Thank you for this! I had bought the same device and I had no idea how to 'learn' the IR codes and how to assign them to automations! I followed your guide and within minutes it's working like a charm! AC goes on from 10PM, if I'm home and the temperature is above 21 degrees. And it turns off when the temperature is below 19! Thank you, you're a lifesaver!
Ive been trying to get this to work for over a week without sucess, even after reading forum post after forum post. Thanks to this video I now have my whole living room set up with this. THANK YOU!
I;ve had two of these for around six months and they are great - have not had to replace batteries yet. Seems to have quite a powerful infra red transmission signal and it is multi directional ir leds.
Would this work with a wireless zigbee hub? Do you know of any IR devices that work with wireless zigbee hub? On Ali express they keep on stating wired hubs only.
I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work with wireless Zigbee hub. Actually, most of the hubs (if you disregard USB sticks) are wireless hubs with Ethernet as option.
I've been trying to figure this out for a few hours now I'll double checked everything you said to check all of its right but I cannot get the call service to work I've also noticed that whenever use blueprints for zigbee to mqtt they don't work so I'm sure that's related somehow
@@BeardedTinker Thanks for confirming. I suppose if it were capable of receiving the device would need more power, in order to be continually 'listening' for an IR signal. So then it couldn't be battery powered. So it's reasonable. Mine is due to arrive next week, so I'll get to have fun then.
I have been using this for about 8 months. It works perfectly. But I still can't simulate my samsung smart controller, only the on/off button :( Do you have one of those TVs?
Except for older models, I’m pretty sure Samsung smart tv controllers uses Bluetooth to communicate with the tv. IR is only used to turn it on. I don’t own a Samsung, but I have a Sony smart tv with android, and that’s how it works. This is needed because some advanced features like voice control couldn’t be implemented over IR.
Every web page that sells it, says it needs a wired hub. Why? It makes no sense. So, I tried with a wireless generic one and a zemismart M1 which is wired. I could pair in both but not control anything, not even learn remote codes
@@Capozzi3 no solution still. Probably not wired problem but firmware must be new and wired ones happens to have it. But my wired zemismart m1 didn't support
Could this device be used in an automation where if you press a button on a remote control, that the device will see it and then I would be able to turn on another device? For instance, I have my TVs connected to Zigbee smart plugs. If the TV has been in standby for 30 minutes (determined by power consumption) that the smart plug is then turned off. It would be great if I pressed the power button on the TV remote that this device could instruct HA via an automation to turn on the smart plug without me having to tell Alexa to do it 🤔
@@BeardedTinkerThat’s a pity, the better half is not too happy with having to ask Alexa each time she wants to watch TV, I thought this might be a solution… Thanks for the reply 👍🏻
Have you considered a separate zigbee battery powered button you keep very near by where you watch it from (triggers automation on click)? There are IR transceivers could do the thing you want but my current choice (IRdroid HAT for a separate Raspberry Pi) is taking lots of serious tech experience skills (ir-keytable command/ir-ctl to send, and if you set up and install/load IR command sets it will be treated as key press on the Pi and I can shut down the Pi with a power button press or whatever is IR learned as that key). So am sure that could be translated into HA somehow, but would need more work. Others here mention smartir integration, I need to look into that too I think.
Watching this review is makes me feel like you're an 18year old student reviewing his first 500€ car and saying it's the best car ever. The functionality here is incredibly basic and clumsy, copy pasting ir codes and saving them in notepad so you have an index, sending the commands back via mqtt? It's not even close to the convenience or complexity of what harmony or the broadcom blasters offer. Just try the broadcom one man, you'll like it I promise. And also, who has their ir blasters in the middle of the room on coffee tables 😀 The ir transmitters in there are MUCH more powerful than what you're used to with battery remotes, I can control things in the hallway from the living room with no line of sight at all, so as you can imagine having it in the corner of my room and it handling the AC, TV and soundbar is completely a non-issue. All that, being said, I'm here because I like your videos so keep up the good work :)
Agreeing with you but also disagree partially. For example - Harmony - that device is dead - while part of the site and info is still available, the question is for how long. Second and most important for me, and especially WAF - no wires. If device has wires and I can't tuck it away somewhere, there is no way it will stay longer than testing period. But yes, it requires a lot of tinkering. BTW - while I didn't show, each code received is temporarily stored in HA as entity, so yes, you can use it as entity too, just limited to last learned code.
Personnaly I use the broadlink RM4 Pro, it has an home assistant integration, and then you can learn each command directly with home assistant, that way you never have to use the app after the initial setup. The setup is even easier than here since you can use developer tool service to remote.learn a command, name it, and then you have them all in a file in the .storage folder of home assistant. It's not as good as a native zigbee integration, but can work fine depending on the use case.
may i use it to turn off an AC? i thought to use a shelly plus 1PM to check if the AC is on and a tuya human prsence to know if the guests left the apartment. in that case i need only to switch off the hisense DJ25VE00G . Thanks for your info.
That's not easy to answer. It has the capability and in video I've shown that it works with my AC, but it also depends on the remote from the AC you're using. So, yes it should work but if you have a strange AC with an even stranger remote, it may not work.
@@BeardedTinker It's not easy to answer. It has the capabilities and in the video I demonstrated that it works with my air conditioner, but it also depends on the remote control of the air conditioner you are using. So yes, it should work, but if you have a weird air conditioner with an even weirder remote, it might not work. Answers If I asked to have all the functions of the current remote control I could understand your answer, but since I am interested in only one sequence i.e. turning it on and off (because they are always the same!!!) I think whoever produces it or reviews it should put in a position to know the compatibility or alternatively indicate links for further information. I know that identifying appropriate products and integrations is not easy for those who have been using home assistants for a long time, but imagine what someone like me who only started 20 days ago can do.
I hope you're joking. In video I specifically say that ACs always send full string and it's not just on off, but itcontains all of the settings - temperature, mode, are flaps moving, is it also dehumidifying etc when it gets powered on.
I am not interested in other functions such as changing cool/heat mode or anything else, I am only interested in knowing if it is on (and I detect it with a 1PM shelly) to be able to turn it off with a remote control clone (Smart IR) if a human presence sensor detects absence of guests in the room. I am NOT interested in anything else
Probably language barrier - but let me put it this way. What you are NOT interested in, remote and AC doesn't care. Again, with every power ON via IR, it will send that state - temperature, mode, fin control etc. Everything.
Can this remote be used in REVERSE with ZHA Like using a IR-remote to trigger a automation, instead of the reverse. where a button on the dashboard triggers a IR-code to be send to a device. Example: IR-blaster= receives: BBAABBAAABBBAA automation: If receive: BBAABBAAABBBAA Action: turn on light=Y IR-blaster= receives: AABBAAABBBAABB automation: If receive: AABBAAABBBAABB Action: turn on light=Z
That would be cool, but I don't think you can use it like that. For this each time it has to be in learning mode. And it doesn't stay in it for a long time as it's using up the batteries. Second problem is that codes can change on button press - same button, different code - this of course depends on device/remote
@@BeardedTinker true, sadly changing the firmware is near impossible for consumers. Its a shame there exist no product like this. ------- Just like many other items that looks super helpful it doesn't exist. ------ [opentherm zigbee thermostat] [only 1 exist, and it is quite expensive] ---- USB-C female to usb 3.0 type B [it exist in type 2.0 form, but not 3.0 [looking for one for a year or 3 now] made a discounted version trough adapters. that is slightly cumbersome to use but it still works
Besides Logitech stopping support and sale of anything Harmony. I had Logitech and it was OK remote - but family didn't like it. But yes, this is not same category - more of "development" version of IR blaster.
