@sdetweil I think that could be down to having the old snowboy modules which can be updated following this guide here: https://www.howtogeek.com/423233/how-to-add-alexa-to-your-smart-mirror/

It would suck if the videos the dude made were misleading and all that effort invested is in vain… well not entirely as there are other cool features to be implemented on the mirror but this was one of my main reasons, to have Alexa.

Funny enough is that I have it linked it with AVS but as you said other modules are out of date and are probably not functional by now so yeah…

Any suggestion to use other modules such as this but providing the full experience? Google assistant modules perhaps?

EDIT:

Alright this guy is busted… he never had any sort of module to control alexa over the mirror, here’s the parts he used which he never mention in his videos (ECHO DOT)

http://gregensom.com/Build/SmartMirror/

So yeah, hit me up with suggestions on this one, I either buy echo dot or I find a module and do it myself which I would prefer more :)

EDIT2: Of which I am really confused by this bit in the video: https://youtu.be/aa3VVZA0e5Y?t=429 HOW?!!?

Thanks,
Vlatko

@sdetweil

Cheers Sam,

I hope someone else could provide me that answer here as I am really confused to how this guy has full control over his calendar, spotify etc. via the alexa module on the mirror! Feeling helpless here as my mirror won’t even appear in my alexa app(cloud) as a device (well I did tried something but it says offline as described previously) :)

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1HROb1JCteiftaWwq7Hhhg/videos

Thanks,
Vlatko

@sdetweil

Hi Sam,

Alright that’s cool I think I’ve put my question wrong, is it possible to have the mmm-awesome-alexa (standalone app) linked with alexa(cloud) without owning any amazon echo dot in my household i.e. the rapsi to be my first and only device with the awesome-alexa module? :)

I did heard that from a friend that his echo dot couldn’t be seen from the WAN side but he could still drop in and announce messages to it which I believe is using different callback settings/ports than the actual device communication, haven’t gone into details as yourself but that’s good to know :)

Thanks,
Vlatko

@sdetweil

Hey Sam!

Thanks for coming coming back on this! Well I must say I was thinking the same that it could be due to something like that and the name of the Spotify module says it all doesn’t it :)

I was tricked by this video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7wqm8h3PnA
He didn’t mentioned anywhere how he controls Spotify, so I assumed Alexa somehow knew how to reach spotify and the module just to display the now playing.

So I need client is what you say right?
And about the calendar I already gave alexa rights through the Alexa app on my android phone but the funny thing is that when I go to devices it says that it’s offline?

Cheers,
Vlatko

Hi @dolanmiu awesome job with the Alexa I must say!!

I have set it up however I think it’s behaving weird or I am missing some bits and pieces to make it work! I’ve added MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify and google calendar however when I try to ask Alexa to add event on the calendar or to play Spotify it has no idea, what am I missing here, please let me know what logs I can provide to troubleshoot!

Cheers,
Vlatko

Hello Guys,

I got MM rolling and everything seems fine so far, except few issues I’ve spotted. The modules I am currently running are MMM-awesome-alexa and the default RSS, Weather and google calendar. All seems fine until the moment I ask Alexa something specific such as: “Alexa what’s new?” or “Alexa yoddle (lol)” then what happens is alexa accepts the command but the screen gets “semi” frozen (everything runs in the background) but seems like only MMM-Awesome-Alexa bugs out and until i do a ctrl+Q and let pm2 start it again then everything comes back to normal.

I am wondering if this is some install module I am missing? Asking this because the second issue I am having is on my android phone I have “Amazon Alexa” app installed, however when i browse all devices I can see my magic mirror as a device there but it says it’s “Offline” which is annoying and I couldn’t find a solution/workaround to this since I would like to enable this feature so I can add calendar events with it through alexa (google calendar already linked and allowed to be accessed by avs)

Any help would be much appreciated, I am happy to supply logs and traces if needed!

Here’s some snips:
magic mirror : https://ibb.co/s3cCJGt
Alexa App showing device as Offline: https://ibb.co/2g3wZh4

Cheers everyone!
Vlatko