homebridge-sky-plus-hd

Homebridge plugin for configuring sky plus hd box

Summary

This plugin is based on a forked version of dalhundal's sky-plus-hd Node.js library. You can see my changes here. I'm hoping to clean up my code and send it back to the original developer for review at some point. I've changed some of the original behaviour so that it works a little nicer with Homebridge.

Features

• Switch on and off the Sky Box
• Change Channels
• See what the current channel is
• See what the name of the current channel is
• See whats on the current channel.
• support for seeing whats on when viewing recorded media.

Installation

1. Install homebridge using the instructions on the Homebridge github page.
2. Install this plugin using the command:

npm install -g homebridge-sky-plus-hd

3. Update your configuration file to include the following section:

"accessories": [
  {
    "accessory": "SkyPlusHDBox",
    "name": "Sky Box",
    "ipAddress": "192.168.1.103",
    "region": "scottish-west"
  }
]

The accessory must be SkyPlusHDBox for the plugin to work. You can set the name parameter to anything you like. The ipAddress parameter should point to your Sky Box. You can find out what this is by pressing the Services button on your Sky Remote and selecting Settings -> Network -> IP Address. The region must be set to a valid Sky region (see the note below for more details).

Note on Regions

The following regions have been defined in the sky-plus-hd library:

• atherstone
• border-england
• border-scotland
• brighton
• central-midlands
• channel-isles
• dundee
• east-midlands
• essex
• gloucester
• grampian
• granada
• henley-on-thames
• htv-wales
• htv-west
• htv-west-thames-valley
• humber
• london
• london-essex
• london-thames-valley
• london-kent
• meridian-east
• meridian-north
• meridian-south
• meridian-south-east
• merseyside
• norfolk
• north-east-midlands
• north-west-yorkshire
• north-yorkshire
• northern-ireland
• oxford
• republic-of-ireland
• ridge-hill
• scarborough
• scottish-east
• scottish-west
• sheffield
• south-lakeland
• south-yorkshire
• tees
• thames-valley
• tring
• tyne
• wales
• west-anglia
• west-dorset
• westcountry