Hi,

You would have to read the card information coming back from alexa.
I’m currently in the middle of a project doing just that!

I’ve come to a point where I can communicatie between alexa and the mirror. Passing on info from the card is one of my next steps.

Maybe we can keep each other posted on the progress? See mine in my blog :

[https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com](link url)

did you start your installation command with sudo ?

Hi,

I’m facing a problem where, in my code, the module doesn’t read the config file somehow. Below is my configuration in config.js. I don’t see something wrong.

	{
		module: 'MMM-matrixeffect',
		position: 'lower_third',
		canvasWidth:400,
		canvasHeight:400,
		textPoints:10,
		fontName:"Courier New",
		textColor:"#F00",
		updateSpeed:400
	},

I check the contents of the config with this. When watching this, it’s always the default.

		 	Log.info(this.config);

any one an idea?

thanks

I’m currently working on alexa and MM integration but leveraging all of the resources amazon provides.
Not nearly there yet, but check out the progress in my blog
[https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com](link url)

@alexyak
Hi, looking at your reply, that sounds a lot like what I’m doing in my blog :

[https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com](link url)

I’m connecting the alexa java client to the MM on a RPI. Anywhere near that? If so, got any resources for me, like Alexa skill code or something?

Much appreciated

Maybe my blog can help?
https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com

@strawberry-3.141
Indeed, that’s what I realized after browsing through the syslog code. Kudo’s!

Hi there,
I’ve been playing around, and changed the solution to the MMM-syslog alternative.
Check it out in my blogpost:
[https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/an-alternative-custom-module/](link url)

Thanks again for the pointer!

@broberg

thank you very much for pointing this out to me. Looking at the code that might indeed be a viable alternative.
I’m going to check it out, and post an article to my blog with my findings.

Re: Communication between webserver and MM

Hi strawberry,
many thanks for your reply.

I’ve been playing around. A lot. And I’ve come to a solution.
The reason why I want to adjust the core is because I want to be able to control the entire mirror from another application. Whether it be a desktop application, another background process, and even Alexa Voice Services. The easiest way to do this is via HTTP I think, certainly because those processes could be running on other machines. I’ve succeeded in creating a system to do this. You can read all about in on my blog.

[https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/letting-the-electron-server-speak-to-the-mirror-client/](link url)

Thanks again!