Hello-Lucy

Damian

I bought a micro USB one last year when I tried to put alexa on the Pi, and when testing at about 1 foot away, I sounded as if I were 10 feet away with cotton wool in my mouth. Also had problems of latency using Alexa, so I abandoned both, having spent way too much time trying just about every combination of settings I read up to try, and ask about.

I always read reviews on the likes of Amazon, and have read of a few that really only work great when really close up to the Mic, and so far I have not came across any review that has mentioned a Mic that has worked from a decent distance, seeing as Mic’s are usually always used up close.

The PS3 Eye was the only one where I seen a reviewer state that he used his from about 3M away and was heard perfectly on Skype, but alas, not from a Pi, and not using it for voice control.

As you have noted, the USB mic works perfect for normal usage, and it only becomes a problem when using Lucy… Like my previous problem when using Alexa, so therein may be the problem? I was about to add the limitations of the Pi as an additional factor, but you also noted the same problem on your powerfull i7, so I am of the opinion that USB mic’s for Voice control are not a good combination? for whatever techy reason that I know nothing about.

The only sure way of sourcing a suitable Mic, for the purpose of long range use, is to read from someone that is actually using one that has worked from a decent distance, on the same project - Lucy.

@pepebc offered up the PS3 Eye, which sounds and looks great, and works for him, but he is not using it for Lucy, so there is no telling if it will work or not, with Lucy :-(

You may have been very lucky in your random choice of 3.5 Mic, as if you chose another, it may have only worked at very close quarters? but seeing as your one actualy works at a decent distance with Lucy, then that is worth a hundred reviews, imho ;-) as I would be hard pushed to find a reviewer on Amazon that is reviewing a Mic for the purposes of using Lucy from a decent distance away, from a MM. ;-)

I will find a UK supplier of the same one you have used, as that has proven to work within a decent range, that users of MM/Lucy would want.
I will see if I can remove the long stem from the Mic though, to make it easier to hide from sight.

Thanks again.

Mykle1

@Damian

Ok, good luck and keep me posted

cowboysdude

Latest tests…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEiENwkSZSU&ab_channel=MaintenanceConcepts

cruunnerr

@cowboysdude

U need a touch screen, bro ^^

It’s running like hell ^^Very nice

yawns

System performance is awesome, not comparable to the pi at all.
After show modules the screen is crowded. Is this an error as it is not looking like in the beginning of your video? Or did you hide some modules before starting your video?

Touch hardware is not yet implemented, is it? Would love to see this in action regarding latency and reliability :)

maxbachmann

What is The Computer Setup You use?
And yes seems like it Shows Modules from other Pages than Page one Aswell white The command Show Modules
Although I am Not sure wether that isn’t intended As there Is The command Show Page 1 Aswell

pepebc

@cowboysdude
OK, great work !!

Mykle1

@yawns said in Hello-Lucy:

System performance is awesome, not comparable to the pi at all.

Exactly.

After show modules the screen is crowded.

SHOW MODULES by default will show ALL modules. So, if you have several pages employed it can get busy real fast. Still, it was intentional to have the ability to hide/show all modules, individual modules and pages of modules.

@cowboysdude has done an excellent job of implementing Hello-Lucy

yawns

@Mykle1 said in Hello-Lucy:

@yawns said in Hello-Lucy:

After show modules the screen is crowded.

SHOW MODULES by default will show ALL modules. So, if you have several pages employed it can get busy real fast. Still, it was intentional to have the ability to hide/show all modules, individual modules and pages of modules.

I see, thanks for clarification Mykle!

maxbachmann

@Mykle1 said in Hello-Lucy:

@yawns said in Hello-Lucy:

System performance is awesome, not comparable to the pi at all.

Exactly.

After show modules the screen is crowded.

SHOW MODULES by default will show ALL modules. So, if you have several pages employed it can get busy real fast. Still, it was intentional to have the ability to hide/show all modules, individual modules and pages of modules.

Ah thats what I Thought :)

cowboysdude

@cruunnerr said in Hello-Lucy:

@cowboysdude

U need a touch screen, bro ^^

It’s running like hell ^^Very nice

It is a touch screen already ;)

cowboysdude

@yawns said in Hello-Lucy:

System performance is awesome, not comparable to the pi at all.
After show modules the screen is crowded. Is this an error as it is not looking like in the beginning of your video? Or did you hide some modules before starting your video?

Touch hardware is not yet implemented, is it? Would love to see this in action regarding latency and reliability :)

NO that’s just what happens because when you blanket show modules it shows all pages at once. That’s not a bug it’s just how it works :)

NathanWilcox

@Mykle1

Great module have been using for some time while developing the mirror.

I apologise if you have covered this else where but I simply cannot find it, Is there a way to automatically show modules on MagicMirror start as appose to them being hidden and only shown when prompted.

Thanks

Mykle1

@NathanWilcox said in Hello-Lucy:

Is there a way to automatically show modules on MagicMirror start as appose to them being hidden and only shown when prompted.

If you’re not gun shy about modifying the files yourself, you can find this in the MMM-voice.js file and comment it out. You’ll find it at about line 277. I assume you know that every module you have loading will be displayed. :-)

     if (notification === 'DOM_OBJECTS_CREATED') {
         MM.getModules().enumerate((module) => {
                module.hide(1000);
            });   
     }

NathanWilcox

@Mykle1

That’s exactly what I was looking for. Yes I did realise it would show all.

I’m trying to demonstrate to the other half the different ways we can have the mirror and she wasn’t too enthusiastic with booting a “blank screen”

Mykle1

@NathanWilcox

Sound of whip snapping

;-)

maxbachmann

Will give Snips a try when I get my microphone array. Seems like the just released ther German automated speech recognition a few days ago

Seems pretty easy in general (I guess the hardest thing will be talking to the modules since snips uses python and here it’s java script while I am usually only using c++ lmao)

Edit: Just realised there is already a mqtt module for MagicMirror2 that should make it quite a bit easier

djsunrise19

@mykle1: Very nice module! Works really good, and it’s easy to add more and more modules. unfortunately, with one of them, I have a problem: https://github.com/eouia/MMM-CalendarExt.

I found the wrapper part, but it doesn’t work. The other modules are still working. Do you have an idea?

  getDom: function() {
    if (this.isInit) {
      R = new Render ()
      R.drawViews(
        this.CurrentConfigs,
        this.getEventsToDraw()
      )
    }
    var wrapper = null
    wrapper = document.createElement("div")
    wrapper.id = 'CALEXT_proxy'
    wrapper.className = 'proxy'
    return wrapper
  },

    notificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
        if (notification === 'HIDE_WORK') {
            this.hide(1000);
        }  else if (notification === 'SHOW_WORK') {
            this.show(1000);
        }
            
    },

Thank you!

Mykle1

@djsunrise19

That looks right.

Have you made the other changes that you need to make, according to the readme? That is not the only modification you need to perform.
If you issue the “SHOW MODULES” command, does it show then?
Is there another " notificationReceived: function" within the MMM-CalendarExt.js file?

djsunrise19

@Mykle1 said in Hello-Lucy:

@djsunrise19

That looks right.

Have you made the other changes that you need to make, according to the readme? That is not the only modification you need to perform.
If you issue the “SHOW MODULES” command, does it show then?
Is there another " notificationReceived: function" within the MMM-CalendarExt.js file?

Yes, all other Lucy / Voice modules are still working. I made all changes (accordingly your read me). Within the MMM-CalendarExt.js file are more than one “notificationReceived: function” functions:

  notificationReceived: function(notification, payload, sender) {
    var sessionId = moment().valueOf()
    if (typeof payload !== 'undefined' && payload !== null) {
      if (typeof payload.sessionId !== 'undefined') {
        sessionId = payload.sessionId
      }
    }
    switch (notification) {
      case 'DOM_OBJECTS_CREATED':
        if(typeof sender == 'undefined') {
          this.loadCSS()
          this.initAfterLoading()
        }
        break
      case 'CHANGED_PROFILE':
        this.showing = 0
        this.isInit = 0
        this.initAfterLoading(payload.to)
        this.sendNotification('CALEXT_SAYS_PROFILE_CHANGED', payload)
        break
      case 'CALEXT_ADD_EVENT':
        if(typeof payload.event !== 'undefined') {
          this.addInstantEvent(payload.event, sender.name, sessionId)
        }
        break
      case 'CALEXT_REMOVE_EVENT':
        if(typeof payload.uid !== 'undefined') {
          this.removeInstantEvent(payload.uid, sender.name, sessionId)
        }
        break
      case 'CALEXT_TELL_SCHEDULE':
        if(typeof payload.filter !== 'undefined') {
          this.saySchedule(payload.filter, sender.name, sessionId)
        }
        break
      case 'CALEXT_MODIFY_CONFIG':
        this.modifyConfiguration(payload.config, sender.name, sessionId)
    }
  },

  socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
    switch (notification) {
      case 'CALENDAR_MODIFIED':
        this.sendNotification("CALEXT_SAYS_CALENDAR_MODIFIED")
        this.events = payload
        this.makeIndex()
        this.draw()

        break
      case 'READY_TO_ADD_CALENDAR':
        this.addCalendars()
        break;
      }
  },

Should I put your function after one of these?