node-energenie-pimote

Remotely control power sockets from the Raspberry Pi using https://www.npmjs.com/package/rpio node library.

# How to pair a socket Here's how to (re)pair a Energenie socket 1:

1. Press and hold the button until the light start to flash quickly
2. Run the following command pimote pair 1

How to switch on/off a socket

• To switch socket 1 on: pimote on 1
• To switch socket 1 off: pimote off 1

pimote

pimote on 1
pimote off 1
pimote pair 1

Methods

close()

Use this method at the end of your program to close down the pins.

switchOn(socketIndex, *timeout)

Switching ON the socket using socketIndex with optional timeout in miliseconds, default is to 250 and sets the state to ON.

### switchOff(socketIndex)

Switching OFF the socket using socketIndex and sets the state to ON.

### {get|set}_state(socketIndex)

This method is not quite reliable as the socket is stateless. It's usefull for long running precesses only.

# Author Valcho Nedelchev