node-sky-gnome | node module which connects , reads and inteprets the Sky

node-sky-gnome is a JavaScript library. node-sky-gnome has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can install using 'npm i sky-gnome' or download it from GitHub, npm.

This is a node module which connects, reads and interprets the Sky Gnome protocol. You find the module listed in the official node package manager repo:. Every retail Sky set-top-box pumps out a bunch of information about it's current state over a serial interface. If you pull the box out and look at the back panel, you will see an RS-232 interface port. Now, unless you bought your computer in the last century, you won't have a native RS-232 port, but luckily you can buy an RS-232-to-USB cable for around the same cost as a cup of coffee. Plug one end into the set-top-box, the other into your computer (after you install the drivers that come with the cable), run this code and - hey presto - you will get lots of dynamic, contextual, JSON about the current channel, programme and set top box state. Why does the box make this information available? Well it all stems back to a connected speaker they used to sell called Sky Gnome. Alas, these speakers are no more, but the Gnome protocol is still there and even the new boxes are still sending lots of useful data over the serial interface. I am unclear if this works only on Sky UK boxes. I suspect it will work across all the Sky European boxes at least, but have no evidence either way. If you know, then please do get in touch and share this information. My thanks to Joseph Heenan over at Dusky Control for documenting the Gnome protocol.