skyboxremote

Python library to send commands to a Sky HD box Based on the sky-remote NodeJS module from dalhundal

Installation

pip install skyboxremote

Usage

Pass ip and port into RemoteControl function to create a remote. Port defaults to 49160 for SkyHD or SkyQ, set to port 5900 for legacy SkyQ firmware < 060 Time between commands in a sequence defaults to 0.01s.

Example

from skyboxremote import RemoteControl

remote = RemoteControl('192.168.1.60')

# Send a single command
remote.send_keys('sky')

# Send a sequence of commands
remote.send_keys(['sky', 'tvguide', 'green'])

Available remote control commands

power

sky

tvguide boxoffice services interactive

up down left right

select backup

channelup channeldown

i text help

red green yellow blue

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

play pause stop record fastforward rewind

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