For simple use cases, a command line interface is provided. Prebuilt binaries are made available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. All prebuilds are x64 only (no ARM support for MacOS yet, but Rosetta 2 should work).
Some commands take discrete identifiers as arguments (e.g. mode, level, key) which are listed below.
Usage: lgtv-ip-control [options] [command]
Options:
-o, --host <address> IP or DNS address of TV.
-m, --mac <address> MAC address of TV. Required for power on.
-k, --keycode <keycode> Encryption keycode provided by TV.
-p, --port <port> LG IP control server port. (default: 9761)
-w, --wol_address <address> Broadcast address used by WOL for power on. Must be set if
TV is not on local subnet.
-t, --timeout <seconds> Time for television to respond to a command before an error
is returned. (default: 5)
-h, --help display help for command
Commands:
power <state> Turn TV on or off.
volume [level] Set the volume level.
mute [state] Mute TV audio.
input <input> Select input.
energysaving <level> Select energy saving level.
key [options] <keys...> Remote control key presses with optional pauses.
mac <iface> Retrieve the TV's MAC addresses.
picturemode <mode> Select picture mode.
screenmute <mode> Blank either the input video or the entire screen.
help [command] display help for command
Note that the CLI is optional and can be excluded when installing the library as described below. The CLI will only function if the optional dependencies commander and @commander-js/extra-typings are present. If not present, the library will continue to work normally.