mqtt2tivoremote

Make TiVo DVR remote control available through an mqtt-smarthome style interface

mqtt2tivoremote is a Node.js application that links TiVo DVRs to an MQTT broker. It is designed to be used to integrate these devices into a home automation system à la mqtt-smarthome.

Getting Started

mqtt2tivoremote is distributed through NPM:

npm install -g mqtt2tivoremote

# or, if you prefer:
yarn global add mqtt2tivoremote

Running it is likewise easy:

mqtt2tivoremote                      # if your MQTT broker is running on localhost
mqtt2tivoremote -b mqtt://<hostname> # if your broker is running elsewhere
mqtt2tivoremote --help               # to see the full usage documentation

Topics and Payloads

This app is intended to conform to the mqtt-smarthome architecture. The topics used by the app are generally of the form:

Topics Published

| Topic | Purpose | |----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | tivoremote/connected | 0 = not connected to anything1 = connected to MQTT but not DVR2 = connected to both. | tivoremote/status/channel | JSON encoded current channel informationschema: { channel: num, subchannel: num, reason: string } | tivoremote/status/livetv_ready | When a teleport to Live TV is attempted, this will be set to false.When LiveTV is being displayed, this will change to true. | `tivoremote/status/error | A string containing information about the most recent error to occur.

Topics Subscribed

For performance reasons, no argument checking is done: if you pass in an invalid IR code, for instance, it will still get sent to the DVR.

| Topic | Purpose | |----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | tivoremote/set/ircode | Set to one of the valid IR codes to send that command to the DVR. No acknowledgement or confirmation will be returned. | tivoremote/set/keyboard | As above, but for keboard commands rather than IR codes. | tivoremote/set/teleport | Set to one of TIVO, LIVETV, GUIDE, or NOWPLAYING to jump directly to that screen. Minimal status is available on tivoremote/status/teleport. | tivoremote/set/channel | Set the DVR to the given channel unless a recording is in progress. Only works if the DVR is in Live TV mode. Status will be reported on tivoremote/status/channel. Message format: { "channel": num, "subchannel": num } | tivoremote/set/forcedChannel | As above, but will cancel an in-progress recording if necessary

Contributing

Contributions are of course always welcome. If you find problems, please report them in the Issue Tracker. If you've made an improvement, open a pull request.

Getting set up for development is very easy:

git clone <your fork>
cd mqtt2tivoremote
yarn

And the development workflow is likewise straightforward:

# make a change to the src/ file, then...
yarn build
node dist/index.js

# or if you want to clean up all the leftover build products:
yarn run clean

License

MIT © Zach Bean. See LICENSE for more detail.