Hi guys!
Any idea how this guy got his LEDs to light up differently when talking to Alexa?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3VVZA0e5Y

I’m also looking to find out the differences between the Alexa modules, it seems awesome Alexa is the best?

Thanks

@johnnyboy Keep an eye on Nextcloud also, its a fork but apparently the key developers of owncloud left to start it https://nextcloud.com/

@The_Mingler Nice! Alright that sounds pretty sweet though.

Anyone successfully controlled some Belkin WeMo stuff from Alexa? I feel like it wont be too hard to get this part figured out, since WeMo claims its supported anyways, I just dont know if there is extra configuration running from an RPI vs a normal echo/dot

@The_Mingler Great this is exactly what I was hoping to hear, thanks! Have you ever pulled up a Youtube video through an Alexa command and does that work as expected? That sounds like one of the coolest things to me

@lucallmon ah bummer I hope I can get it to work with all the features it says it has

To me this Alexa module is the only reason Im interested in Magic Mirror, a mirror that shows a clock and weather info is kind of neat but doesnt justify its cost at all to me, however being able to turn my Belkin Wemo lights on/off with Alexa commands, being able to do quick google searches, get answers to short fact based questions by voice, pull up a youtube video with a voice command, thats where the magic mirror makes sense to me, those are the features im looking for

If anyone reading this is using alexa as i described i would like to hear your experience with it and if it is working as you expected!

Anyone ever get iphone work?

I plan to use an ODROID-C2 instead of Raspberry Pi 3 for hopefully faster Alexa commands, youtube playing etc.

I am a bit worried about compatibility, specifically because I am going to use PIR sensor and a DHT22 temp/humidity sensor.

Has anyone else used the ODROID-C2 for your mirror? Anyone heard of any problems with them?

Thanks

@alexyak Anyone else notice they are using ODROID-C2

http://www.vesalia.de/e_odroidc2.htm?slc=us&gclid=CP6ai-aHmNMCFdK6wAodZ0QKVw

Checkout 1:21 of the “About” video

“We use custom built components to achieve a sleek design…”

:)

@Fonfon I don’t have a PIR sensor for my Magic Mirror yet, but I was just reading yesterday about problems with the PIR and Raspberry Pi 3

Apparently, the PIR gets interference from the Wireless chip on the Raspberry Pi 3 and it causes it to give bad readings, even the Adafruit site has a note about it:

https://www.adafruit.com/product/189

“PIR sensors and the Raspberry Pi 3 sometimes don’t get along - if you’re having false trigger reports, make sure the PIR Sensor is far away from the Pi 3”

Here is another possible solution - this guy used some kind of interference blocker on the wire, check it out:

https://helentronica.com/2016/01/11/magic-mirror-with-motion-detector/

I dont want my MM to have a camera on it, I want to switch users though by using Alexa, has anyone done this before?

Theres these:

magic-mirror-voice by whyjustin
MMM-Alexa by sakirtemel
MMM-MirrorMirrorOnTheWall by joanaz

I’m leaning toward
MMM-MirrorMirrorOnTheWall by joanaz
Alexa voice control to show/hide modules, search for images or Youtube video, and display them with the search term on the mirror.

By the way, it can play youtube videos not just show the thumbnail right? Sounds awesome