759-5182-4C50-A931-599AD378CD5E.jpeg

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                sdetweil @LukeTheWalker
                last edited by

                @LukeTheWalker has to be default fr command line

                do

                arecord test.wav
                

                speak something
                ctrl-c to end arecord

                aplay test.wav
                

                do u hear what u said?

                Sam

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                  LukeTheWalker
                  last edited by LukeTheWalker

                  @sdetweil yes I can I hear

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                    sdetweil @LukeTheWalker
                    last edited by

                    @LukeTheWalker when u start up mm, do you see any errors in the window where u do npm start, or if u use pm2,
                    pm2 logs --lines=???
                    where ??? is a number, default 15

                    Sam

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                      LukeTheWalker
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil here is the log from running npm start dev:

                      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start dev
                      
                      > magicmirror@2.13.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
                      > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js "dev"
                      
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:24.369] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.13.0
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:24.382] [LOG]    Loading config ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:24.393] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:24.397] [LOG]    No helper found for module: alert.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:24.502] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:24.503] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:24.505] [LOG]    No helper found for module: clock.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:25.317] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:25.318] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: calendar
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:25.319] [LOG]    No helper found for module: compliments.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:25.321] [LOG]    No helper found for module: currentweather.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.118] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.119] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-awesome-alexa
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.121] [LOG]    No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.166] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.168] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: newsfeed
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.169] [LOG]    All module helpers loaded.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.389] [LOG]    Starting server on port 8080 ... 
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.408] [LOG]    Server started ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.410] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: updatenotification
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.411] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: calendar
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.412] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: calendar
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.413] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-awesome-alexa
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.415] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: newsfeed
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.416] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: newsfeed
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.417] [LOG]    Sockets connected & modules started ...
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:27.614] [LOG]    Launching application.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:37.287] [LOG]    Create new calendar fetcher for url: http://localhost:8080/modules/calendars/526b2266ca404c95648812c17dcb716454dc7796f89c0581ae65ee9228174e55.ics - Interval: 300000
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:37.316] [LOG]    Create new calendar fetcher for url: http://localhost:8080/modules/calendars/cea74d97bef3bf37890989ecc073ff23f172a87c372189a17ebacd5c694df2a7.ics - Interval: 300000
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:38.599] [LOG]    Create new news fetcher for url: https://www.ansa.it/sito/ansait_rss.xml - Interval: 300000
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:38.859] [LOG]    Create new news fetcher for url: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/tecnologia/tecnologia_rss.xml - Interval: 300000
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:38.863] [LOG]    Create new news fetcher for url: https://www.ansa.it/sicilia/notizie/sicilia_rss.xml - Interval: 300000
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:38.866] [LOG]    Create new news fetcher for url: https://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza_tecnica/notizie/scienzaetecnica_rss.xml - Interval: 300000
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:38.881] [INFO]   Checking git for module: MMM-awesome-alexa
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:39.968] [INFO]   Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 0 events.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:40.128] [INFO]   Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 17 items.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:41.719] [INFO]   Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 27 items.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:42.049] [INFO]   Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 57 items.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:42.318] [INFO]   Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 34 items.
                      [2020-11-09 22:20:42.496] [INFO]   Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 3 events.
                      [2020-11-09 22:21:01.334] [LOG]    Shutting down server...
                      [2020-11-09 22:21:01.337] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: updatenotification
                      [2020-11-09 22:21:01.338] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: calendar
                      [2020-11-09 22:21:01.340] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: MMM-awesome-alexa
                      [2020-11-09 22:21:01.341] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: newsfeed
                      

                      which is the same from the logs of pm2, no error logs even there

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                        sdetweil @LukeTheWalker
                        last edited by

                        @LukeTheWalker ok, last debugging I can think of.
                        open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i on the keyboard, select the tab labeled console and scroll up to see any errors. usually red text.

                        Sam

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