Fire TV Stick 4K & 2K Virtual Device

[AutoFrank 372]

Hi,

 

This is a Virtual Device to control the FireTV Stick 4K and 2K over IP that leverages the VideoStorm IRUSB device and App

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You'll need the following

• Purchase IRUSB Device 

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   ($40 + delivery)
• Purchase a micro usb power splitted cable (Micro Usb Host OTG Cable) - 

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   (£6)
• You'll need to download the associated app
  • From your amazon account - 

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  • or Search for IRUSB in the App on the fire tv stick device itself
• Disable ADB in the developer options on your Fire TV device

 

The combination of the IRUSB device and the app exposes a TCP API that he VD leverages 

The VD matches the 4K Stick. If you have a 2K stick you can ignore/delete the Volume/Mute buttons

Steps

• Down load the attached VD
• Connect up the hardware that is referenced above
• Download the app to the fire TV stick
  • Update the IRUSB to fw V225 if required (use App UI on the fire TV stick itself)
• Add the IP address of the Fire TV Stick in the VD
• Add port 9093 to the VD

 

The AV Status (Stopped/Playing) is read in the main loop on a 5 second interval.

I have extended this to 10 seconds as I only use the status change to trigger some light changes in my cinema room.

This use a TCP read and I suspect that a action command (play, home. etc) may not reach the amazon device if it coincides with a status 'read'

If you don't need the read, just delete the man loop code as well as the status label

 

After that you should be all set....

 

Other Amazon Devices...

This device and approach can be used to control any Amazon device (Nvidia Shield, Cube, etc)

You just need to find the correct codes/commands for the actions and the VD is easy to modify

Codes - 

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IRUSB - TCP API Protocol - 

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EDIT

I updated the VD to add some Quick Launch Apps for Netflix, Youtube, etc

The are more details n post 3 on how to customize this for you specific apps

VD now looks like 

 

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Edit 2

I'll create a HC3 Quick App version of this over the next few weeks

 

 

 

 

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Edited February 25, 2020 by AutoFrank

[fauxir 0]

Can't wait to give it a spin! Cheers man

[AutoFrank 372]

I updated the VD in the first post to include some buttons for launching the apps directly

This is achieved by adding the following code to a button

 

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The code is the same with the exception of the url at line 5

There is a very good tutorial on how to derive the Quick Launch URL at 

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Amend as you require

 

Lower end of remote now looks like this, 

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