Version: 1.0
Status: ⚫⚪⚪
AVS plugin for Thunder framework.
This document describes purpose and functionality of the AVS plugin. It includes detailed specification about its configuration, methods provided and notifications sent.
All identifiers of the interfaces described in this document are case-sensitive. Thus, unless stated otherwise, all keywords, entities, properties, relations and actions should be treated as such.
The table below provides and overview of acronyms used in this document and their definitions.
Acronym | Description |
---|---|
API | Application Programming Interface |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation; a data interchange format |
JSON-RPC | A remote procedure call protocol encoded in JSON |
The table below provides and overview of terms and abbreviations used in this document and their definitions.
Term | Description |
---|---|
callsign | The name given to an instance of a plugin. One plugin can be instantiated multiple times, but each instance the instance name, callsign, must be unique. |
Ref ID | Description |
---|---|
HTTP | HTTP specification |
JSON-RPC | JSON-RPC 2.0 specification |
JSON | JSON specification |
Thunder | Thunder API Reference |
The Alexa Voice Service Headless Client serves as a personal assistant.
The plugin is designed to be loaded and executed within the Thunder framework. For more information about the framework refer to [Thunder].
The table below lists configuration options of the plugin.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
callsign | string | Plugin instance name (default: AVS) |
classname | string | Class name: AVS |
locator | string | Library name: libThunderAVS.so |
startmode | string | Determines if the plugin shall be started automatically along with the framework |
configuration | object | (optional) |
configuration.alexaclientconfig | string | The path to the AlexaClientSDKConfig.json (e.g /usr/share/Thunder/AVS/AlexaClientSDKConfig.json) |
configuration?.smartscreenconfig | string | (optional) The path to the SmartScreenSDKConfig.json (e.g /usr/share/Thunder/AVS/SmartScreenSDKConfig.json). This config will be used only when SmartScreen functionality is enabled |
configuration?.kwdmodelspath | string | (optional) Path to the Keyword Detection models (e.g /usr/share/Thunder/AVS/models). The path mus contain the localeToModels.json file |
configuration?.loglevel | string | (optional) Capitalized log level of the AVS components. Possible values: NONE, CRITICAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO. Debug log levels start from DEBUG0 up to DEBUG0 |
configuration.audiosource | string | The callsign of the plugin that provides the voice audio input or PORTAUDIO, when the portaudio library should be used. (e.g BluetoothRemoteControll, PORTAUDIO) |
configuration?.enablesmartscreen | boolean | (optional) Enable the SmartScreen support in the runtime. The SmartScreen functionality must be compiled in |
configuration?.enablekwd | boolean | (optional) Enable the Keyword Detection engine in the runtime. The KWD functionality must be compiled in |
This plugin implements the following interfaces:
- IAVSController (IAVSClient.h) (version 1.0.0) (uncompliant-collapsed format)
The following methods are provided by the AVS plugin:
AVSController interface methods:
Method | Description |
---|---|
mute | Mutes the audio output of AVS |
record | Starts or stops the voice recording, skipping keyword detection |
mute method
Mutes the audio output of AVS.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
muted | boolean |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
result | null | Always null |
Code | Message | Description |
---|---|---|
ERROR_GENERAL |
when there is a fatal error or authorisation is not possible |
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 42,
"method": "AVS.1.mute",
"params": false
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 42,
"result": null
}
record method
Starts or stops the voice recording, skipping keyword detection.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
started | boolean |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
result | null | Always null |
Code | Message | Description |
---|---|---|
ERROR_GENERAL |
when there is a fatal error or authorisation is not possible |
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 42,
"method": "AVS.1.record",
"params": false
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 42,
"result": null
}
Notifications are autonomous events triggered by the internals of the implementation and broadcasted via JSON-RPC to all registered observers. Refer to [Thunder] for information on how to register for a notification.
The following events are provided by the AVS plugin:
AVSController interface events:
Event | Description |
---|---|
dialoguestatechange | notifies about dialogue state changes |
dialoguestatechange event
notifies about dialogue state changes.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
state | string | The new state (must be one of the following: Idle, Listening, Expecting, Thinking, Speaking) |
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "client.events.1.dialoguestatechange",
"params": "SPEAKING"
}