wemosetup

A simple Python script to set up WeMo devices supporting:

• connecting to a home Wi-Fi network (via calling a SOAP method ConnectHomeNetwork)
• showing a list of discovered devices (via SSDP)
• adding new bulbs to WeMo bridges, showing state of paired bulbs, removing bulbs
• toggling state of WeMo switch and WeMo bridge devices
• connecting to IFTTT
• working on Windows too

I have tested it with WeMo Insight and WeMo Bridge.

Examples

# discover devices (with their IPs and ports)
python3 wemosetup.py discover

# connect to home wi-fi
python3 wemosetup.py connecthomenetwork --ip 10.22.22.1 --port 49152 --ssid <mywifinetworkname> --password <mywifinetworkpassword>

# add bulbs
python3 wemosetup.py addenddevices --ip 10.22.22.1 --port 49152

# list bulbs
python3 wemosetup.py getenddevices --ip 10.22.22.1 --port 49152

# remove bulbs
python3 wemosetup.py removeenddevices --ip 10.22.22.1 --port 49152

# reset bulbs (remove all bulbs and add all bulbs in one shot)
python3 wemosetup.py resetenddevices --ip 10.22.22.1 --port 49152

# toggle bubls
python3 wemosetup.py toggle --ip 10.22.22.1 --port 49152

# pair with IFTTT (will ask to follow a web link and then execute JavaScript from DevTools console), imei may be an arbitrary number 
python3 wemosetup.py ifttt --ip 10.22.22.1 --port 49152 --imei 123456789

Resetting WeMo

WeMo devices are not very stable and may require resets of bridges, switches and bulbs.

Dependencies

• Python 3
• openssl (or openssl.exe) binary discoverable in system $PATH

Credits and references

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20130429034218/http://www.mgalisa.com/?p=91
2. https://github.com/issackelly/wemo
3. https://gist.github.com/hardillb/ffa9b458109fb8af7d0f#file-wemo-control-js
4. https://github.com/pavoni/pywemo/blob/master/pywemo/ouimeaux_device/bridge.py
5. https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20160218