the-evil-bert / stupid-remote

README

TL;DR

A web app to control devices over HDMI-cec, turning tvs on and off, switching inputs adjusting volume.

Install Node and Npm

• Install node.js and npm:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

Install cec-client

• Check to see if cec-client is already installed:

cec-client -h

• If a -bash: cec-client: command not found, install:

sudo apt-get install cec-client

• Alternately, follow the instructions and install from:

https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec

Run stupid-remote

• Download latest source from:

https://github.com/gordonturner/stupid-remote/releases/latest

• Rename and uncompress:

mv X.X.tar.gz stupid-remote.tar.gz
tar -zvxf stupid-remote.tar.gz

• From the root of the project, run:

cd stupid-remote
node ./bin/www

• Or run with DEBUG on:

cd stupid-remote
DEBUG=* node ./bin/www

• web ui:

http://HOSTNAME:8080/

• swagger:

http://HOSTNAME:8080/api-docs/

Customization

• First understand your cec-client commands, I suggest starting here:

http://blog.gordonturner.ca/2016/12/14/using-cec-client-on-a-raspberry-pi/

• Edit /routes/cec.js to create handlers that will call the appropriate cec-client commands

• Edit /public/index.html to call the handlers and set the appropriate names in the UI