Get Roomba BLID & PW the easy way (using Windows)

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As an alternative option, If you run HA (formerly HASS) I created a add-on which allows you to get the credentials without needing to install anything locally.

It’s in my HA custom add-on repo

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Yeah I discovered that too. The defaults are different depending on which version of python libraries you are running. So upgrading python is an option and the component, I believe now relies on the defaults versus overriding it. SSL versioning is such a PITA.

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I have a roomba 670 - it is wifi capable and currently connected tnad able to control through the irobot official app. for some reason it does not give the password. 0it gives everything else. ANy ideas?

get-roomba-password 192.168.1.x
Make sure your robot is on the Home Base and powered on (green lights on). Then press and hold the HOME button on your robot until it plays a series of tones (about 2 seconds). Release the button and your robot will flash WIFI light.
Then press any key here...
Robot Data:
{ ver: '3',
  hostname: 'Roomba-31650110214136xx',
  robotname: 'Roomba',
  ip: '192.168.1.x',
  mac: 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx',
  sw: '3.3.47',
  sku: 'R6700xx',
  nc: 0,
  proto: 'mqtt',
  cap: { ota: 1, eco: 1, svcConf: 1 },
  blid: '3165011021413xxx' }

Error getting password. Follow the instructions and try again.

can it be because it is already registered to the irobot cloud?

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Cheers Flemming! Got it to work with my 980.

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Still getting error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "roomba/getpassword.py", line 39, in <module>
    main()
  File "roomba/getpassword.py", line 34, in main
    Password(file=arg.configfile)
  File "/Users/kenny/Roomba980-Python/roomba/password.py", line 41, in __init__
    self.get_password()
  File "/Users/kenny/Roomba980-Python/roomba/password.py", line 131, in get_password
    sock, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, ciphers='DEFAULT@SECLEVEL=1')   #ciphers='HIGH:!DH:!aNULL' may work as well
  File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/ssl.py", line 1218, in wrap_socket
    context.set_ciphers(ciphers)
ssl.SSLError: ('No cipher can be selected.',)

Any idea ?

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Just want to say that I was able to obtain the BLID and password from my i7 running firmware version 3.2.9 after much trying over and over again.

I don’t know what the secret was, but it helped to connect directly the Wi-Fi network that the robot creates (usually called “iRobot-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”) and then run the script while connected to that network. Eventually, that worked for me.

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I struggled trying to get the BLID using an Ubuntu instance and the standard docs, and gave up. Then I found this and within 5 minutes I had it. THANK YOU!

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Gracias a ti he podido configurar la Roomba despues de mucho intentarlo

GRACIAS!!!

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Excellent guide. OP still worked like a charm for me May 16, 2020!

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Work as intended! Thank You

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Another thanks for this excellent post! Worked like a charm

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Did anyone get that working with Brava jet m6? I could be found by the script but then I get a lot of error like connection refused and broken pipe.

EDIT: ok forget it, after writing this it worked. I needed to be faster after the script says “press button for 2 seconds until sound”, and directly after that sound I continued and it worked.

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I’m having the same issue. Did you ever figure it out?

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First of all Flemming - BIG THANKS!

Beeing a code-knob with no education in any Phyton, YAML or other language, I have managed to get by changing ROM’s, running linux and other basic stuff in the past.

Homeassistant is a fantastic peice of software, only your imagination is the limit to what you can do. Problem is, it is still designed for programmers or nerds whom have a basic understanding og PC-languages.

Your write-up however made a big challange for me (having my Homeassistant in a Docker setup on a linux server) into a pice of cake, completed in minutes following your easy instructions.

I can confirm that this works with a Roomba 965 software 2.4.8 -44

Great job! :+1:

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I tried that on my Roomba e6 several times by connecting directly to the Roomba SSID. But every time I got this
Roomba (Roomba) IP address is: 192.168.10.1
Socket Error: The read operation timed out
Error getting password, receive 2 bytes. Follow the instructions and try again.

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I’m having the same issue, were ever able to get it working?

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These are perfectly written instructions. Thanks much for your effort in writing them up!

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Flemming … you are just exceptional! How to say … thank you, thank you, thank you :+1:t2: :slight_smile:

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Why do I keep getting “ No Roombas found, try again”?

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For anyone who doesn’t want to install stuff on their system, but does have docker, you can do it like so:

docker run -it --rm python /bin/bash
root@404510a802de:/# git clone https://github.com/NickWaterton/Roomba980-Python.git
root@404510a802de:/# cd Roomba980-Python/
root@404510a802de:/Roomba980-Python# pip install six
root@404510a802de:/Roomba980-Python# python ./roomba/getpassword.py -R <IP>

Or just the commands:

docker run -it --rm python /bin/bash
git clone https://github.com/NickWaterton/Roomba980-Python.git
cd Roomba980-Python/
pip install six
python ./roomba/getpassword.py -R <IP>

You need the IP since the IP discovery requires UDP broadcast, I’m guessing there’s some docker magic to make the UDP broadcast work but I’m not sure what it is.

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