xbox-on

Xbox One power control from CLI or node app

Installation

npm install -g xbox-on to use as CLI, npm install xbox-on to use as module.

Usage (CLI)

$ xbox-on --help

  Usage: cli --ip=<ip_address> --live_device_id=<live_device_id>

  Options:

    -h, --help                             output usage information
    -i, --ip <ip>                          Xbox One IP Address
    -l, --live_device_id <live_device_id>  Xbox One Live Device ID
    -t, --tries <tries>                    Number of times to send power on packet
    -d, --delay <delay_between_tries>      Delay between power packets

Usage (Module)

var Xbox = require('xbox-on');                // Require module
var xbox = new Xbox(ipAddress, liveDeviceId); // Create new xbox

// Optional, defaults shown
var options = {
    tries: 5,
    delay: 1000,
    waitForCallback: false
};

xbox.powerOn(options);                        // Issue power on command

Getting your Xbox One's IP address

On your Xbox, go to Settings > Network > Network Settings > Advanced Settings

Getting your Live ID

On your Xbox, go to Settings > System > Console info & updates and look under "Xbox Live device ID"

Caveats

Since dgrams are effectively synchronous and don't rely on a response, we can usually just fire them off and not worry about the callbacks. However, there are cases where you might want to wait until the final packet is sent before proceeding. In this case, you might want to pass the waitForCallback option to the powerOn call to ensure that all requests are sent before continuing. The CLI is an obvious use case for this, as terminating prior to callback wouldn't send any packets at all!