MMM-voice setup but MagicMirror wont display

[shazglass]

Hi everyone. am so new at this its scary - but that said, I have manged to build my own MM with a few added 3rd party modules, and I managed to change the notifications to be more personalized. I have managed to install MMM-voice, and written in the MagicMirror config/config.js file as directed, but I can’t get the MM to display any more. please can someone help me?
I really would appreciate your time … many many thnx!

              {
			module: "MMM-voice",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				microphone: 1,
				...
    			}
		},

[cyberphox]

Remove the …

[shazglass]

@cyberphox wow that was a fast response! thank you
ok, removed the … MM now works but shows a microphone and says error.
What have I done wrong?

[shazglass]

I have my mic plugged into a USB sound card on my pi. Is that ok, or should I plug it directly into the audio of the pi? My mic is not a USB connection.

[cyberphox]

Run this from terminal

cat /proc/asound/cards

and see if your microphone is listed as : 1

[shazglass]

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

cat /proc/asound/cards

this is the response:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [ALSA ]: bcm2835_alsa - bcm2835 ALSA
bcm2835 ALSA
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

[shazglass]

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

cat /proc/asound/cards

the one above I took the USB sound card out and plugged the mic directly to the pi.

this one I did your command again with the sound card in the USB slot and mic connected to USB sound card:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [ALSA ]: bcm2835_alsa - bcm2835 ALSA
bcm2835 ALSA
1 [Device ]: USB-Audio - USB Audio Device
GeneralPlus USB Audio Device at usb-3f980000.usb-1.3, full speed

[shazglass]

I have gone onto the pi itself and chossen the usb as an audio device with clicking microphone and microphone capture… but still shows the “error” in MM display.

[cyberphox]

and you ran the dependencies script from the installers folder?

[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