MMM-awesome-alexa

[JonatanPN]

After many attempts, I managed to install MMM-awesome-alexa, but I have a problem, no device from my account appears. I have tried saying “Alexa, search devices” it says it will search but then it says nothing.

If I try to run routines they don’t exist either, however from the Alexa application for my mobile, I can run routines, control devices and also, in the list of devices I see that “Jonatan’s Magic_Mirror_Alexa” appears although as offline.

It is as if it were an account with another profile, since it does not show devices or routines. But it works fine for the rest like asking the time and other information.
I tried creating a new amazon account but the same thing happens.

Does anyone know what can I do? 😔

[rguardaya2008]

Guys can somebody help me…

i tried installing this module into my magic mirror and i have been following the step by step process and i am already in the part were i already received the full config with refreshToken. However, when i tried to encode it in the config and restarts the magic mirror it only shows black/blank screen. please somebody help me what to do next…

[sdetweil]

@rguardaya2008 look in the console window were u start magic mirror , npm start or pm2,
if pm2, use the pm2 logs --lines=??? command (??? is 15 by default)

also, open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i,
and select the console tab and scroll up…

I made a script of the steps for the install , and there as a missing piece, which the scrip corrects
u can download it, make it executable, and it will do the whole install steps… (but not the auth step u just did, so keep that)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/omrx3vztjp738hf/do-install.sh?dl=0

[rguardaya2008]

@sdetweil thank you! i did the step by step process you showed me and when i run it magic mirror was just running fine not like the black/blank screen like before. however i cannot find the alexa on it.

[sdetweil]

@rguardaya2008 u have to speak, alexa…

[rguardaya2008]

@sdetweil i think i have a problem with my mic… i tried troubleshooting but i get the same reply “rec WARN alsa: can’t encode 0-bit Unknown or not applicable
rec FAIL formats: can’t open input `default’: snd_pcm_open error: No such file or directory” when i record…

[sdetweil]

@rguardaya2008 arecord -l
will list the devices

arecord -D plughw:card#:0 test.wav
speak some words
ctrl-c to end record
aplay test.wav, do you hear your words?

but if the mic is bad, nothing software can do to fix it…

[rguardaya2008]

@sdetweil thank you for guiding me so far… i was able to record and play using the codes you gave me, the mic seems to be fine. however, still i cannot open alexa on my MM. what did i miss?

[sdetweil]

@rguardaya2008 sorry. I do not know.

[stalker401]

So i’m at the point in the set pu where it’s saying “Getting response from Amazon…”, but it’s been going for like 30 mins. Any ideas on how long this should take, or did i probably make a mistake above?

[sdetweil]

@stalker401 should be fairly instant.

[stalker401]

@sdetweil Thanks, i’m not sure what i did wrong, but it helps to know that it should be quick

[cq0q]

hey guys, i have a problem with this module and i’d really be glad if someone could help me with it …
I tried to install this module in my raspberry pi 4 (Awesome Alexa) … after i installed it and all … after i finished i tried it … and said: Alexa hide all (to hide the modules… for privacy and save power) it hided all the modules (including this module) but then i wanted to say: Alexa show modules (to show them again) but it didn’t respond to me … i had to restart the magic mirror … so what should i do after i hide the modules how can i show them again without restarting the magic mirror ? And how can i make Alexa hide particular modules but not all of them and if it’s possible, how can i make a custom responds (for example when i say: Alexa do you love me? … she responds to me with: yes my love 😅)

[sdetweil]

@cq0q the author is no longer here and the module has not been updated in quite a while.