Wondering if anyone knows such a device?
Basically looking for something like this
But that can be controlled via HA (presuming ZigBee would be best for battery but honestly I’ll take anything!)
The spot I have is enclosed by steel so literally no (easy) way to get power there
Has anyone found anything like this?
Not found anything yet I’m afraid
If you don’t mind a bit of tinkering - I am controlling very similar LED lights like that with OpenMQTTGateway. If an RF or IR gateway is required depends on the remote and protocol which is being used with yours.
Once the appropriate gateway is built and set up it is as easy as catching the remote commands for the different functionalities once and then sending them with HA over MQTT to the gateway to control the lights as desired.
Initially it does require a bit of building, tinkering and scanning the function assigned remote commands, but once that hurdle is taken it works great.
This looks interesting - I don’t mind tinkering and actually have a few ESP8266 lying around… Is that what you’re using?
If I’m understanding correctly - you simply flash this onto the ESP, attach the correct IR blaster (which are you using?) and then have that with line of sight to the device - is that right?
(as an aside, are those LEDs any good? We just set up a hot tub and was looking for something similar!)
This looks interesting - I don’t mind tinkering and actually have a few ESP8266 lying around… Is that what you’re using?
I am actually using an IR blaster which is also compatible with being flashed with OpenMQTTGateway, as described at
as it has a really great IR range. I think on Amazon UK this re-branded one might be the same
but recently many of these remotes have been change over to Tuya compatibility with different chips, not compatible for OpenMQTTGateway flashing any longer. So no guarantee with the above link.
Other than that, yes, flash an ESP8266, hook up an IR diode and receiver, as descibed at
and you can control the lights with this gateway by MQTT commands.
My lights are actually not exactly the ones I linked to above, waterproof as well but actually larger, but I am very happy with them, they have been working well for years now.
P.S. these are mine - couldn’t find the exact model with the initial quick search in my original posting 