ArduiRC

Remotely control IR/RF devices from a computer with Arduino.

Rationale

The reason for this library is explained in a post I wrote about it. Basically, I needed my home server to be able to control RF devices, and here we are.

Usage

To use ArduiRC, you need to perform two steps:

1. Install the Arduino sketch on the device so it can transmit the codes (after you've set up the Arduino with the proper hardware).
2. Use arduirc.py to transfer the code you want to transmit to the Arduino for transmission.

To install the sketch to the Arduino, either use the IDE to compile and upload sketch.ino, or use the amazing Ino:

ino build
ino upload

Afterwards, use arduirc.py to send the timings (which you can retrieve by reading the post above):

./arduirc.py "625 625 1292 646 1292 625 1292 646 1271 667 1271 646 1271 646"

You can also define the timings in a YAML file so you don't have to enter the numbers each time:

./arduirc.py garage open

The timings.yml file for the above command might look something like this:

garage:
  open: 625 625 1292 646 1292 625 1292 646 1271 667 1271 646 1271 646
  close: 625 625 1292 625 625 1292 646 1292 625 1292 625 1292 667 1271 646
ac:
  toggle: 625 625 1292 646 1292 625 1292 625 1292 667 1271 646 127

Hopefully this will be enough to get you started.