This projects attempts to give the user the ability to control their Sharp Aquos Television from a Node.JS project via their TCP interface.

1. Ensure the television is turned on.
2. Hit the 'Menu' button on your remote.
3. Navigate to 'Initial Setup'
4. Navigate to 'Internet Setup'
5. Navigate to 'Aquos Remote Control'
6. Enable the Remote Control functionality.
7. Go to Detailed Settings and set a username/password.

npm install benburkhart1/sharp-aquos-remote-control

Check out the sharp aquos remote control example application at: http://www.github.com/benburkhart1/sharp-aquos-remote-control-test

The following program connects to my television on IP 192.168.1.111 port 10002, with the username 'admin' and the password 'password', turns on the television, checks if the input# is 5 (which is Component (digital cable) here), if it is, it then turns the volume to level 15, otherwise it mutes the volume.

var Aquos = require("sharp-aquos-remote-control").Aquos;

var gw = new Aquos("192.168.1.111", 10002, 'admin', 'password');

gw.connect(function(err) {
  if (err)
  {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }

  gw.power(true, function(err, data) {
    // Get the Input #
    gw.input(null, function(err, data) {
      if (err)
      {
        console.log(err);
        return;
      }

      // If input # is 5 (Component here)
      if (data == 5)
      {
        console.log("Input # is 5, setting volume to 15");

        // Set the volume to 15
        gw.volume(15, function(err, data) {
          if (!err)
            console.log("Volume set to 15");
        });
      }
      else
      {
        console.log("Input # is " + data + ", muting volume");

        gw.mute(true, function(err, data) {
          if (!err)
            console.log("Muted volume");
        });
      }
    });
  });
});

Some models of the Sharp Aquos TV series contain a "Remote Control" setting that allows the teleivision to be controlled via a TCP socket server. This library connects and sends commands in the following format:

The options are always "? " which means "Get the value for this" or 1-4 numbers, space-right-padded, meaning 1 would be: "1 "

168 would be: "168 "

The commands are one of the following