mycroft.conf
mycroft.conf is a JSON-formatted file that is saved locally on your Mycroft Device, such as Picroft or Mark 1. mycroft-conf contains information about the Device itself, like what type of Device and Enclosure it is, as well as information about user preferences. If you haven't specified preferences, then mycroft.conf will contain some default values. Your Device, and Skills installed on your Device, use mycroft.conf to provide additional functionality.
mycroft_web_cache.json is is a JSON-formatted file that is saved locally on your Mycroft Device, such as Picroft or Mark 1. mycroft_web_cache.json is a cached copy of the settings on your home.mycroft.ai account, such as your Location (which determines Time Zone), which Voice you have selected and your preference for Measurements such as temperature and distance.
Both of these files are regularly used in troubleshooting, so it's useful to know what information they hold, and where they are stored on your Device.
When you update settings at home.mycroft.ai, your Device will periodically pull them down. However, this may not be fast enough to do what you want to do. To refresh your mycroft.conf from home.mycroft.ai, Speak:
Hey Mycroft, update config
Mycroft will then pull the files down to your Device.
The mycroft.conf file is stored in different locations on different Devices, including:
/etc/mycroft/mycroft.conf~/.mycroft/mycroft.conf
Mycroft implements an order of precedence; settings at a User level override those at a System level.
Here is an example System level mycroft.conf from a Mark 1 Device:
pi@mark_1:/etc/mycroft $ cat mycroft.conf{"enclosure": {"platform": "mycroft_mark_1","platform_build": 9,"port": "/dev/ttyAMA0","rate": 9600,"timeout": 5,"update": true,"test": false},"VolumeSkill": {"default_level": 6,"min_volume": 0,"max_volume": 83}}
This file is stored at:
/var/tmp/mycroft_web_cache.json
on the Device.
Here is an example mycroft_web_cache.json. NOTE: Your settings will be different.
{"date_format": "DMY","tts": {"google": {"created_at": 1504481866992,"updated_at": 1514794901075},"module": "mimic","fatts": {"created_at": 1504481866991,"updated_at": 1514794900939},"mimic": {"created_at": 1504481866989,"voice": "ap","updated_at": 1514794900809},"espeak": {"created_at": 1504481866987,"updated_at": 1514794900679},"marytts": {"created_at": 1504481866986,"updated_at": 1514794900548}},"opt_in": true,"created_at": 1504481866955,"updated_at": 1514794898083,"listener": {"energy_ratio": 1.5,"created_at": 1504481866996,"updated_at": 1514794901398,"channels": 1,"sample_rate": 16000,"multiplier": 1,"threshold": 1e-90,"phonemes": "HH EY . M AY K R AO F T","wake_word": "hey mycroft"},"time_format": "full","skills": {"directory": "~/.mycroft/skills","created_at": 1504481866994,"updated_at": 1514794901226,"stop_threshold": 2},"stt": {"google": {"credential": {"created_at": 1504481866970,"updated_at": 1514794899383},"created_at": 1504481866970,"updated_at": 1514794898989},"ibm": {"credential": {"created_at": 1504481866958,"updated_at": 1514794898334},"created_at": 1504481866958,"updated_at": 1514794898218},"mycroft": {"credential": {"created_at": 1504481866965,"updated_at": 1514794898856},"created_at": 1504481866965,"updated_at": 1514794898469},"module": "mycroft","wit": {"credential": {"created_at": 1504481866981,"updated_at": 1514794900417},"created_at": 1504481866981,"updated_at": 1514794900031},"openstt": {"credential": {"created_at": 1504481866976,"updated_at": 1514794899900},"created_at": 1504481866976,"updated_at": 1514794899521}},"location": {"coordinate": {"latitude": -38.149918,"created_at": 1504500674753,"updated_at": 1504500674753,"longitude": 144.361719},"city": {"created_at": 1504500674710,"state": {"country": {"created_at": 1486125571309,"code": "AU","name": "Australia","updated_at": 1486125571309},"created_at": 1489950675941,"code": "VIC","name": "Victoria","updated_at": 1489950675941},"code": "Newtown","name": "Newtown","updated_at": 1504500674710},"created_at": 1504500674709,"updated_at": 1504500674709,"timezone": {"code": "Australia/Melbourne","name": "Australian Eastern Standard Time (Victoria)","dst_offset": 3600000,"created_at": 1489950676105,"updated_at": 1489950676105,"offset": 36000000}},"enclosure": {"created_at": 1504481866997,"rate": 9600,"updated_at": 1514794901541,"timeout": 5,"port": "/dev/ttyAMA0"},"system_unit": "metric"}
