Wemo Emulation Server

Emulates multiple devices using the "Wemore" Library on RaspberryPi (or anything running Node.Js) as Wemo Switches and executes commands described in the configuration.

// Example Configuration
{
	"Terminal A":{ 
		"oncommand": "/bin/chvt 1" 
	},

	"Display": { 
		"oncommand"  : "/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p",
		"offcommand" : "/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o"
	}

}

Installation

# Install Globally
sudo npm install alexa-raspberry -g

Execution

# Place devices.json in the execution path
alexa-raspberry

or

# Provide file path as
alexa-raspberry ./examples/devices.json
alexa-raspberry /etc/wemo/devices.json

Usage

Use the alexa app on your cell phone/tablet to search for devices

Alexa search for devices
Alexa turn on 'Display'

Start as a service on RaspberryPi

Use your favorite text editor to create the systemd config file and devices.json file

#@file: /etc/systemd/system/alexaraspberry.service

[Unit]
Description=Wemo emulation server for Alexa
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/alexa-raspberry /etc/alexa/devices.json
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=Alexa-Raspberry

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

#Enable the service
systemctl enable alexaraspberry.service
#Start the service
systemctl start alexaraspberry.service