TUTORIAL - Sonos Remote VD (using node-sonos-api)

[AutoFrank 372]

11 minutes ago, Desmo said:

I've seen the toolkit about but never used it before. Just installed it and it's pretty good, got all my stuff backed up now so should anything catastrophic happen I've got some form of external backup 

 @Desmo

yep, its a pretty neat application.

 

For your backups are they separate to the HC2

I generally have both, backup of my setup in HC2 and then all my scene and VD code on my NAS 

[Desmo 5]

Yeah, backups are on my media server so pretty safe and kept away from the HC2.

[jimicr 90]

Hey @AutoFrank,

pauseplay and togglemute work, thanks!

 

can you help me with this one:

 

Your Weather scene/ button from a few pages back, I cant get it to work... can you please take a look and help me out?

VD button lua:

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thanks

 

Jim 

[AutoFrank 372]

1 minute ago, jimicr said:

Hey @AutoFrank,

pauseplay and togglemute work, thanks!

 

can you help me with this one:

 

Your Weather scene/ button from a few pages back, I cant get it to work... can you please take a look and help me out?

VD button lua:

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thanks

 

Jim 

 

No worries @jimicr

Is your zone called 'kitchen' ?

what error messages are you getting in the debug window ?

 

[jimicr 90]

Thanks it's Kitchen and no errors in debug. I noticed that if I shorten it to the first global "wCast" it speaks upto the global but not the global..

[AutoFrank 372]

2 minutes ago, jimicr said:

Thanks it's Kitchen and no errors in debug. I noticed that if I shorten it to the first global "wCast" it speaks upto the global but not the global..

 

Hi @jimicr

two things spring to mind...(but you prob have tried both already  )

 

Is the str full encoded all the way to the end (%20 or + or whatever is needed

- If you echo the str to the debug window before you TTS it, you might see something 

 

Is there a max number of characters or max time that the google TTS is limited by ?

- have you tried just a text sentence pulled from anywhere that is of equal length or greater ? ( I know its not a limitation with the api as I have it working )

[jimicr 90]

7 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

 

Hi @jimicr

two things spring to mind...(but you prob have tried both already  )

 

Is the str full encoded all the way to the end (%20 or + or whatever is needed

- If you echo the str to the debug window before you TTS it, you might see something 

 

Is there a max number of characters or max time that the google TTS is limited by ?

- have you tried just a text sentence pulled from anywhere that is of equal length or greater ? ( I know its not a limitation with the api as I have it working )

 

The debug shows no special characters like + or %20

The speaker goes quiet for a while and then resumes playing

 

this one without globals works like a charm:

 

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Will try to speak a global in half an hour, going to try to put the girls to bed.

[jimicr 90]

Hi @AutoFrank, turned out to be a size limit: I just tried different lengths and now it works.

Found this for reference:

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 not sure if it applies here.

 

But thanks for helping!! 

[AutoFrank 372]

18 minutes ago, jimicr said:

Hi @AutoFrank, turned out to be a size limit: I just tried different lengths and now it works.

Found this for reference:

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 not sure if it applies here.

 

But thanks for helping!! 

 

@jimicr

That's interesting ..

I wonder if voiceRSS has the same restriction...

Might be worth a shot if the Google limit is too short ..

 

..Anyway glad you got it sorted .

-f

[jimicr 90]

1 minute ago, AutoFrank said:

 

@jimicr

That's interesting ..

I wonder if voiceRSS has the same restriction...

Might be worth a shot if the Google limit is too short ..

 

..Anyway glad you got it sorted .

-f

VoiceRSS can speak it all, but I dont like the voice it uses.

I am glad it's working now!

[Desmo 5]

So with me adding in a 20 second delay on the main loop meant my VD ran for 5.5 hours. Changed it to a 60 second loop to see if that extends the time.

It's never going to be practical but it might help track down what the issue might be.

 

3 Second Main Loop = 17 minutes until crash

20 Second Main Loop = 5.5 hours until crash

60 Second Main Loop = ??????

[AutoFrank 372]

20 minutes ago, Desmo said:

So with me adding in a 20 second delay on the main loop meant my VD ran for 5.5 hours. Changed it to a 60 second loop to see if that extends the time.

It's never going to be practical but it might help track down what the issue might be.

 

3 Second Main Loop = 17 minutes until crash

20 Second Main Loop = 5.5 hours until crash

60 Second Main Loop = ??????

 

@jimicr

Should be interesting to see if teh upgrade to 4.11 fixed this issue

[jimicr 90]

I am already on 4.110. But can try a few things 

[AutoFrank 372]

Just now, jimicr said:

I am already on 4.110. But can try a few things 

 

@jimicr..ah.. you took the plunge.. That's even weirder. Do you want to export the VD as is and I'll run it on my system and see if its stops. What pi (?) are you running the api on  ?

[jimicr 90]

I'm at work now will do when I get home

[Desmo 5]

I think you've mixed us up @AutoFrank....I'm not on 4.11 yet 

[AutoFrank 372]

Just now, Desmo said:

I think you've mixed us up @AutoFrank....I'm not on 4.11 yet 

 

@Desmo

.. oops ..sorry 

[jimicr 90]

1 minute ago, Desmo said:

I think you've mixed us up @AutoFrank....I'm not on 4.11 yet 

Ui Found It Weird as well haha

[AutoFrank 372]

38 minutes ago, jimicr said:

Ui Found It Weird as well haha

 

@jimicr @Desmo

 

I forgot the golden rule - Men CANNOT multitask,

...I just end up doing 2 things really badly

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2017 by AutoFrank

[Desmo 5]

So....running for 7.5 hours without a hitch with a 60 second main loop refresh. It's odd....it's almost like it can only handle so much data and then it's crashing.

Still going for now, will be interesting to see when it packs up.