Open source control for Belkin WeMo devices
- Free software: BSD license
- Documentation: https://ouimeaux.rtfd.org.
- Supports WeMo Switch, Light Switch, Insight Switch and Motion
- Command-line tool to discover and control devices in your environment
- REST API to obtain information and perform actions on devices
- Simple responsive Web app provides device control on mobile
- Python API to interact with device at a low level
The original repository can be found here: https://github.com/iancmcc/ouimeaux
It doesn't appear to be maintained and it doesn't work with modern Python packages.
It has been forked here so that I can include my modifications to
requirements.txt as well as document how to use it.
$ sudo pip install virtualenv
$ mkdir ouimeaux-env
$ virtualenv ouimeaux-env
$ source ouimeaux-env/bin/activate
$ cd ouimeaux-env
$ pip install git+https://github.com/syphoxy/ouimeaux.git
At this point you should be able to use wemo and wemo server so long as
you've activated your environment with source ouimeaux-env/bin/activate.
Note: Ensure that the pip and virtualenv command you use belongs to a
Python 2 installation. On some systems, there are multiple versions of Python
installed. See below for an example from my Fedora system.
$ /bin/ls -1 "$(dirname $(which python))/virtualenv"{,-2} "$(dirname $(which python))/p"{ython,ip}[23]
/usr/bin/pip2
/usr/bin/pip3
/usr/bin/python2
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/bin/virtualenv
/usr/bin/virtualenv-2
$ pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages (python 3.5)
$ pip2 --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)
The wemo command won't be able to communicate with your devices if you're connected to a VPN. It may be redirecting UDP traffic somewhere else. Disconnect from the VPN and the tool should work.
Open an issue and I'll try to help.