Bravia Remote Control

Control your Sony Bravia TV using nodejs.

One time setup

TV Setup

• Turn on your TV
• On the TV go to Settings > Network > Home network setup > Remote device/Renderer > On
• On the TV go to Settings > Network > Home network setup > IP Control > Authentication > Normal and Pre-Shared Key
• On the TV go to Settings > Network > Home network setup > Remote device/Renderer > Enter Pre-Shared Key > 0000 (or whatever you want your PSK Key to be)
• On the TV go to Settings > Network > Home network setup > Remote device/Renderer > Simple IP Control > On

Node Setup

• Find your TV's IP address
• Run npm install
• Edit the demo.js file with your TV's IP & PSK Key
• Run node demo.js
• If you're running this script for the first time, you will be asked to enter a 4-digit code shown on your TV

Authentication

New Method - If you provide a PSK key to the function it will use that to authenticate rather than going through the old method.

Old Method - This library handles the authentication process with the TV, saving the generated cookie as a file that can be accessed in later executions. If you need to refresh the credentials for some reason, just remove any content from the cookies.json file.

Usage

// Accepts two parameters, IP and PSKKey
bravia('192.168.1.100', '0000', function(client) {

  // List available commands
  client.getCommandNames(function(list) {
    console.log(list);
  });

  // Call a command
  client.exec('Netflix');

});

Available commands

The available commands may vary from model to model. I'm getting the following ones with the Sony Bravia KDL-50W805:

PowerOff, Input, GGuide, EPG, Favorites, Display, Home, Options, Return, Up, Down, Right, Left, Confirm, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Num1, Num2, Num3, Num4, Num5, Num6, Num7, Num8, Num9, Num0, Num11, Num12, VolumeUp, VolumeDown, Mute, ChannelUp, ChannelDown, SubTitle, ClosedCaption, Enter, DOT, Analog, Teletext, Exit, Analog2, *AD, Digital, Analog?, BS, CS, BSCS, Ddata, PicOff, Tv_Radio, Theater, SEN, InternetWidgets, InternetVideo, Netflix, SceneSelect, Mode3D, iManual, Audio, Wide, Jump, PAP, MyEPG, ProgramDescription, WriteChapter, TrackID, TenKey, AppliCast, acTVila, DeleteVideo, PhotoFrame, TvPause, KeyPad, Media, SyncMenu, Forward, Play, Rewind, Prev, Stop, Next, Rec, Pause, Eject, FlashPlus, FlashMinus, TopMenu, PopUpMenu, RakurakuStart, OneTouchTimeRec, OneTouchView, OneTouchRec, OneTouchStop, DUX, FootballMode, Social

Additional commands

I've also added a PowerOn command to that list, that implements WakeOnLAN to turn your TV on.

TODO

• Clean up the code a bit
• TV auto-detection (via UPnP or similar)
• Shortcut commands

Disclaimer

This is an experimental and non-official library developed just for fun, I'm not affiliated with Sony in any way. This software is distributed under the Apache 2.0 License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0