Wrapper around pigpio to provide transmitting and receiving of IR signals using standard remote controls.

Install

npm install pigpio-ir

Usage

Command Line

The following are some useful built in commands to get you started. You will probably need to run them using sudo

irrecord

irrecord is used to populate a configuration file with know IR remotes and buttons.

Example:

irrecord --pin=27 --file ~/my-remotes.json --remote=samsung --button=POWER

irplay

irplay is used to play existing buttons back from a file generated from irrecord

Example:

irplay --pin=17 --file ~/my-remotes.json --remote=samsung --button=POWER

irlisten

irlisten is used to continuously listen for IR signals and print when one is recieved

Example:

irlisten --pin=27 --file ~/my-remotes.json

From Node Application

Example program to start listening and print any buttons received

import { ButtonEventData, PigpioIr } from 'pigpio-ir';

const pigpioIr = await PigpioIr.fromFile(args.file, {
    inputPin: 17,
    tolerance: 0.1,
});
pigpioIr.on('button', (data: ButtonEventData) => {
    console.log(`button press ${data.remoteName} - ${data.buttonName}`);
});
pigpioIr.start();