README.md

telldus - Node bindings for telldus-core

Latest release is 1.1.2, available at npm using npm install telldus

Note: Support for Node 0.10 and 0.11 is moved to a separate brach and package, available through npm install telldus-legacy

Table of contents

• Table of contents
• Installation
  • From npm
  • From source
• Basic usage
• API Overview
• Examples
  • getDevices
  • getSensors
  • turnOn
  • turnOff
  • dim
  • addRawDeviceEventListener
  • addDeviceEventListener
  • addSensorEventListener
• License and Credits
• Issues

Installation

From npm

1. Install telldus-core and development libraries, choose one of the following four procedures.
   • Windows, Mac: Install Telldus Center -- go here and get the latest version of the appropriate DMG or EXE file and install. Note: You'll need to check "Developer files" during install. You'll also need a version of Visual C++ installed.
   • Linux Ubuntu/Debian prebuilt:
     • Follow general guide at http://developer.telldus.com/wiki/TellStickInstallationUbuntu
     • Install telldus-core library libtelldus-core-dev
   • Arch Linux prebuilt:
     • Install telldus-core
   • Linux source install: http://developer.telldus.com/wiki/TellStickInstallationSource
2. Install node-gyp npm install node-gyp
3. Install this module using npm cd yourprojectdirectory npm install telldus

From source

Note that the master branch isn't always top notch. If it doesn't compile, try an older revision or install the stable release

1. Install telldus-core and development libraries, choose one of the following four procedures.
   • Windows, Mac: Install Telldus Center -- go here and get the latest version of the appropriate DMG or EXE file and install. Note: You'll need to check "Developer files" during install. You'll also need a version of Visual C++ installed.
   • Linux Ubuntu/Debian prebuilt:
     • Follow general guide at http://developer.telldus.com/wiki/TellStickInstallationUbuntu
     • Install telldus-core and libtelldus-core-dev
   • Arch Linux prebuilt:
     • Install telldus-core
   • Linux source install: http://developer.telldus.com/wiki/TellStickInstallationSource
2. Clone this project and enter the node-telldus directory cd node-telldus
3. Install node-gyp npm install node-gyp
4. Compile this module npm install -g
5. Link the module to your project cd yourprojectdirectory npm link telldus

Basic Usage

Make sure telldusd is running on the same machine.

var telldus = require('telldus');

telldus.getDevices(function(err,devices) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log('Error: ' + err);
  } else {
    // A list of all configured devices is returned
    console.log(devices);
  }
});

If you ever get a returnValue from a method like turnOnSync that is not equal to 0 (TELLDUS_SUCCESS) you could check what type of error that is using telldus.getErrorString.

API Overview

Asynchronous method([params...,] callback(err [, value]))
turnOn(id, callback)
turnOff(id, callback)
dim(id, levl, callback)
learn(id, callback)
addDevice(callback)
setName(id, name, callback)
getName(id, callback)
setProtocol(id, name, callback) )
getProtocol(id, callback)
setModel(id, name, callback) )
getModel(id, callback)
getDeviceType(id, callback)
removeDevice(id, callback)
removeEventListener(id, callback)
getErrorString(id, callback)
getNumberOfDevices(callback)
stop(id, callback)
bell(id, callback)
getDeviceId(id, callback)
getDeviceParameter(id, name, val, callback)
setDeviceParameter(id, name, val, callback)
execute(id, callback)
up(id, callback)
down(id, callback)
getDevices(callback)
getSensors(callback)
addDeviceEventListener(callback)
addSensorEventListener(callback)
addRawDeviceEventListener(callback)

Synchronous method(params)
turnOnSync(id)
turnOffSync(id)
dimSync(id, levl)
learnSync(id)
addDeviceSync(callback)
setNameSync(id, name)
getNameSync(id)
setProtocolSync(id, name) )
getProtocolSync(id)
setModelSync(id, name) )
getModelSync(id)
getDeviceTypeSync(id)
removeDeviceSync(id)
removeEventListenerSync(id)
getErrorStringSync(id)
getNumberOfDevicesSync(callback)
stopSync(id)
bellSync(id)
getDeviceIdSync(id)
getDeviceParameterSync(id, name, val)
setDeviceParameterSync(id, name, val)
executeSync(id)
upSync(id)
downSync(id)
getDevicesSync()
getSensorsSync()

Examples

getDevices

Returns an array of device dictionary objects. Only configured devices are returned.

Synchronous version: javascript var devices = telldus.getDevicesSync();

Signature:

telldus.getDevices(function(err,devices) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log('Error: ' + err);
  } else {
    // The list of devices is returned
    console.log(devices);
  }
});

[
  {
    id: 1,
    name: 'name from telldus.conf',
    methods: [ 'TURNON', 'TURNOFF' ],
    model: 'codeswitch',
    type: 'DEVICE',
    status: {status: 'OFF'}
  },
  ...
]

getSensors

Synchronous version: javascript var devices = telldus.getSensorsSync();

Signature:

telldus.getSensors(function(err,sensors) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log('Error: ' + err);
  } else {
    // The list of sensors and their values is returned
    console.log(sensors);
  }
});

  { model: 'temperaturehumidity',
    protocol: 'mandolyn',
    id: 41,
    data: [ 
      { type: 'TEMPERATURE',
        value: '17.6',
        timestamp: '2015-12-14 23:33:01' },
      { type: 'HUMIDITY',
        value: '26',
        timestamp: '2015-12-14 23:33:01' } 
    ]
  }

turnOn

Turns a configured device ON.

Synchronous version: javascript var returnValue = turnOnSync(deviceId);

Signature:

telldus.turnOn(deviceId,function(err) {
  console.log('deviceId is now ON');
});

Similar to the command

tdtool --on deviceId

turnOff

Turns a configured device OFF.

Synchronous version: var returnValue = turnOffSync(deviceId);

Signature:

telldus.turnOff(deviceId,function(err) {
  console.log('Device' + deviceId + ' is now OFF');
});

Similar to the command

tdtool --off deviceId

dim

Dims a configured device to a certain level.

Synchronous version: javascript var returnValue = dimSync(deviceId,level);

Signature:

telldus.dim(deviceId, level,function(err) {
  console.log('Device ' + deviceId + ' is now dimmed to level ' + level);
});

addRawDeviceEventListener

Add a listener for raw device events. This is usefull for scanning for devices not yet configured

Signature:

var listener = telldus.addRawDeviceEventListener(function(controllerId, data) {
  console.log('Raw device event: ' + data);
});

• controllerId: id of receiving controller, can identify the TellStick if several exists in the system.
• data: A semicolon separated string with colon separated key / value pairs.

'class:command;protocol:arctech;model:selflearning;house:5804222;unit:2;group:0;method:turnon;'

addDeviceEventListener

Add a listener for device events

Signature:

var listener = telldus.addDeviceEventListener(function(deviceId, status) {
  console.log('Device ' + deviceId + ' is now ' + status.name);
});

• status: is an object of the form:

    {"status": "the status"}

addSensorEventListener

Add a listener for sensor events

Signature:

var listener = telldus.addSensorEventListener(function(deviceId,protocol,model,type,value,timestamp) {
  console.log('New sensor event received: ',deviceId,protocol,model,type,value,timestamp);
});

removeEventListener

Remove a previously added listener.

Synchronous version: javascript var returnValue = telldus.removeEventListenerSync(listener); Signature:

telldus.removeEventListener(listener,function(err) {});

getErrorString

Get the string representation of a return value

Synchronous version: javascript var errStr = telldus.getErrorStringSync(returnValue);

Signature:

var returnValue = telldus.turnOnSync(deviceId);
if(returnValue > 0) {
  telldus.getErrorString(returnValue, function (err, errStr) {
    console.error('turnOn failed for device ' + deviceId + ', error: ' + errStr);
    process.exit(0);
  });
}

License and Credits

This project is licensed under the MIT license and is forked from telldus-core-js (https://github.com/evilmachina/telldus-core-js) by GitHub user evilmachina.

Issues

The sourcecode and bug tracker is hosted on GitHub, https://github.com/Hexagon/node-telldus