ioBroker.fakeroku

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Emulates one or more Roku devices on your LAN so that ECP/SSDP remotes — a Logitech Harmony Hub or a Sofabaton X1/X2 — can trigger events in ioBroker. It is the input counterpart to the Logitech Harmony adapter: a button on the remote becomes a datapoint in ioBroker.

Unlike the classic fake-Roku, this build answers the full Roku control surface including /query/device-info with a current Roku version, so it works beyond a classic Harmony hub.

The official Roku mobile app is not supported. It drives Rokus over Roku's proprietary, undocumented ECP-2 WebSocket channel, which this emulator does not implement. Use a Harmony hub or a Sofabaton — those speak the classic ECP this adapter serves.

Features

• Emulates one or more Roku devices on the LAN — the Roku control protocol (ECP) over HTTP plus SSDP discovery on port 1900.
• Full Roku control surface including /query/device-info with a current Roku version, beyond what a classic Harmony hub needs.
• Clean data model per device: a command datapoint plus fixed keys.<Key> states, all created up front.
• Several emulated Rokus from a single instance; discovery bound to the chosen network interface; command handling restricted to the LAN.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 22
• js-controller >= 7.2.2
• admin >= 7.8.23

Installation

Install the adapter from the ioBroker admin.

Configuration

• Network interface — the network card the emulated Rokus bind to and advertise on. Leave it on "all interfaces" and the adapter runs out of the box — it detects the routable IP automatically. Pick a specific address only on a host with several network cards.
• Emulated Roku devices — managed as cards: + Add opens a dialog with a name, an ECP port (8060 the real Roku port; a free one is pre-selected, and the dialog refuses a name or port already in use) and a type. You can emulate several Rokus from one instance — each needs its own port.
• Type — Player (default) exposes the 16 standard navigation and playback keys; TV additionally exposes volume, power, channel and input keys. Choose TV only if you want those extra keys as ioBroker triggers.

To add the emulated Roku to a Harmony hub, add a "Roku" device in the Harmony app and point it at the ioBroker host.

Objects

For every emulated Roku (fakeroku.0.<name>):

| Datapoint | Type | Meaning | |---|---|---| | .command | string, read-only | The last command as plain text (Home, Lit_a, launch:12, search:news). One datapoint for everything — no object-per-character sprawl. | | .commandType | string, read-only | keypress / keydown / keyup / launch / install / input / search. | | .keys.<Key> | boolean, read-only | One state per remote key the device type exposes — a Player has the 16 navigation/playback keys, a TV adds Volume*, Power, Channel*, HDMI/AV inputs — all created up front. A keypress pulses it true for a moment; keydown/keyup hold it. |

Free keyboard input (Lit_x) and app launches show up in .command only — they do not get their own objects.

Note: the Roku remote sends the same Play command for play and pause, so play and pause cannot be told apart here — that is a protocol limitation, not an adapter one.

Usage

In a script or Blockly rule, react to a key — e.g. when fakeroku.0.<name>.keys.Play becomes true, or watch .command for the last button as text.

Changelog

1.1.0 (2026-08-10)

• (krobipd) Several emulated Rokus are now independent at start-up: if one is set to a port already in use, the others still start instead of the whole instance failing.
• (krobipd) The adapter keeps serving already-paired remotes, and reports its status correctly, even when network discovery cannot start or later drops out.
• (krobipd) Discovery now covers every network interface on a host that has more than one, so a remote on any of your local networks can find the emulated Rokus.
• (krobipd) The device dialog now refuses a name that would clash with another device or a reserved name, preventing a naming conflict.
• (krobipd) The adapter description now reads correctly in the non-English and non-German admin languages.

1.0.0 (2026-08-05)

• (krobipd) First stable release — version 1.0.0 marks the complete rewrite as the mature, supported version of the adapter.
• (krobipd) Upgrading from an older version now shows a one-time notice that the button data points changed from text to real boolean values, so scripts and visualizations can be checked.

0.6.0 (2026-08-05)

• (krobipd) Complete rewrite. The adapter now answers the full Roku control surface — including device-info with a current Roku version — so Logitech Harmony and Sofabaton remotes pair and work reliably.
• (krobipd) Works out of the box: it detects the network address to advertise on its own, no manual interface picking.
• (krobipd) Manage multiple emulated Rokus from the admin UI, each as a Player or a TV.
• (krobipd) Cleaner object tree — one datapoint per remote button with the correct types, plus a last-command datapoint; leftover objects from older versions are removed on start.

0.5.1 (2026-08-05)

• (mcm1957) Adapter requires Node.js >= 22 now
• (mcm1957) Dependencies have been updated

0.5.0 (2026-07-30)

• Complete rewrite with the full Roku control surface, including device-info with a current Roku version — the part modern remotes check at pairing, beyond what a classic Harmony hub needs
• New clean data model: a command datapoint plus fixed keys.<Key> states, all created up front instead of appearing only after the first keypress
• Discovery binds to the chosen network interface, command handling is restricted to the local network

Older changelogs can be found there

History

fakeroku has a long lineage on ioBroker, and this version continues it — for existing users it is simply a new version of the same adapter:

• Pmant created fakeroku in 2017 and built the original Roku emulation: SSDP discovery, the ECP surface and multi-device support.
• Apollon77 kept the test and build tooling current over the following years.
• The ioBroker Community Adapters team — notably mcm1957 and foxriver76 — maintained and modernized the adapter from 2023 to 2026, releasing versions up to 0.5.1.
• From 0.6.0 on, krobi rewrote the adapter from the ground up in TypeScript and added the full ECP surface including device-info.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017-2023 Pmant [email protected]
Copyright (c) 2023-2026 iobroker-community-adapters [email protected]
Copyright (c) 2026 krobi [email protected]

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Developed with assistance from Claude.ai