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IoPC (aka Internet of PC) helps you to integrate PC into your smart home system.

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IoPC

(aka Internet of PC)

What is it?

IoPC is a service program that lets you integrate your PC into smart home system. Now it supports MQTT protocol, so you can integrate IoPC with HomeAssistant.

Configuration

IoPC has web interface where you can configure app, and it's modules which is available on http://127.0.0.1:60555/ by default. Web interface screenshot

You can quickly open it via tray icon:

Web interface screenshot

Also you can configure IoPC with env vars:

IOPC_MQTT_SERVER_URI=tcp://127.0.0.1:1883
IOPC_MQTT_USERNAME=mylogin
IOPC_MQTT_PASSWORD=mypassword

# Default MQTT prefix for IoPC
IOPC_MQTT_PREFIX=iopc
# Client ID is used to generate MQTT topic for individual computer
IOPC_MQTT_CLIENT_ID=myComputer

Services

By default, inbound MQTT prefix for IoPC instance is {MQTT_PREFIX}/{MQTT_CLIENT_ID}/command/#. You can publish any messages to subtopics, and they will be parsed by MqttModule.

For example, we want to set PC volume from HomeAssistant. We should send following message to topic iopc/myComputer/command/homeassistant

{
  "service": "volume.set",
  "payload": {
    "volume": 54
  }
}

Available services

Service Payload Description
keyboard.press { "keyCode": 65 } Presses the button on keyboard with specified keyCode
media.control { "action": "PLAY_PAUSE" } Controls multimedia by simulating virtual keys (you can find them on some keyboards). Available actions: PLAY_PAUSE, VOLUME_UP, VOLUME_DOWN, MUTE, PREVIOUS, NEXT, STOP
presentation.control { "action": "NEXT" } Controls PowerPoint/LibreOffice/etc presentation via pressing arrow keys or F5/ESC to start or end presentation. Available actions: NEXT, PREVIOUS, START, STOP
volume.set { volume: 54 } Sets audio volume
volume.get {} Publishes actual audio volume to MQTT
command.execute { "entrypointId": "help", "environment": { "KEY": "VALUE", "KEY2": "VALUE2" } } Runs custom command which must be defined in CommandModule configuration, e.g. for EntrypointID run-explorer, entrypoint can be explorer.exe
power.shutdown {} Shutdown computer
power.reboot {} Reboot computer
power.sleep {} Suspend computer
power.hibernate {} Hibernate computer

Sensors

By default, outbound MQTT prefix for IoPC instance is {MQTT_PREFIX}/{MQTT_CLIENT_ID}/#. Under this prefix you can find values from PC indicators. For example, PC volume level will be published to topic iopc/myComputer/volume/level as integer (e.g. 54)

For now, sensors are not updated automatically, so you should run a special service to update sensor value.

Available sensors

Sensor topic Value example Description
state online Availability topic of IoPC. Can be online or offline
volume/level 54 Audio volume. You must call volume.get service to refresh value of this sensor
sysinfo/ram/free 8575254528 Free RAM in bytes
sysinfo/ram/total 9940004528 Total RAM in bytes
sysinfo/cpu/usage 14 CPU usage in %
sysinfo/drive/{id} { "path": "C:\\", "totalSpace": 255414235136, "freeSpace": 96031997952, "usableSpace": 96031997952 } Drive info. {id} - number of drive, starts from 0.
activity/lastUserInput 2021-05-25T18:52:00.0123287 Last user input (e.g. mouse movement or keyboard press)
activity/state active User state. Can be active, idle (if not active for 30sec), away (if not active for 5min), unknown