node-linux-cec

Linux CEC bindings for Node.js

This package includes native bindings for the Linux Consumer Electronics Control API. All constants and functions from linux/cec.h and linux/cec-funcs.h are included, as well as a Device class for managing CEC adapters.

Requirements

• Node >= 10.7 (requires napi bigint support)

API

The api is the same as found in the linux CEC headers, with the following changes:

• All functions, variables, arguments and properties are in camel case.
• All types/structs are in pascal case.
• The CEC_ prefix has been removed from all constants.
• The cec_ prefix has been removed from all functions.
• The cec_msg_init implementation doesn't accept an existing message as its first argument.
• All cec_msg_* functions return a new message object and do not alter the existing message.
• All cec_ops_* functions with one output value return that value directly.
• All cec_ops_* functions with more than one output value return an object with the output values as properties.
• All number values that are inherently boolean flags are cast as boolean values.

Usage

import * as cec from 'node-linux-cec'

const main = async () => {
  const device = new cec.Device('/dev/cec0')

  device.on('event', event => {
    // handle CEC event
  })

  device.on('message', async msg => {
    // handle CEC message
    if (cec.msgIsBroadcast(msg)) return
    msg = cec.msgReplyFeatureAbort(msg, cec.OP_ABORT_UNRECOGNIZED_OP)
    // Transmit reply
    await device.transmit(msg)
  })

  // Open the device
  await device.open()

  // Change device mode
  await device.setMode(cec.MODE_INITIATOR | cec.MODE_FOLLOWER)

  // ...

  // Reset mode and close device
  await device.setMode(cec.MODE_INITIATOR)
  await device.close()
}

Development

Ensure clang-format and linux headers are installed. Run yarn gen <path-to-cec-headers> (/usr/include/linux on most systems) to update the generated bindings. Then build the module with yarn build.