Homebridge Platform Plugin IR Blaster

Sends signals to a modified Tyua IR Blaster, running a custom firmware.

Currently supports a Lightbulb and a Fan with 3 speeds. The goal for this project is to support a wider range of Homebridge/Homekit supported devices, as well as some kind of mapping to generic stateful/stateless buttons. For example; a generic button to turn on/off a receiver (which Homekit has no support for).

This repo is based on Homebridge Plugin Template.

Config Example

{
  "platform": "IRBlasterHomebridgePlugin",
  "name": "IRBlasterHomebridgePlugin",
  "blasters": [
    {
      "displayName": "Master Bedroom",
      "uniqueId": "master-bedroom-blaster-prod",
      "address": "192.168.226.121"
    }
  ],
  "accessoires": [
    {
      "displayName": "Master Bedroom Fan Light",
      "uniqueId": "master-bedroom-fan-light",
      "type": "Lightbulb",
      "blaster": {
        "uniqueId": "master-bedroom-blaster-prod"
      },
      "commands": {
        "on": "1214, 414, 1204, ...",
        "off": "1214, 420, 1194, ..."
      }
    },
    {
      "displayName": "Master Bedroom Fan Speed",
      "uniqueId": "master-bedroom-fan-speed",
      "type": "Fan",
      "blaster": {
        "uniqueId": "master-bedroom-blaster-prod"
      },
      "commands": {
        "off": "1240, 428, 1182, ...",
        "speed1": "1250, 446, 1158, ...",
        "speed2": "1244, 462, 1150, ...",
        "speed3": "1248, 386, 1192, ..."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Setup Development Environment

To develop Homebridge plugins you must have Node.js 12 or later installed, and a modern code editor such as VS Code. This plugin template uses TypeScript to make development easier and comes with pre-configured settings for VS Code and ESLint. If you are using VS Code install these extensions:

• ESLint

Install Development Dependencies

Using a terminal, navigate to the project folder and run this command to install the development dependencies:

npm install

Build Plugin

TypeScript needs to be compiled into JavaScript before it can run. The following command will compile the contents of your src directory and put the resulting code into the dist folder.

npm run build

Link To Homebridge

Run this command so your global install of Homebridge can discover the plugin in your development environment:

npm link

You can now start Homebridge, use the -D flag so you can see debug log messages in your plugin:

homebridge -D

Watch For Changes and Build Automatically

If you want to have your code compile automatically as you make changes, and restart Homebridge automatically between changes you can run:

npm run watch

This will launch an instance of Homebridge in debug mode which will restart every time you make a change to the source code. It will load the config stored in the default location under ~/.homebridge. You may need to stop other running instances of Homebridge while using this command to prevent conflicts. You can adjust the Homebridge startup command in the nodemon.json file.

Customise Plugin

You can now start customising the plugin template to suit your requirements.

• src/platform.ts - Device setup and discovery.
• src/platformLightbulb.ts - Lightbulb Accessory logic.
• src/platformFan.ts - Fan Accessory logic.
• config.schema.json - Configuration schema for Homebridge UI. See the Plugin Config Schema Documentation.

More documentation on Homebridge API: https://developers.homebridge.io.

Publish Plugin

The easiest way to publish is through np:

npx -y np

Publishing Beta Versions

You can publish beta versions of your plugin for other users to test before you release it to everyone.

npx -y np --tag=beta

Users can then install the beta version by appending @beta to the install command, for example:

sudo npm install -g homebridge-plugin-ir-blaster@beta

To-Do

• [ ] Fix config schema.
• [ ] Add tests.
• [ ] Replace ping dependency for a HEAD request.
• [ ] Add a UI for interactively setting IR codes (seems to be outside of the scope of the config schema).