Aqara M2 IR blaster scene using HomeKit controller

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Hello!
I have configured Aqara M2 setup.
I’ve bought Raspberry and installed Home Assistant and it works great! Thanks!
I’ve found that I can connect Aqara M2 to HA using HomeKit Controller and everything is great but…

Finally Aqara M2 has possibility to export scene from Aqara App to Home App and I use it to control AC. This is the only feature of my Aqara setup that is not presented in Home App as a device but a scene.

My question is … will HomeKit Controller in HA find my scene if i choose to export this from Aqara to HomeKit? I do not want to try because I lose my current setup. If it wouldn’t work i do not want to setup this again without getting any extra feature.

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What makes you think you will “lose your current setup”?

Surely going into Home App and removing that scene (if it goes wrong) would fix any issues you might encounter.

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Cause I have to remove Aqara Hub from Home App to add it to HA.
And… I’ve already done it. All the scenes from Aqara App are not visible in HA.

I had to try. Thanks. We can leave this topic for other users that would like to get info about this.

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I would love to know if it is possible to integrate M2’s IR Blaster as a remote in HA!

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I’ve figured out a workaround but only for the AC. Unfortunately my ceiling lamp is configured as a custom device in Aqara Home so it’s not visible in Google Home.
But if you have devices pre-configured (like my AC) in Aqara App then it should work.

Steps to setup:

  1. Connect Aqara Home to Google Home.
  2. Configure Google Assistant SDK in HA.
  3. Create a script “Send text command” using Google Assistant SDK to send command “turn on the air conditioner”.
  4. Create a button to run the script.

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Thank you very much, worked for me, but also only with AC. And I’m still looking for a solution to add custom IR remotes to HA. Hope developers will add official Aqara integration with IR support