Sharp Aquos Remote Control

This projects attempts to give the user the ability to control their Sharp Aquos Television from a Node.JS project via their TCP interface.

Sharp Aquos Setup

1. Ensure the television is turned on.
2. Hit the 'Menu' button on your remote.
3. Navigate to 'Initial Setup'
4. Navigate to 'Internet Setup'
5. Navigate to 'Aquos Remote Control'
6. Enable the Remote Control functionality.
7. Go to Detailed Settings and set a username/password.

SharpAquosRemoteControl Setup

npm install benburkhart1/sharp-aquos-remote-control

SharpAquosRemoteControl Examples

Check out the sharp aquos remote control example application at: http://www.github.com/benburkhart1/sharp-aquos-remote-control-test

How to Use This Library

The following program connects to my television on IP 192.168.1.111 port 10002, with the username 'admin' and the password 'password', turns on the television, checks if the input# is 5 (which is Component (digital cable) here), if it is, it then turns the volume to level 15, otherwise it mutes the volume.

var Aquos = require("sharp-aquos-remote-control").Aquos;

var gw = new Aquos("192.168.1.111", 10002, 'admin', 'password');

gw.connect(function(err) {
  if (err)
  {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }

  gw.power(true, function(err, data) {
    // Get the Input #
    gw.input(null, function(err, data) {
      if (err)
      {
        console.log(err);
        return;
      }

      // If input # is 5 (Component here)
      if (data == 5)
      {
        console.log("Input # is 5, setting volume to 15");

        // Set the volume to 15
        gw.volume(15, function(err, data) {
          if (!err)
            console.log("Volume set to 15");
        });
      }
      else
      {
        console.log("Input # is " + data + ", muting volume");

        gw.mute(true, function(err, data) {
          if (!err)
            console.log("Muted volume");
        });
      }
    });
  });
});

How it Works

Some models of the Sharp Aquos TV series contain a "Remote Control" setting that allows the teleivision to be controlled via a TCP socket server. This library connects and sends commands in the following format:

Command	Options	Newline
4 bytes	4 bytes	1 byte 0x0d

The options are always "? " which means "Get the value for this" or 1-4 numbers, space-right-padded, meaning 1 would be: "1 "

168 would be: "168 "

The commands are one of the following

Command	Description
RSPW	Restrict Power
POWR	Power
VOLM	Volume
CLCP	Closed Captioning
IAVD	Input
CHUP	Channel Up
CHDW	Channel Down

The following commands are not implemented yet.

Command	Description
ACSU	Surround
WIDE	Widescreen Mode
OFTM	Off Timer
DCCH	Change Channel