MMM-voice setup but MagicMirror wont display

[cyberphox]

mine was error cause i accidentally cloned into MMM-Voice…capital V and it didnt create the dic file…
maybe try running npm start dev and see what errors you have in the console

[shazglass]

@cyberphox yes, that I def did -was super careful with that.

[shazglass]

@cyberphox heres what I get with the npm start dev…not sure I am doing this in the right dir. I checked the Capital V or v, and mine is def lowercase v

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-voice $ npm start dev
npm ERR! missing script: start

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2018-04-07T15_24_32_070Z-debug.log

[shazglass]

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start dev

magicmirror@2.3.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
sh run-start.sh “dev”

Starting MagicMirror: v2.3.1
Loading config …
Loading module helpers …
No helper found for module: alert.
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: clock.
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: MMM-EARTH
No helper found for module: compliments.
No helper found for module: currentweather.
No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
No helper found for module: MMM-CountDown.
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: MMM-voice
No helper found for module: MMM-QRCode.
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: newsfeed
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 …
Server started …
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Connecting socket for: MMM-EARTH
Starting module: MMM-EARTH
Connecting socket for: MMM-voice
Starting module helper: MMM-voice
Connecting socket for: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Sockets connected & modules started …
Launching application.
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/natural
Create new news fetcher for url: http://ewn.co.za/RSS Feeds/Latest News - Interval: 300000
MMM-voice: Checking files.
MMM-voice: Starting pocketsphinx.
Shutting down server…
Stopping module helper: updatenotification
Stopping module helper: MMM-EARTH
Stopping module helper: MMM-voice
Stopping module helper: newsfeed

[cyberphox]

is the dev window…check the console tab…look for errors

[shazglass]

@cyberphox hi… I am so hard trying not to be an ass… but I dont know what you mean? Sorry…I am serously a 5 day taught myself to help my son with his project.

[Mykle1]

@shazglass said in MMM-voice setup but MagicMirror wont display:

I am serously a 5 day taught myself to help my son with his project.

No worries dude. Personally, I’m glad to see you involved with your son. That’s how this started for me. I wanted to have something in common with my 21 year old son so I could stay “cool” in his eyes. Now . . .

I don’t use voice on my Pi mirror anymore but I do use it extensively on other boards. This is what I remember.

• I didn’t use a 3rd party sound card
• USB microphone plugged directly into USB port of the Pi
• Needing to run alsamixer in a terminal window to set mic/capture device.
• Testing mic by recording your voice (forgot command - google it)

After that, installing MMM-voice, paying careful attention to the directions on how to install the dependencies. If at this point the module runs but displays a microphone and the word “ERROR” then I can help you. If, on the other hand, the module does not run and errors in the terminal or the dev console then something in your beginning steps is amiss

[shazglass]

@Mykle1 Good morning.
thank you for the reply, makes a lot of sense. I don’t know how to run alsamixer? which directory would I do that in. I have tested the mic and it def works. I am at the point where it displays a microphone with ERROR showing. Sometimes it says , INITIALISING, CHOOSE MODE, then straight away shows ERROR again. Is there something on the pi I need to configure? thnx again Mykle, and I am a mom to a 15 year old :)

[strawberry 3.141]

@shazglass There is a error log in the module. Also there is a hidden debug option for for informations debug: true

[shazglass]

@strawberry-3.141 Hi - thank you for your reply. Ok, so how do I fix the error log in the module? and where must i type debug: true? Sorry for being a pain - like I said, I have no idea, I am seriously just helping my son, who also just taught himself by reading all of this information.

[strawberry 3.141]

@shazglass

{
  module: 'MMM-voice',
  position: 'bottom_bar',
  config: {
    microphone: 1,
    debug: true
  }
},

post your error and debug log, it’s huge so maybe on pastebin

[shazglass]

@strawberry-3.141

/* 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: "mmm-systemtemperature",
			position: "top_center",	
			classes: 'small dimmed', 		
		},
		{
    			module: "MMM-Lunartic",
    			position: "top_center",                   
    			config: { 
					image: "animation",                    
					distance: "km",                      
					useHeader: true,                      
					header: "The Moon",   
					maxWidth: "300px",
					animationSpeed: 3000,                   
    			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third",
			config: {
				compliments: {
					anytime: [
						"Hey there Tyler!"
					],
					morning: [
						"Good morning, Tyler!",
						"Enjoy your day!",
						"How was your sleep Tyler?"
					],
					afternoon: [
						"Hello, Tyler!",
						"How was school Tyler?",
						"Looking good today!"
					],
					evening: [
						"Have a great evening!",
						"You look nice!",
						"Sleep well Tyler!"
					]
				}
			}
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "Johannesburg,South_Africa",
				locationID: "3362024",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
				appid: "9cb2b560a465957274fa56860a202af5"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "Johannesburg,South_Africa",
				locationID: "3362024",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
				appid: "c65138e0beb14c63bdf5f804f8816f74"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-CountDown",
			position: "bottom_right",
			config: {
				event: "End of Term 2",
				date: "2018-06-22",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-voice",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				microphone: 1,
			debug: true
    			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-QRCode",
			position: "bottom_left",
			config: {
				text: " Scan to join Home Wifi",
				colorDark  : "#fff",
				colorLight : "#000",
        			imageSize  : 60,               
        			showRaw    : false,
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "EWN News",
						url: "http://ewn.co.za/RSS%20Feeds/Latest%20News"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
	]

};

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

This is my config/config.js I have no clue whats wrong, but things arent even in the same place as before? The QRCode is higher, the Countdown is higher, the Moon thing is squashed. I think I am killing my sons project. The MM shows the mic display but says ERROR then UNDEFINED.

[Mykle1]

@shazglass said in MMM-voice setup but MagicMirror wont display:

thnx again Mykle, and I am a mom to a 15 year old :)

That is fantastic, and you are most welcome. I will leave you in the hands of @strawberry 3.141. He is the author of MMM-voice and best qualified to help you. If there is anything else that I can help you with, just ask, or PM me.

A chilly, sunny NYC morning to you. :-)

[shazglass]

@Mykle1 Thank you!! I hope I can help my son with this! Thank you for your help, I seriously appreciate your time.
From a hot sunny South Africa;)

[cyberphox]

if Strawberry can’t fix it…no one can!!!

[shazglass]

@Mykle1
I would just like to say a MASSIVE and HUGE THANK YOU to you for helping me fix the problem I was experiencing!! I PM’ed you and you have spend the last 10 minutes of your Sunday helping out a complete stranger who half the time didn’t know what you were asking me to do.
So, you will be mentioned in my son’s science project that he has chosen to do the MM on.
without you, there was no WOW factor! @Mykle1 - you are an ANGEL!!! thank you so much!!! x

[strawberry 3.141]

@shazglass maybe you want to explain here what solved your issue, so people that experience the same issue can see the solution :)

[shazglass]

@strawberry-3.141 I have to be dead honest, I dont know! I was asked to run a few commands in the terminal and when asked to start the MM…after a couple of commands later it worked. the best person to ask is Myle…I am to much of a newbie to understand…sorry.

[Mykle1]

@shazglass said in MMM-voice setup but MagicMirror wont display:

the best person to ask is Myle

I don’t know who this Myle guy is but I’ll answer for him. :-)

Months ago, in an old topic, somewhere on this forum, I found this fix, and saved it. As I’ve always been a fan of @Strawberry’s MMM-voice, I thought that I would need it in the future, and I was right. I’ve installed MMM-voice several times, on several machines, and every time the installation completes, yet the module ERROR’s upon loading. Based on these two commands, I’m thinking a path to specific files needs to be corrected. This also leads the user to think they’ve done something wrong, when in fact, they haven’t.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib

sudo ldconfig

[shazglass]

@Mykle1 oops! See what happens when I type - thnk goodness my son is doing all the hard work! pologies or the incorrect name ;)

And I do agree - I thought I had done something wrong and messed up my son’s voice commands. But again THANK YOU for he help - will tackle “hello-Lucy” with my son this weekend…fingers crossed!