gafrom / fauxmo

Emulated Belkin WeMo devices that work with the Amazon Echo

fauxmo

Emulated Belkin WeMo devices that work with the Amazon Echo

All of the code to make it work is contained in the single file, fauxmo.py. It requires Python 2.7 and standard libraries.

Usage

devices = (
  Device('kitchen light', RelayHandler(17),    None, 10005),
  Device('garden gate',   GateHandler(23, 24), None, 10006)
)

server = UpnpServer(devices)
server.start()

Clone this repository, add your devices to fauxmo.py file and execute it. If you want debug output, execute ./fauxmo.py -d. If you want it to run for an extended period, you could do something like nohup ./fauxmo.py & or turn it into a systemd service and enable it (please refer to the section below).

Once fauxmo.py is running, simply tell "Alexa, discover devices". You can also do this from the Alexa App or web at alexa.amazon.com.

Enable systemd service

Create a file /lib/systemd/system/fauxmo.service with the following contents:

[Unit]
Description=Emulator of WeMo devices

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/fauxmo -d

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Make Raspberry connect to Wifi

After burning a Raspberry OS to the SD card, put a file /Volume/boot/wpa_supplicant.conf (to Raspberry SD card):

country=GB
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    ssid="<name of your Wifi>"
    psk="<password of your Wifi>"
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}