rbroadlink

A rust port of the python-broadlink library.

Devices Tested

The following devices have been tested and found to work with this library:

Setup

Before a device can be used, it must be connected to a network. Refer to this link on how to get the device into AP mode, connect to its network (e.g. Broadlink_Device_Wifi), and then run the following code:

use rbroadlink::Device;
use rbroadlink::network::WirelessConnection;

// Construct the network information
let network_info = WirelessConnection::WPA2(
    "SSID Here",
    "Password here",
);

// Connect the device to the specified network
Device::connect_to_network(&network_info)
    .expect("Could not connect the device to the network!");

You can also use the included cli to do so:

# Pass the password directly
cargo run --example rbroadlink-cli -- connect wpa2 "SSID Here" "Password here"

# Prompt for the password safely
cargo run --example rbroadlink-cli -- connect -p wpa2 "SSID Here"

Usage

Devices can either be constructed from a known IP or by local discovery:

use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
use rbroadlink::Device;

// Create a device by IP
// Note: Devices only support Ipv4 addresses
let known_ip = Ipv4Addr::new(1, 2, 3, 4);
let device = Device::from_ip(known_ip, None)
    .expect("Could not connect to device!");

// You can also specify the local IP of the machine in the case of the device being
// on a different subnet.
let local_ip = Ipv4::new(9, 8, 7, 6);
let device_with_local_ip = Device::from_ip(known_ip, Some(local_ip))
    .expect("Could not connect to device!");

// You can also just enumerate all of the discovered devices, with an optional
// local ip as well.
let devices = Device::list(Some(local_ip))
    .expect("Could not enumerate devices!");

Once you have a valid device, you probably want to differentiate the kind of device that you have. Device is a structured enum that contains different types of devices with more specialized methods.

use rbroadlink::Device;

// Assuming that you have a valid device in `device`...
let remote_device = match device {
    Device::Remote { remote } => remote,
    _ => return Err("Not a remote!"),
};

// Use a remote-specific method to echo a learned IR code.
let code = remote_device.learn_ir()
    .expect("Could not learn IR code!");
remote_device.send_code(&code)
    .expect("Could not send code!");

HVAC

Starting from version 0.4.0 of this library the HVAC/Air Conditioners support was added. Supported devices are broadlink device type 0x4E2A.

Although it was tested on one specific unit, it is very likely that it should work with more similar devices. Those air conditioners are usually controlled with AC Freedom application.

If you have such device connected to the AC Freedom application, then it is surely in a "locked" state (cannot be controlled using this library).

You can control it either from AC Freedom or this library (not both). If you decide to use rbroadlink, then you need to delete the device from AC Freedom cloud, then reset the WiFi dongle and re-configure WiFi parameters again.

You can also head to this post for details: https://github.com/liaan/broadlink_ac_mqtt/issues/76#issuecomment-884763601

Probably configuring the WiFi parameters using this library/rbroadlink-cli should also work (refer to the Setup section above).

A sample snippet for setting target temperature setpoint:

use rbroadlink::Device;

// Assuming that you have a valid device in `device`...
let hvac_device = match device {
    Device::Hvac { hvac } => hvac,
    _ => return Err("Not a HVAC device!"),
};

// First obtain current state/parameters of the device:
let mut state = hvac_device.get_state().expect("Cannot obtain current state");
println!("Current state: {:?}", state);

// Print current temperature and try to set a new setpoint (degree Celsius)
println!("Target temp: {:.1}", state.get_target_temp());
if let Err(e) = state.set_target_temp(22.0) {
    println!("Error setting temperature: {}", e);
}

// Request to set a new state (with new temperature)
hvac_device.set_state(&mut state);

Examples

There are a few examples of this library present in the examples folder. Refer to the examples folder README for more info.