DokiDoki CLI

Use doki to control interactive BLE devices from the terminal.

Quick Start

• doki scan - Scan for BLE devices (auto-starts daemon)
• doki connect DK-META2 - Connect to device (auto-starts daemon)

Common Tasks

Daemon Management

• doki start - Start background daemon
• doki stop - Stop background daemon
• doki status - Check daemon and connection status

Device Connection

• doki scan - Scan for BLE devices
• doki connect [name] - Connect to device (default: DK-META2)
• doki disconnect - Disconnect from device

Timeline Playback

• doki player play [audio] <timeline.json> - Play timeline with optional audio sync
• doki player pause - Pause playback (stops device)
• doki player resume - Resume playback

Direct Device Control

• doki action linear 50 - Set linear to 50%
• doki action rotary -30 - Set rotary to -30 (reverse)
• doki action vibration 80 - Set vibration to 80%
• doki action pause - Immediately stop all device actions

Timeline Format

Timeline files are JSON files defining device actions at specific timestamps:

{
  "duration": 180.5,
  "actions": [
    {"timestamp": 0.0, "type": "VIBRATION", "value": 50},
    {"timestamp": 5.5, "type": "LINEAR", "value": 30},
    {"timestamp": 10.0, "type": "ROTARY", "value": -50}
  ]
}

Action Types

Notes

• Requires Node.js 18+ and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support
• Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC/M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, AIFF
• Audio playback requires ffplay (Linux/Windows) or afplay (macOS)
• Logs are written to /tmp/dokidoki.log