Physical Web Light Switch

This is a relativly simple wrapper round some of the work I've done to interact with Belkin WeMo lightbulbs

The creates a Eddystone beacon that broadcasts a URL for a web interface to switch a bulb on/off and set the brightness.

Config

Config data goes in config.js. You can set the following:

• The port the web server listens on
• The short URL to broadcast
• The device id of the bulb/group to control
• The beacon name

The divice id is the id of the bridge + '-' + id of the bulb/group. This isn't the most userfriendly at the moment but it works.

module.exports = {
	deviceID: '231442B01005F2-94103EA2B27803ED',
	port: 3000,
	shortURL: 'https://s.loc/l'.
	name: 'Lights'
};

The deviceID is the serial number of the WeMo Bridge and the light/group id concatenated with a '-'.

To run as a user other than root on Linux you will need to grant the NodeJS executable the right priveledges, this can be done with this command:

sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)

TODO

• Add Utility to print out device names and device id's to make creating the config file easier
• Add current state to the web interface
• Create basic Android App