This iOS app is a proof of concept application to demonstrate the capbilities available to interface with Belkin Wemo switches Belkin Wemo light switches. This project is based on this very helpful repository: https://github.com/gizmosachin/Wemo
Since I was unable to successfully scan my devices using the above-mentioned library, I took a different approach of entering the IP addresses and searching for devices that way. Some of the logic needs to be improved and is not suitable for production use, however it is a working first attempt at controlling Wemo switches.
This app can be used to manually control the switches or to setup a geofence around a location (i.e. a house), and turn on the switches once that geofence has been crossed. There is a Settings screen in the app that lets the user modify the geofence center coordinate, radius and time to turn on the devices after (for example: outdoor lights should turn on after 17:00)
To detect your device, you should enter the IP address and MAC address of your Wemo switch in the Constants.swift file. To add multiple devices, create more WemoDevice objects and add them to the data source array. NOTE: I have not yet tested this out with more than one switch, so I am unsure of this exact behavior (TODO).
// Add your public IP address
static let publicIPAddress = "XXX.XXX.XXX.XX"
// Create new devices: replace the "XXXX" in the IP address with your device's port number (required with multiple switches being used or if you've setup custom port forwarding for your switch)
static let wemoDevicePublic1 = WemoDevice(ipAddress: "\(Constants.publicIPAddress):XXXX", macAddress: "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX")
static let wemoDevicePublic2 = WemoDevice(ipAddress: "\(Constants.publicIPAddress):XXXX", macAddress: "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX")
// Add it to the wemoDeviceArray
static let wemoDeviceArray = [Constants.wemoDevicePublic1, Constants.wemoDevicePublic2]Once the device has been detected, you can turn it on or off from anywhere in the app (with a push notification to provide the user with feedback, or to notify them when this happens in the background, by using:
wemoDevice.turnOn(completion: { (success) in
// Logic once the device is on
})
wemoDevice.turnOff(completion: { (success) in
// Logic once the device is off
})This project is the result of an afternoon thought of automating my home processes as much as possible. There are plenty of solutions out there now, but what better satisfaction do you get than from building it yourself? :)
This project is available under the MIT License.