@mr190e said in Sync private iCloud calendar with MagicMirror:

@ggfuzzy Where is that file? I’m too much of a noob to find it :D

Seems like I got to work again.

First of all, I installed vdirsyncer via
“sudo apt-get install vdirsyncer”,
and not using pip.

Second the command to start the systemd timer
systemctl --user enable vdirsyncer.timer
did not work at all. When typing
systemctl --user status vdirsyncer.timer
It always said the timer was dead. So I started it with its start command:
systemctl --user start vdirsyncer.timer

Third, I made the modification to vdirsyncer.service as suggested by @Beh
Run

which vdirsyncer

And remember the path. After, edit the vdirsyncer.service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/user/vdirsyncer.service

Correct the right path after “ExecStart”. My .service file looks like this:

[Unit]
Description=Synchronize calendars and contacts
Documentation=https://vdirsyncer.readthedocs.org/

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/pi/.local/bin/vdirsyncer sync
RuntimeMaxSec=3m
Restart=on-failure

@mr190e said in Sync private iCloud calendar with MagicMirror:

@ggfuzzy Where is that file? I’m too much of a noob to find it :D

Seems like I got to work again.

First of all, I installed vdirsyncer via
“sudo apt-get install vdirsyncer”,
and not using pip.

Second the command to start the systemd timer
systemctl --user enable vdirsyncer.timer
did not work at all. When typing
systemctl --user status vdirsyncer.timer
It always said the timer was dead. So I started it with its start command:
systemctl --user start vdirsyncer.timer

Third, I made the modification to vdirsyncer.service as suggested by @Beh
Run

which vdirsyncer

And remember the path. After, edit the vdirsyncer.service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/user/vdirsyncer.service

Correct the right path after “ExecStart”. My .service file looks like this:

[Unit]
Description=Synchronize calendars and contacts
Documentation=https://vdirsyncer.readthedocs.org/

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/pi/.local/bin/vdirsyncer sync
RuntimeMaxSec=3m
Restart=on-failure

@ggfuzzy Where is that file? I’m too much of a noob to find it :D

I have exactly the same problem: I can’t get MMPM get to autostart after reboot. Any ideas?

@joel_afonso &
I struggled like you to access my smart home devices. I’m German and my amazon account was bound to the German Amazon store. I knew that Alexa is working very limited outside the US. Some skills I wanted to use didn’t even exist the German skill store… very stupid thing. So I changed my Amazon Kindle Store region to the US-region, using this guide: https://intercom.help/wantboard/en/articles/1571875-transferring-your-amazon-kindle-store
After that, I re-added the skills for Philips HUE and BluOS Voice Control and voila, it works. The only thing what still doesn’t work is using reminders and alarms.
By the way: I already used Awesome-Alexa on my MagicMirror for quite some time (when it still run via the German Amazon store), so after I changed to the US store I had to re-configure Awesome-Alexa using this guide: https://www.howtogeek.com/423233/how-to-add-alexa-to-your-smart-mirror/
Remark: in this guide they forget to mention to add “https://magic-mirror-avs.github.io/Alexa-Web-Helper/authresponse” to the allowed return urls in your AVS-product settings.
To make sure I don’t carry over some old mistakes, I actually created a complete new AVS product on my developer account, so new client ID and secret, and so on.

I can’t use Amazon music on my Magic Mirror, but I anyway play music via a NAD receiver in my living room. So its safe to say that Awesome-Alexa can control smart home devices (so it has access to skills), but almost no other capability which a real Amazon Echo would have.

edit: I read a bit in the AVS console. what is funny: my MagicMirror can read Audible books. In chapter Entertainment you can see that Audible is approved:
https://imgur.com/7uE7iEg
In order to make Amazon Music (and other services) running on your Mirror, you technically have to submit your application for review to Amazon. So I guess its safe to say that you will probably never get this approved.

Try it :)

Hey guys,
I run Awesome-Alexa on my RPi3. So far everything seems to work. The only problem is I cannot access my Smart Home devices. Same with Alexa Skills. Any idea why? Do I need an Echo device to make it work?