hubot-broadlink-rm

A hubot script to learn and send IR hex codes with Broadlink RM

This allows you to control your RM Mini with Hubot, Slack, IFTTT, Google Home, and Amazon Echo.

No global IP is neeeded

When using with Slack, Hubot relays messages between Slack servers. So it is not necessary to use tunneling services such as ngrok.

No programming is needed

You can control your RM Mini via Slack messages such as learn light:on and send light:on.

Easy to learn IR hex codes

Just use learn command.

user>> hubot learn light:on
ready light:on
set light:on to 2600ac00...

Several IR codes can be learned by one command.

user>> hubot learn tv:ch 1-8
ready tv:ch1
set tv:ch1 to ...
ready tv:ch2
set tv:ch2 to ...
:
ready tv:ch8
set tv:ch8 to ...

Detailed control

Several IR codes can be sent by one command.

user>> hubot send tv:off ac:off light:off
sent tv:off
sent ac:off
sent light:off

Easy to schedule sending IR codes in detail.

user>> hubot send [7h] ac:on
wait 7h
sent ac:on

user>> hubot send tv:ch1 [3s] tv:source [2500ms] tv:source
sent tv:ch1
wait 3s
sent tv:source
wait 2500ms
tv:source

Easy to repeat sending IR codes.

user>> hubot send tv:vol:up*4
sent tv:vol:up
sent tv:vol:up
sent tv:vol:up
sent tv:vol:up

user>> hubot send tv:ch1 [3s] tv:source[2500ms]*2
sent tv:ch1
wait 3s
sent tv:source
wait 2500ms
sent tv:source

Easy to specify each RM Mini devices.

user>> hubot set @kitchen 01:23:45:67:89:ab
user>> hubot light:on@kitchen

UNIX commands can be used in send

You can control smart devices that do not have an IR reciever together with IR devices. For example, you can name a UNIX command curl -s https://SMART.DEVICE/API/on smart:device:on.

user>> hubot command smart:device:on curl -s https://SMART.DEVICE/API/on

Then the smart device can be used in send.

user>> send smart:device:on() light:on tv:on
curl -s https://SMART.DEVICE/API/on
sent light:on
sent tv:on

A UNIX command can take an argument #. The special character # is expanded when the command is called.

user>> hubot command say bin/google-home-notifier.sh "#"
user>> hubot send say(hello, world!)
bin/google-home-notifier.sh "hello  world "
said hellow  world

For security reasons, a text of the given argument is sanitized. All Symbols of hello, world! (, and !) are replaced with a space.

Documentation

For more details, see a comprehensive guide to exploiting your RM Mini with Hubot, Slack, IFTTT, Google Home, and Amazon Echo.

See src/broadlink-rm.coffee for full documentation.

Installation

In hubot project repo, run:

npm install hubot-broadlink-rm --save

Then add hubot-broadlink-rm to your external-scripts.json:

[
  "hubot-broadlink-rm"
]

Sample Interaction

user>> hubot learn light:on                    - Learns IR hex code and names it light:on.
user>> hubot send light:on                     - Sends IR hex code of light:on.
user>> hubot send tv:off aircon:off light:off  - Sends three codes in turn.
user>> hubot learn tv:ch 1-8                   - Learns eight codes tv:ch1, tv:ch2, ..., tv:ch8 in turn.
user>> hubot leran aircon:warm 14-30           - Also Useful to learn many codes of air conditioner.
user>> hubot send [7h] aircon:warm24           - Will sends aircon:warm24 in seven hours.
user>> hubot send [7 hours] aircon:warm24
user>> hubot send [7時間] aircon:warm24
user>> hubot send tv:ch1 [2s] tv:source        - Sends tv:ch1 then sends tv:source in two seconds.
user>> hubot send tv:ch1 tv:source*3           - Sends tv:ch1 then sends tv:source three times
user>> hubot send tv:ch1 tv:source[2s]*3       - Sends tv:ch1 then sends tv:source three times in two seconds.
user>> hubot cancel                            - Cancels all unsent codes.
user>> hubot get aircon:warm22                 - Shows IR hex code of aircon:warm22.
user>> hubot set aircon:clean 123abc...        - Names IR hex code of aircon:clean 123abc... .
user>> hubot set @kitchen 192.168.1.23         - Names IP address 192.168.1.23 kitchen.
user>> hubot set @bedroom xx:xx:xx:xx:xx       - Names MAC address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx bedroom.
user>> hubot learn light:off @kitchen          - Learns IR hex code of light:on at kitchen.
user>> hubot send light:off@kitchen            - Sends IR hex code of light:on at kitchen.
user>> hubot send light:off@kitchen light:on@bedroom - Sends light:off at kitchen and light:on at bedroom.
user>> hubot delete aircon:clean               - Deletes the code of aircon:clean.
user>> hubot list                              - Shows all names of codes and rooms.
user>> hubot help                              - Shows usage.

NPM Module

https://www.npmjs.com/package/hubot-broadlink-rm

Credits

Some parts of the code are from @lprhodes Homebridge Broadlink RM and broadlinkjs-rm

His module for the communication is used.

Also the code is inspired by @jor3l Broadlink RM server for IFTTT

LICENSE

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Tak Jaga