Mycroft Webcaht Client and Bluetooth presence service for Mycroft

Mycroft Webchat Client and Mycroft bluetooth service getting the MAC address of a Bluetooth device.

Requirements

This code requires the bluetooth module to be installed. On Mark1, Picroft or Ubuntu/Debian systems, this can usually be done with the following commands:

sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez blueman

sudo reboot now

For use with Mark1 or if you have problem with Picroft you need a USB Bluetooth dongle like this

Installation

For all installations

cd /opt/mycroft

if the installation is in Mark1 or Picroft

sudo su mycroft

For all installations

git clone https://github.com/jcasoft/external-services.git

if the installation is in Mark1 or Picroft

exit

For all installations

sudo chmod -R a+rwx /opt/mycroft/external-services

Installation of USB bluetooth dongle on Mark1 or if you have problem with Picroft

Plug the USB bluetooth dongle

Mark1 command line

    hciconfig -a hci1

    sudo hciconfig hci1 up

    sudo reboot now

Configuration

Locate your configuration file and add the section detailed belove

Linux

nano ~/.mycroft/mycroft.conf

Mark1 or Picroft

nano /home/pi/.mycroft/mycroft.conf

and

sudo su mycroft
nano /home/mycroft/.mycroft/mycroft.conf
exit

Add this section to mycroft.conf

"Proximity": {
    "proximity_enabled": true, 
    "proximity_data": [
        {"bt_id": "00:00:00:00:00:1A","name": "Juan Carlos"},
        {"bt_id": "00:00:00:00:00:1B","name": "Adriana"},
        {"bt_id": "00:00:00:00:00:1C","name": "Daniella"},
        {"bt_id": "00:00:00:00:00:1D","name": "Enzo"},
        {"bt_id": "00:00:00:00:00:1E","name": "Gianluca"}
    ]
}

Fill the bt_id with bluetooth MAC address of your smartphone

How to start Presence service

Linux

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash start-presence.sh linux

cd ~/mycroft-core
bash start-mycroft.sh debug

Mark1 or Picroft

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash start-presence.sh mark1   
or
bash start-presence.sh picroft

How to stop Presence service

Linux, Mark1 and Picroft

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash stop-presence.sh

How to start Webchat service

Linux

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash start-webchat.sh linux

cd ~/mycroft-core
bash start-mycroft.sh debug

Mark1 or Picroft

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash start-webchat.sh mark1
or
bash start-webchat.sh picroft

How to stop Webchat service

Linux, Mark1 and Picroft

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash stop-webchat.sh

How to start both service

Linux

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash start-all.sh linux

cd ~/mycroft-core
bash start-mycroft.sh debug

Mark1 or Picroft cd /opt/mycroft/external-services

bash start-all.sh mark1
or   
bash start-all.sh picroft

How to stop both services

Linux, Mark1 and Picroft

cd /opt/mycroft/external-services
bash stop-all.sh

How to access Web chat from your browser

http://localhost:9090
or
http://MYCROFT-IP-ADDRESS:9090

How to use Webcaht Client and Bluetooth presence service

Notes

Give me a Github star and follow me on YouTube !, to continue developing and improving skills and services in Mycroft

Credits

Author: jcasoft
        Juan Carlos Argueta