@legtod2 Opps minor tweak on commands.json
{"trigger":"Open Calculator","command":"/home/pi/open_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"calculator","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"Close Calculator","command":"/home/pi/close_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"exit","allowParams": "false"},
I guess I need to learn about a command with options
@legtod2 Ok so here's my open and close galculator that works
{"trigger":"Open Calculator","command":"/home/pi/open_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"open calculator","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"Close Calculator","command":"/home/pi/close_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"close calculator","allowParams": "false"},
cat open_galc.sh
#!/bin/bash
su - pi -c 'export DISPLAY=:0.0; galculator'
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat close_galc.sh
#!/bin/bash
su - pi -c 'export DISPLAY=:0.0; killall -9 galculator'
@legtod2 That works pretty well
#!/bin/bash
su - pi -c 'export DISPLAY=:0.0; galculator'
{"trigger":"Gnome Calculator","command":"/home/pi/galc.sh","ground":"foregroun
d","voice":"calculator","allowParams": "false"},
Now the next logical question is a close command.
Should I have a 2nd script to perform a kill command or is there a slicker options of having a trigger command with option of open and close ?
@russ that makes sense and easy to implement. Thanks for the advise.
@russ Correct. Simply a trigger cmd with the ability to display text or a media picture or object to the echo show. It could also be helpful like
for run calculator
for run close calculator or more helpful reminders
I am creating an interface to fruitbox jukebox
So when I want to increase volume or pause or skip songs I can add text display to echo show screen.
Logging on raspberry pi.
Building a few triggercmds on my raspberry pi.
Simple commands like shutdown and reboot work fine.
If I want to launch foreground apps like the calculator "galculator" needs to launch a xterm or gnome app. The default user is pi and triggeragent runs as root.
For debugging purposes of cmds how do I log and view the results.
For example here is my calulator example.
{"trigger":"Gnome Calculator","command":"galculator","ground":"foreground","voice":"calculator","allowParams": "false"},
My assumption is that the command needs references to pi user and xterminal references to launch. But I cant see debug results to fix commands as they become more complex.
@russ
I would like for the echo show screen to remind the user to give my own examples of trigger cmds
For example when I say :
Echo open triggercmd.
Echo show screen displays:
Say something like run calculator on officepc
Launched
Can I control this display to display something else
On echo show and google display screens can we display text and buttons?
@russ Very cool suggestion. Send the equivalent to pressing a local keyboard keypress.
@russ I have the pi inside a 1945 Radio Cabinet. The Audio out is via the headphone jack to an amplifier. The pi is connected to a 7" touchscreen display so the user can navigate the menu interface.
I will set up a short youtube to provide details of the project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1oHlUs0z8
Here is the family of raspberry pi/arduino projects. Jukebox at the end
https://youtu.be/elCitgHJhkA
I have a Raspberry Pi running Fruitbox Jukebox application. I modified the application to provide Text to Speech to announce songs before they play. Now I would like to integrate Amazon Alexa so that I can power on/off the pi (that's simple), and have my own integration to the fruitbox jukebox application. I want it to do commands like volume Up/Down, Play, Next, Pause, Stop, Play selection A1, Play random/Shuffle, Play playlist 80's music.
There are existing skills out there like plex, mymedia, that do this stuff but it stream the music via the alexa device. I want the application to behave like a fancy remote control via voice and the music playing from the pi not alexa.
I probably could also use the Linux Lircd remote control samples to but I am not using that to control the app.
Any sample scripts and curl like urls for volume control, play buttons, etc that could help me on my journey ?