Image 1 — Setting up Echo Spot for VACA
Image 2 — Setting up Echo Spot for VACA

Setting up Echo Spot for VACA

Hello! I have finally gotten my jailbroken Echo Spot set up comfortably with View Assist Companion App and I would like to share my configuration if anyone wants to replicate my result!

  • Zoom level: 1.0
  • Wake word threshold: 5.0
  • Wake word: Alexa
  • Wake word sound: Alexa
  • Wake word engine: OpenWakeWord(onnx)

For the device itself, I downloaded the companion app from the GitHub and I logged in with a special account for the device. For this account, I set the default dashboard to be hidden and added an analog clock with the following configuration:

kiosk_mode:
  hide_header: true
views:
  - type: panel
    path: ''
    cards:
      - type: clock
        clock_style: analog
        clock_size: large
        show_seconds: true
        no_background: true
        border: false
        ticks: hour
        face_style: markers
        seconds_motion: continuous
        time_zone: America/New_York
        date_format:
          - weekday-short
          - day-numeric
        grid_options:
          columns: 12
          rows: 4
    icon: mdi:circle-double

To edit the dashboard later, use "?disable_km" in the url. The only downside I have with this device is that when I press the power button (previously the mute button), the screen can mildly flicker sometimes. That is solved with a restart, but important to look out for. So far i'm liking it, but does anyone have an easy way to change the clock hand and text colors?

u/Chicken-LoverYT — 1 day ago

Strange discovery

I have a River 2 Pro and so far it works great. My only problem is that every week the BMS incorrectly jumps to 100% (see image). I have done multiple recalibrations by draining the battery and charging through AC, but it only fixes things temporarily. I use this battery plugged into a 200 W solar panel and the unit stays on 24/7. For the last few days I have had this battery only connect via Bluetooth instead of WiFi to change settings and so far the BMS doesn't seem to be having problems and keeps to the maximum set percentage I had on (80%). The device is on the latest firmware and previously used the EcoFlow Cloud HA integration.

u/Chicken-LoverYT — 17 days ago

My friend drove by this yesterday

I guess this type of post belongs here and not r/SchizophreniaRides. Should be allowed to post it there also, but whatever.

u/Chicken-LoverYT — 19 days ago

Issue with starting and updating to V3

Hello! After upgrading from 12.20.15 to either 3.0.0 or 3.0.1, my instance would not start up. I tried rolling back to 12.20.15 after updating to 3.0.3 and that worked, but going to any 3.x.x would not work AT ALL. I purged images and containers, and again nothing.

I know I need to just deal with the older version for now, but why would this be happening? I use the docker engine and compose from snap (downloaded during Ubuntu LTS OS setup), so maybe that?

Update: To fix this, set your PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY in your "environment:" field and name your .env file to ".env" and nothing else.

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u/Chicken-LoverYT — 23 days ago

It’s been a long time coming, Echo Spot is now liberated!

I’ve had this device since 2018 and only two years ago did I unplug it completely. It’s been sitting in my closet until this month I saw a jailbreak guide on XDAForums from a random Google search. After two days of worrying I did something wrong I successfully got it working with the custom LineageOS! To my understanding this is an uncommon device to own, but if you do have it, this might be a good option to get more use out of it.

Edit: forgot to mention before but when setting up the WiFi, the touchscreen keyboard wouldn’t let me type in numbers. I ended up working around this by copying and pasting numbers from the calculator app.

u/Chicken-LoverYT — 2 months ago

Moderation does not work anymore

How can they let this happen? Barely covered butts from 🌽 stars.

u/Chicken-LoverYT — 2 months ago

Why doesn’t Amazon make a Street View competitor?

Think about it, the electric delivery trucks are perfect for this and Google has a monopoly on the space.

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u/Chicken-LoverYT — 2 months ago

Snapchat introducing "AI Sponsored Snaps"

Last time I used this app was about a year ago and the amount of ads in the app are encroaching at a rapid pace. Genuinely, why do people still use this app when it’s 50% ads, 20% gross/lust slop content, and 30% actual communication?

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u/Chicken-LoverYT — 3 months ago