@AxLed

Thanks… I just may get one of these to at least give it a try… How would you rate the performance of this, to that of using the 3.5 on a pc?

This would obviously be a much cheaper option, but only if the performance is really great compared to just the usb mic.

But as @Mykle1 noted, the Lucy graphics works best on a PC, but has given a Pi alternative, so will have a look at the two - on a Pi, and PC, and see which one suits best.

If the Pi version looks/works in a similar way to the PC version, and your suggested USB mic works great, then this may be the way to go?

Thanks.

Thanks very much @Mykle1. I share your sentiments about the Pi. :-(
My house mirror is made such that the Pi has to be used. But with a little bit of jiggery-pokery I,m sure I can work on a really long HDMI to a hidden PC, and use a 3.5 Mic ;-)

I’ve been abroad working for a while and only just catching up on what is new on here… and really loving the idea of your Lucy. This would, for me, be the jewel in the crown :-)

So heartfelt thanks for your efforts on this, and I shall look forward to using this with utmost pleasure. :-)

@Mykle1

You say that using a usb mic on the pi is not great, because of Latency, how bad is it? Is it such that it would render the user completely disgruntled using it with Lucy?
And you say using a 3.5 jack microphone is better, albeit on a PC, etc… so I take it that this is really the best all round solution, owing to the limitations of the Pi?

Thanks

@Mykle1

Thanks very much for the info, much appreciated.

Yeah 20 modules was just a ball park, as there would only be a certain amount that I think would be appropriate for him, and for it to be placed in his reception, and edited to suit.

Good to know this is doable so i can showcase as much as I think he would like, so he could ponder on what his finished MM will have.

You say you tweeked the MMM. Voice? I take this is just through normal css, and such eh? And not something you have added/altered into the module itself?

I did try, as others before me did also, and failed… to get the microphone working through the Pi and Alexa, but gave up for the same reason you just mentioned, so will try that module through my PC MM build ( thanks to your tutorial on that)

For now I shall get and play about with carousel to see what I can do there, and pop back if I have any problems/additional points I need help on… so once again, many thanks for your info here, its gave me incentive to make this demo look as smart as I can for this guy to see what all my praise was about… and if you have any tips/pointers re-MMM.Voice, i’m all ears .

Hello, I will give you a quck run down of my plan, to see if this is at all possible, before asking the serious questions.

I have sang the praises of MM to anyone/everyone that cares to listen, and one in particular, who owns a company, has asked me to build one for them, to hang in their reception area, and to show them all of it’s capabilities, so they could choose which modules they would like on it, and to CSS to their wants.

Is it at all possible to have about, say 20 modules within MM that I think would be appropriate for his environment, and be able to scroll through them all so this guy could see them work, and pick what he wants in his finished mirror? I have heard mention of carousel within a few posts, but have not looked at it or even read/ tried it myself, so unsure if that is what I could use?

I would also like to include the voice module I seen in Mykle1 post where he closes it down/hide modules… that would be a neat addition to showcase to this guy, and even better if that voice module has future growth to enable other actions to control the modules?

The conversation revealed that he would love at least a 75" TV as he has a large reception, and if the MM was half as good as I portraid it, then 75" would suit it very nicely.

I have a spare Pi that I already have as a back up of my personal set up, so I would just use that to show him, but would also inform him that the Pi is not the only tool that can be used, as his company has plenty PC’s that could be used instead - for max power… and also that it can be used through a browser instead.

I also had a thought about his company logo… sort of 3D rotating? if that would be possible, but appreciate a PC power would prob be better for something like that instead of the Pi?

Any and all input welcome, and appreciated.

Thanks

Hello,

I have been here quite a few months now and on the whole I have been helped several times, so thanks very much to those who have helped me, it is very much appreciated, but mostly I just lurk and pick up various help off other posts.

But on reading through a few posts here, there seems to be some sort of Alzheimer’s disease within many posts… and by that I mean being answered by people who have clearly forgot what this forum is all about, and that they too came to this forum as green as grass knowing nothing, and asked more or less the exact same questions that are being asked today.

If these people were treated/spoken to, in the way they now treat/speak to people, then this forum may never have lasted?

These people should simply not post anything if the only thing they have to offer is a sarcastic, or arrogant comment, that is not helpfull to the person asking the question. In my humble opinion, the only dumb question is the question not asked !

Guys, we know there is a search function here, but sometimes the results do not procure the specific answer to their specific question, with their specific set up, and therefore asks on the forum for help… so if a newbie is asking a question that annoys you since it has been asked several times in the past, and quite possibly buried so deep in an unrelated post it is hard to find, then simply do not answer… its not hard to ignore eh?

Forums only last if people find it a pleasant, happy, helpfull place, where they do not have to worry themselves about being barked at because someone is sick seeing a similar question being asked several times… It’s nice to be nice guys.

Im also on another forum, and this notice is pinned right at the very top for everyone to see, and I see the very same questions being asked over, and over, and over… and not one of its members, old and new, have ever barked at the poster and told where the search box is, or to expand their knowledge by sourcing out the answer(s) themselves.
This is, in my humble opinion, why its members are on the rise, and why they all come back time and time again to help out and also just to openly share hints and tips they have found, and also to pick up on the newer adds and updates… and it is really a nice friendly place to be in, and return to several times a day, even if I have nothing to ask about.

!!!!!!PLEASE READ!!!!!!!

The reason we started this group, was that i saw lack of respect for new members on other groups, and also people asking questions that have been asked before and told to use the search to questions that had been asked before. On here you can ask questions even if some one else has asked the same question before, help is always at hand if you need it.
As with all groups we have to have a few rules with all that has happened recently, so its pretty easy, please read the pinned post picture and also there are some great links for you as well

Now, if you take a deep breath, count to 10, and re-read this post one more time before letting off steam, you will see this is an observation, my observation and my opinion… this is not a rant, or debate, or getting at anyone in particular, just my own observation for veteren members to reflect upon, and maybe, just maybe, take on board the sentiments of that pinned post above, and keep this forum going, with vibrance, as well as enthusiastic compassion, and above all, to think back to the first day you came here knowing absolutely nothing about this project, JS, Linux, CSS, et al, and relied on the experts to guide you, not to push you away to the side to search out the answers yourself… as if that was the case then why are you here? why not just have one page with one title “SEARCH HERE FOR YOUR ANSWERS” ? … Sounds silly eh? But is it? Is’nt that what happens - often?

Crude analogy — Checking into a hotel, having key thrown on counter and told to search out location of your room yourself, and carry your own luggage upstairs, and told where the kitchen is so you can make your own meals… Would you be keen to return to that hotel again?

I love the MM concept, and know it has so much more future possibilites, and not just “This years new fad” that will soon be forgot about like a Windows phone… and where better than the only MM forum there is, to promote it to its best, buy encouraging its members to treat it as a club, and to come back to, time and time again, with enthusiasim, and to share ideas, and develop more and more and more?

I took my time out to post my observations, through my compassion for MM, so please do not read into this for something that it’s not.

Thanks.

The ball is now in your court guys.

Hello, looking at ways to integrate MM into my home automation set-up and searching out numerous new things to broaden my knowlege, and to piece together something or other that I can work on, and came across this, and wondered what part this has, or could have, within MM? as I see numerous things I can play about with, albeit it is a click based interface that could limit functuality unless one has touch screen?

I’m not at all Linux minded, or fully know the architecture of MM, but I’m very tech minded, and am learning (very slowly) about the MM, Pi, and Linux, so appologies if this is already, wholy, or in part, within the guts of MM.

https://nodered.org/

@Terrence
No problem mate. Thanks for info as thats gives me a head start to work on as I intended pulling in from my main networked PC that has all my media on it, and far too much music for even the biggest of sd cards :-) so will play about with your settings and see if I can maybe link it to my PC?

Thanks again.

@Terrence
Thank you for that, do you import from local, or from external ? If local how did you manage to link to source?

Thank you

@Terrence
Hello, can you tell me where and how you managed to change the port?
Thank you

@cowboysdude

I’m getting there in baby steps, but it’s like trying to learn russian by reading a chinese book :-)

@alberttwong

hello, this may not be what you want to do, but I had similar problem, and just cut out the section from wall that the monitor parts protruded out too much so now the sticking out bits are inside the wall and mirror is a lot closer to wall now. You will be hard pushed to find a LCD to your spec, as you would have to source out all the tech details for all the monitors just to see which boards are slimmer than your one.

@Mykle1 said in Cheap as chips.....:

After all that, I’m thinking, you will NOT have a problem with MM. :^)

:-D If only linux/JS were that easy for me, it is worlds apart from what I am used to ;-)

@Mykle1 said in Cheap as chips.....:
Sounds damn cool though! :^)

Cool, but quite a lot of work coding and making macros, using Broadlink RM Pro (IR and RF), with BlackBean in another room to automate there by IR, using a Droid box as a hub, and now controlling every light, every power point switch, lamps,TV’s, all functions of my AV equipment, LED striplights, spot lights, power on/off my PC’s, access any app/file on PC’s, use and control my Plex server to watch movies, listen to music, view pictures, open close my blinds, Volume up/down on TV’s, change source, change channels, full control of droid box, ect, ect, all by voice control only.

Now I’m back fully with MM and hope to do more with that.

@Mykle1

Thanks, will need to dig out another keyboard as this mini one only goes to F10, but thanks for that as I did wonder how it was possible for full screen mode. Every day is a school day ;-)

@cowboysdude
@Mykle1

Sorry but I never noticed these replies or would have replied earlier, I managed by following @Mykle1 guide. and it worked as expected. Been so busy with setyting up full Alexa home automation in my home that I manage on here for quick visits only, but now automation is complete, I can come back to MM and continue with it, and hopefully incorporate MM in some way, although I already have alexa power up/down the monitor.

@cowboysdude
Thank you, yes when I did the update it did throw the usual warn about compliments and clock that I changed, and I just ended up doing the “remove” option, because I was in a rush, thinking I could just simply C&P the small changes over, but not quite that simple :-( so will keep your .js file somewhere safe.

Hello, I have managed to add my PC ip to MM whitelist, and enter Pi ip into google, and it shows up in chrome browser, but how do you guys get it full screen ? as in so it takes up entire screen of TV as if it has its own MM included?

Thank you

@cowboysdude

Hello, after updating MM, your color changes for compliments wont work? set up exactly as before but for some reason it stays white?

.compliments .morning {
color: #f83e07;
}
.compliments .afternoon {
color: #5607ff;
}
.compliments .evening {
color: #5408cc;
}

is this due to the update, or is something new to be done?

Thank you

@Sean
That is Awesome Sean, sorry if this is what you meant in other post as I was confused by what you meant by making other, seperate, calendars within my own, but those links have fully answered it. so thanks very much for that, I will now go have fun setting everything up.