skyn9ne/xboxpoweron.js

Xbox One CLI power control using JavaScript / Node.JS

XboxPowerOn.JS

Xbox One power control via CLI / Node.JS based app (can be run in-browser without downloads too, for example using Eruda to get access to DevTools on mobile browsers using the Chromium engine (Google Chrome / Edge / FreeAdBlockBrowser etc...)

Installation

to use as CLI program

npm install -g xbox-on

or to use as a module

npm install xbox-on

Usage (CLI)

xbox-on --help

  Usage: cli --ip=<ip_address> --live_device_id=<live_device_id>

  Options:

    -h, --help                             output usage information
    -i, --ip <ip>                          Xbox One IP Address
    -l, --live_device_id <live_device_id>  Xbox One Live Device ID
    -t, --tries <tries>                    Number of times to send power on packet
    -d, --delay <delay_between_tries>      Delay between power packets

Usage (Module)

var Xbox = require('xbox-on');                // Require module
var xbox = new Xbox(ipAddress, liveDeviceId); // Create new xbox

// Optional, defaults shown
var options = {
    tries: 5,
    delay: 1000,
    waitForCallback: false
};

xbox.powerOn(options);                        // Issue power on command

Getting your Xbox One's IP address

On your Xbox, go to Settings > Network > Network Settings > Advanced Settings

Getting your Live ID

On your Xbox, go to Settings > System > Console info & updates and look under "Xbox Live device ID"

Caveats

Since dgrams are effectively synchronous and don't rely on a response, we can usually just fire them off and not worry about the callbacks. However, there are cases where you might want to wait until the final packet is sent before proceeding. In this case, you might want to pass the waitForCallback option to the powerOn call to ensure that all requests are sent before continuing. The CLI is an obvious use case for this, as terminating prior to callback wouldn't send any packets at all!