binrpc

HomeMatic xmlrpc_bin:// protocol server and client

For use with CCU1/2 (rfd, hs485d, Rega), Homegear and CUxD

Implements the same interface as homematic-xmlrpc, these 2 libs should be a 1:1 drop-in-replacement for each other.

Changelog

Breaking Change in v3.0.0: To be consistent with homematic-xmlrpc the RPC client isn't an event emitter anymore. All errors have to be handled through the methodCall callback.

Change in v2.1.0 To be consistent with homematic-xmlrpc you don't have to wait for the client connect event before using methodCall.

Breaking change in v2.0.0: system.multicall isn't resolved in single calls anymore. This should be done by the application itself and was removed to be consistent with homematic-xmlrpc.

Examples

Switch on the Channel LEQ0134153:1

var rpc = require('binrpc');

var rpcClient = rpc.createClient({host: '192.168.1.100', port: '2001'});

rpcClient.methodCall('setValue', ['LEQ0134153:1', 'STATE', true], function (err, res) {
    console.log('response', err, JSON.stringify(res));
});

For a full example on how to subscribe to CCU events see example.js

Further reading

• HomeMatic RPC Schnittstellen Dokumentation, eQ-3 (German)
• BIN-RPC reference by Sathya (with Homegear extensions) (English)
• BIN-RPC protocol description by leonsio, homematic-forum (German)

API Documentation

Modules

binrpc

client

protocol

server

Classes

Client

Protocol

Server

binrpc

• binrpc
  • .createClient(options) ⇒ Client
  • .createServer(options, onListening) ⇒ Server

binrpc.createClient(options) ⇒ Client

RPC client factory

Kind: static method of binrpc

Param	Type	Default	Description
options	object
options.host	string		the hostname or ip address to connect to
options.port	number		the port to connect to
[options.reconnectTimeout]	number	2500	wait milliseconds until trying to reconnect after the socket was closed
[options.responseTimeout]	number	5000	wait milliseconds for method call response
[options.queueMaxLength]	number	15	maximum number of methodCalls that are allowed in the queue

binrpc.createServer(options, onListening) ⇒ Server

RPC server factory

Kind: static method of binrpc

Param	Type	Description
options	object
options.host	string	ip address on which the server should listen
options.port	number	port on which the server should listen
onListening	function	function to be invoked in the server's listening callback

client

• client
  • .queue : Array
  • .queueMaxLength : number
  • .queueRetryTimeout : number
  • .pending : boolean
  • .responseTimeout : number
  • .connect()
  • .queuePush(buf, cb)
  • .queueShift()
  • .methodCall(method, params, callback)

client.queue : Array

The request queue. Array elements must be objects with the properties buffer and callback

Kind: instance property of client

client.queueMaxLength : number

Maximum queue length. If queue length is greater than this a methodCall will return error 'You are sending too fast'

Kind: instance property of client

client.queueRetryTimeout : number

Time in milliseconds. How long to wait for retry if a request is pending

Kind: instance property of client

client.pending : boolean

Indicates if there is a request waiting for its response

Kind: instance property of client

client.responseTimeout : number

Time in milliseconds. How long to wait for a method call response

Kind: instance property of client

client.connect()

connect

Kind: instance method of client

client.queuePush(buf, cb)

Push request to the queue

Kind: instance method of client

Param	Type
buf	buffer
cb	function

client.queueShift()

Shift request from the queue and write it to the socket.

Kind: instance method of client

client.methodCall(method, params, callback)

methodCall

Kind: instance method of client

Param	Type	Description
method	string
params	Array
callback	function	optional - if omitted an empty string will be send as response

protocol

• protocol
  • .encodeRequest(method, data) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeResponse(data) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeData(obj) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeStruct(obj) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeStructKey(str) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeArray(arr) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeString(str) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeBool(b) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeInteger(i) ⇒ Buffer
  • .encodeDouble(d) ⇒ Buffer
  • .decodeDouble(elem) ⇒ object
  • .decodeString(elem) ⇒ object
  • .decodeBool(elem) ⇒ object
  • .decodeInteger(elem) ⇒ object
  • .decodeArray(elem) ⇒ object
  • .decodeStruct(elem) ⇒ object
  • .decodeData(data) ⇒ *
  • .decodeResponse(data) ⇒ *
  • .decodeStrangeRequest(data) ⇒ Array
  • .decodeRequest(data) ⇒ *

protocol.encodeRequest(method, data) ⇒ Buffer

encode requests

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
method	string	throws error if not type string or if string is empty
data	*	optional - defaults to an empty array

protocol.encodeResponse(data) ⇒ Buffer

encode response

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
data	*	optional - defaults to empty string

protocol.encodeData(obj) ⇒ Buffer

encode data

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
obj	*	throws TypeError if obj is undefined or null

protocol.encodeStruct(obj) ⇒ Buffer

encode struct

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
obj	object	throws error if not of type object

protocol.encodeStructKey(str) ⇒ Buffer

encode struct key

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
str	string	throws error if not of type string

protocol.encodeArray(arr) ⇒ Buffer

encode array

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
arr	array	throws error if not instance of Array

protocol.encodeString(str) ⇒ Buffer

encode string

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
str	string	throws error if not of type string

protocol.encodeBool(b) ⇒ Buffer

encode bool

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
b	*	any type

protocol.encodeInteger(i) ⇒ Buffer

encode integer

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
i	number	throws error if not a number or if out of range (min=-2147483648 max=2147483647)

protocol.encodeDouble(d) ⇒ Buffer

encode double

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
d	number	throws error if not a number

protocol.decodeDouble(elem) ⇒ object

decode double

Kind: static method of protocol
Returns: object - properties content and rest

Param	Type	Description
elem	Buffer	throws error if not an instance of Buffer or if length <8

protocol.decodeString(elem) ⇒ object

decode string

Kind: static method of protocol
Returns: object - properties content and rest

Param	Type	Description
elem	Buffer	throws error if not an instance of Buffer or if length <4

protocol.decodeBool(elem) ⇒ object

decode double

Kind: static method of protocol
Returns: object - properties content and rest

Param	Type	Description
elem	Buffer	throws error if not an instance of Buffer or if length <8

protocol.decodeInteger(elem) ⇒ object

decode integer

Kind: static method of protocol
Returns: object - properties content and rest

Param	Type	Description
elem	Buffer	throws error if not an instance of Buffer or if length <4

protocol.decodeArray(elem) ⇒ object

decode array

Kind: static method of protocol
Returns: object - properties content and rest

Param	Type	Description
elem	Buffer	throws error if not an instance of Buffer or if length <4

protocol.decodeStruct(elem) ⇒ object

decode struct

Kind: static method of protocol
Returns: object - properties content and rest

Param	Type	Description
elem	Buffer	throws error if not an instance of Buffer or if length <4

protocol.decodeData(data) ⇒ *

decodes binary data

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type
data	Buffer

protocol.decodeResponse(data) ⇒ *

decode response

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
data	Buffer	throws TypeError if data is no instance of Buffer

protocol.decodeStrangeRequest(data) ⇒ Array

decode "strange" request

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
data	Buffer	throws TypeError if data is no instance of Buffer

protocol.decodeRequest(data) ⇒ *

decode request

Kind: static method of protocol

Param	Type	Description
data	Buffer	throws TypeError if not instance of Buffer

server

Client

Kind: global class

new Client(options)

Param	Type	Default	Description
options	object
options.host	string		the hostname or ip address to connect to
options.port	number		the port to connect to
[options.reconnectTimeout]	number	2500	wait milliseconds until trying to reconnect after the socket was closed
[options.responseTimeout]	number	5000	wait milliseconds for method call response
[options.queueMaxLength]	number	15	maximum number of methodCalls that are allowed in the queue

Protocol

Kind: global class

Server

Kind: global class

• Server
  • new Server(options, onListening)
  • "[method]" (error, params, callback)
  • "NotFound" (method, params)

new Server(options, onListening)

Param	Type	Description
options	object
options.host	string	ip address on which the server should listen
options.port	number	port on which the server should listen
onListening	function	function to be invoked in the server's listening callback

"[method]" (error, params, callback)

Fires when RPC method call is received

Kind: event emitted by Server

Param	Type	Description
error	*
params	array
callback	function	callback awaits params err and response

"NotFound" (method, params)

Fires if a RPC method call has no event handler. RPC response is always an empty string.

Kind: event emitted by Server

Param	Type
method	string
params	array

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Sebastian 'hobbyquaker' Raff and Contributors

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