I’m the one who wrote this functionality for this module, and I didn’t exactly design it to be able to send a notification for every state change. I designed it to look for a specific state and send a notification when the state matches something you’re looking for.

For example, if you want something to happen when your smart lock is in the unlocked state.

That being said, I just looked at the code again, and I don’t think it would be too difficult to modify it to notify on every state change if stateVal is empty.

Give me some time and I’ll see what I can do to make this happen for you.

I assume you would want the notification to return the current state of the sensor?

Not sure if I understand the issue.

You want to inhibit the screensaver?

I have a script in the startup:

#!/bin/sh
xset -dpms # disable DPMS (Energy Star) features.
xset s off # disable screen saver
xset s noblank # don’t blank the video device
unclutter & # loose the cursor

This works for me on a Pi0 which doesn’t have a desktop, might be different if you have a console loaded at boot.
Others have mentioned installing the screensaver app and using that to inhibit the display blanking.

If you want to switch the display from a phone, try RasPiCheck (available from Google Play) & set up a couple of console commands:

vcgencmd display_power 1 # for on
vcgencmd display_power 0 # for off

you’ll need SSH switched on in the Pi config & know the Pi ip-address.

I should know this …
But you are right.
Thank you

Trying to install that module, get the following results :

MMM-RTSPStream@1.2.1 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream
./install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server

Applying Graceful Shutdown patch to MagicMirror.
error: Anwendung des Patches fehlgeschlagen: js/electron.js:96
error: js/electron.js: Patch konnte nicht angewendet werden

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.3: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“arm”})
npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35-v7+
npm ERR! argv “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/bin/npm” “install”
npm ERR! node v6.12.0
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! MMM-RTSPStream@1.2.1 postinstall: ./install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the MMM-RTSPStream@1.2.1 postinstall script ‘./install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server’.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the MMM-RTSPStream package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! ./install_sd_patch.sh && sudo npm i -g http-server
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs MMM-RTSPStream
npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls MMM-RTSPStream
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RTSPStream/npm-debug.log

What I am supposed to do know ?

@howi42 you can use z-index in custom.css to choose the stack level of elements

Is there a way to run AlexaPi without pulse at all ?
If yes, how to do this ?
The reason for this :

Debian Stretch comes without Pulse now, Alsa should be all we need.
It is possible to install Pulseaudio manually, but since Pulse always caused me problems
when using AlexaPi, I want to try it without.
Thanks.

@Sean said in Multiple audio input:

AssistantPi

Thanks, I will give it try.
BTW, I tried AlexaPi earlier, not the best results.
It crashes always when questions get a bit longer.
Restart helps, but that is not a good option.
Just for completeness :
This is a typical result if you ask Alexa a longer question, like :
How is the weather in Berlin

Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py”, line 810, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py”, line 763, in run
self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
File “/opt/AlexaPi/src/main.py”, line 611, in trigger_process
alexa_speech_recognizer(audio_stream)
File “/opt/AlexaPi/src/main.py”, line 420, in alexa_speech_recognizer
process_response(resp)
File “/opt/AlexaPi/src/main.py”, line 510, in process_response
with open(filename, ‘wb’) as f:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/tmp/AlexaPi-runtime-1HoVt4/5bdf1b19-4123-42fb-8c65-863eb1b071e3#Alexa3P:1.0/2017/08/31/21/3cd42c9aa6484b8c90aa75b6f956bf47/06:50::TNIH_2V.11cf1cd6-6ebf-4e5b-81fc-c7f609a99e06ZXV/0_1364971548.mp3’

@howi42 said in MMM-YrNow:

1-2259969

I did…no return and no error so honestly I cannot tell you why it’s not working beyond the stock location numbers…

I can check my weather here but use the number in the url and doesn’t work here either…

So at this point I have no advice to offer… I’m confused by this too… if I enter the url in my browser it returns the data but won’t show in the module either.

Is there a way to send commands to FHEM from the mirror ?
Thanks

I am trying to get a button trigger to work with this module, but no success.
The push button is connected to GPIO16, wich is the native button 12,
and I changed the config of AlexaPi to allow for this button trigger.
No success !
Actually this is an AlexaPi problem and not MMM-AlexaPi,
but if someone can show me a correct AlexaPi config, that would be great.
Thanks.

@howi42 Yeah I’ve also noticed similar problems. For example, if there is a question where Alexa needs me to wait while checking something, I never get the final answer. For example:

Me: “Alexa, is my back door locked?”
Alexa: “Checking… hold on.”

At this point the module just goes back to idle instead of telling me if the door is locked.

Similarly multiple part conversations don’t work either. Say I needed a showtime for a movie but I didn’t specify what theatre or what movie. The conversation might go like this:

Me: “Alexa, what time is the movie playing?”
Alexa: “Which movie would you like to see?”

Normally, a real Echo would go back to the prompt state expecting a response from me. But the module goes back to idle at this point.

To be fair, I don’t think this is an issue with with MMM-AlexaPi, I think it is the underlying AlexaPi library that is causing this. I haven’t tried this specifically without Magic Mirror running, but I’d be willing to bet that the same issues would happen if I did.

I’ve also noticed that Alexa will only respond reliably to my voice. It works only sometimes when my wife says “Alexa”, and practically never when either of my kids say it. They are aged 6 and 9, so I’m guessing that AlexaPi has a hard time recognizing higher pitched voices (or maybe it’s the $6 microphone I’m using :).

Resolved.
Thanks

@Refalken Yes it works.

Can I set this to be shown in the background ?
As it is now, it is always on top of everything.
Thanks

@strawberry-3.141
No problem, the PIR runs fine, but just not under ‘node serveronly’.
I can live with that.

@motdog

I just tried your config entry. The module can’t function with rotateInterval: 60,. That is only 60 milliseconds. Please try rotateInterval: 60 * 1000,. That’s 60 seconds. It will give the module time to display the image and the information that comes with each image.

How can I select the language Alexa will use ?
I finally got it up and running, but now she speaks German only.
Fine with me, but can I change it English and if yes, how ?
Thanks

Working my way through errors …

I am able to get it to load ( in serveronly mode ) :
After some time a message says :
Register Alexa Java Client by navigating to https://localhost:5555/provision/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have to do this manually to make the loading continue.
It then throws an error message, tells me that the client is registered with a token, finishes loading and when I say mirror mirror, I can talk to Alexa
and get an answer, but :

the trigger works only once registering to get a token is fine, but not for each reboot/restart running not via serveronly will not work because of that

Here is probably something still wrong.

Any ideas ?
Thanks

Thanks

Problem solved, I got it to run.

The problem around the grant request was a wrong code ( cut and paste error !!!). Then it run, but no micro ( snowboy related ).
A rebuild of snowboy solved it.

Now Alexa answers my questions !
The come a bit delayed, but they come.
Compred to the sample app, the response has quite a lot of delay.
Any ideas to speed it up ?
Thanks.

Thanks, you are right.
Will do that.

Wolfgang