maker-samsung-remote

Programming a smart samsung TV using maker and webtask (from IFTTT) on your local network

Usage

1. Follow the and the environment variables needed
2. Be sure to set the environment variables for MAKER_WEBTASK_URL and WEBTASK_SECRET
3. If you know what range of ports your tv is running, add it to the environment variable SAMSUNG_IP_RANGE
4. e.g. SAMSUNG_IP_RANGE=100-140
5. Install the package via npm install maker-samsung-remote
6. Run the application npm run maker-samsung-remote
7. You can now control your TV by making API calls to webtask (or having maker make API calls to maker)

Example:

1. Setup IFTTT such that IF is a Google Assistant call (or whatever tricker you want) to raise the tv off
2. Run the application above, with the MAKER_WEBTASK_URL environment variable set to https://wt-myemail-gmail-com-0.run.webtask.io and the WEBTASK_SECRET variable set to somesecret (NOTE: these need to be your own url and secret)
3. Setup Maker to POST to your API queue, for example: POST to https://wt-myemail-gmail-com-0.run.webtask.io/queue?secret=somesecret

  "device": "tv",
  "command": "off"
}```
4. Watch your tv turn off if successful