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thestr4ng3r
Headless mode - Single keypad actions from the cli
What platform does your feature request apply to? Linux primarily, but all that support headless operation
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Right now, all home automation solutions I could find only use the reverse engineered "Second Screen" functionality which is quite limited. Having the full range of keypad-input available would make it so much more useful. This feature plus an additional MQTT-Adapter would make it possible to control a PS4 from any range of home-automation devices.
Describe the solution you'd like Having the possibility to send single key-presses from the console eg. "chiaki-cli send-key key="Moon" --host=192.168.1.2 --registkey=123abc12". Not sure about the lag if the application would be started and had to connect every single time.
I am happy to try my hands at implementing one, but not being that proficient in C/C++ need some guidance on where to start.
Describe alternatives you've considered At this point, I don't see any to be honest.
It would be quite slow indeed and the ps4 always rejects new connections about 10 seconds after a previous one has been closed. But I think this could be combined with #278 and input could be piped into chiaki on stdin. This way you can send multiple keys in a row.
Thank you for your fast feedback on this!
I think #278 definitely shares the fact, that you open a long-lasting session via the cli. Am I correct to assume, that the mapping "stdin-command" -> "message to PS4" would need to be implemented?