This script lets you 'ping' LIFX devices, even when the device in question is only accesible via the mesh.
It abuses the protocol in ways it was never intended for, so USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Also it will probably break in the near future.
- Ruby 2.1.1
- Bundler
$ git clone https://github.com/chendo/lifx-ping.git
$ cd lifx-ping
$ bundle
$ bundle exec ruby lifx-ping.rb
Scanning for devices...
1. d073d5xxxxxx: Foo
2. d073d5xxxxxx: Bar
3. d073d5xxxxxx: Baz
4. refresh
Select a device to ping:
1
PING d073d5xxxxxx:
Response: seq=0 time=20.934 ms
Response: seq=1 time=23.191 ms
Response: seq=2 time=22.735 ms
Response: seq=3 time=38.553 ms
Response: seq=4 time=15.276 ms
Response: seq=5 time=14.653 ms
Response: seq=6 time=12.816 ms
^C
--- d073d5xxxxxx ping statistics ---
7 messages transmitted, 0 messages received, 0.0% message loss
round trip min/avg/max/std-dev 12.816/21.165/38.553/8.715 msMIT.
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