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wedashmo

A simple server that listens for clicks on the local network from an Amazon Dash button and toggles the status of a WeMo Switch/Plug.

Prerequisites

node-dash-button require's libpcap-dev
- If on macOS, this should be available out of the box
- If on linux, install the libpcap-dev (or similar) package with your distro's package manager.
- If on Windows, may god help you.
ouimeaux, a python command line tool
- You can either install it globally with easy_install (see their documentation) or build/install it somewhere else accessible. Just be sure to note the full path to the wemo executable

Installation

wedashmo can be installed globally and used as a command line tool:

 $ npm install -g wedashmo

Or locally and used via a simple API within your node project:

 $ npm install --save wedashmo

Setup

To use wedashmo, you need:

The MAC address of your Dash button
The name of your fully set up and connected WeMo Switch or Plug

Find and record the MAC address of your Dash button:
- To get this, you can use the findbutton script that node-dash-button provides. Either run it from their project or you can run npm run findbutton in the root of this project. Once the script is running, just press your Dash button and record the first MAC address that shows up with Manufacturer: Amazon Technologies Inc. following it.
If you haven't yet, use the WeMo app on your phone to fully set up and name your WeMo Switch or Plug.
- Record the name exactly as you entered it or you can use the wemo list command provided by ouimeaux which will search for and list all the WeMo devices on your network along with their exact names.

CLI Usage

To See Usage/Help

 $ wedashmo
 $ wedashmo -h
 $ wedashmo --help

To Start Listening

 $ wedashmo -d 00:11:22:33:44:55 -w 'My Switch' -o /usr/local/bin/wemo -t 3000

Options

`-d, --dash <dash_mac_addr>`

Required

The MAC address of your Dash button. See Setup above.

`-w, --wemo <wemo_name>`

Required

The exact name of your WeMo Switch or Plug. See Setup above.

`-o, --ouimeaux [ouimeaux]`

Optional

The path to ouimeaux's wemo executable. If this isn't provided, the PATH will be searched automatically for it and the server will fail with an error if it couldn't be found.