/remotepi

Universal remote control

Primary LanguageCSSMIT LicenseMIT

RemotePi

A universal remote contol build upon the Raspberry Pi. Use your phone / tablet / computer to control your devices.

Protocols

Supports:

  • IR
  • RF433
  • Kodi jsonrpc

Hardware

Any Raspberry Pi will do. Any modern phone will do. Raspberry Pi hat with:

  • IR led
  • IR receiver
  • RF433 transmitter
  • RF433 receiver

Server setup

  • nginx for serving the html based remote UI and for dispatching api calls.
  • a small python based http service which receives commands.

UI Design

  • index.html with the basic layout
  • screen.css with the styles 4 javascript files with definitions
  • js/buttons.js defines the separate button
  • js/pads.js defines the different pad layouts as rows of keys
  • js/devices.js defines the capabilities of the devices
  • js/remotes.js defines the different remotes

UI support

Tested on:

  • Firefox 58.0
  • Chrome 64.0

ToDo

  • Better Lirc config parsing support, include name xxx as keys for raw encoding
  • Use device definitions from server
  • Use the uncommon keys that a device supports
  • Support MQTT
  • Find a way to easily record ir / rf codes from the ui
  • ESP8266 as server
  • More layout examples