hey guys
I use a Berbel extractor hood that is far too expensive and would like to transfer the manufacturer’s Bluetooth remote control to the HA. Are there ways to transfer via Broadlink, for example?
Best regards
Benedikt
I’m at the same point, did you manage to connect it to HA?
I’m also interested in this.
i’ve asked chatgpt to analyze the decompiled android app and create a config for the esphome ble_client:
hope this works as a starting point - i haven’t tested it yet, my kitchen was just installed yesterday and i’ll probably get around to testing it in the next few weeks
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Would also be interested if it works ! We also got our kitchen installed and waiting for final installation of our Berbel incl. ConInterface. Feedback about successful Berbel control via Home Assistant would be amazing !! 
I created an integration for my Berbel Skyline Edge Base, which is installable via HACS. Tested it the last week and seems to be stable.
Unfortunately, I have no idea, if any other Berbel models work, as I do not have any for testing 
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First of all, thank you very much for your efforts.
I tried to use your integration, but it doesn’t seem to work with my hood.
I commented an issue on github (another person also wasn’t able to connect to his hood).
As my model advertises itself as “HOOD_PER”, I tried to connect to the Berbel by just allowing “HOOD_PER” as supported model (I forked your project and used that fork as integration).
Unfortunately I was not able to connect it either. The device will be shown as option, but the next step in config flow fails, because the connection can’t be established.
I know, that it must be possible to connect to my hood by Bluetooth, because I once had an app that did that. However this app seems to be discontinued.
I researched and found that Berbel had a major change in their hoods from November 2020 and thus I presume, that any hoods manufactured before that date will most likely not work with your integration.
I now ordered a Broadlink IR/RF universal remote and will try to add the hood by using that.
Another option could be, to follow your path by decompiling https://m.apkpure.com/de/berbel-control/com.cybob.berbelremote because AFAIR that app was able to connect to my hood…
Another follow-up:
I was not able to control the hood by Broadlink IR/RF universal remote. I wasn’t able to read any signals from Berbel Remote. It’s either not IR/RF or the broadlink device is not capable of reading the signals.
I tried to adjust the code from @benalbrecht to work with legacy models and used the decompiled android app as base, but after some fails I now think, that it will not be possible, because Homeassistants Bluetooth integration is based on BTLE only and the old hoods seem to use classic bluetooth stack with pairing.
Does anyone here have knowledge about integrating old (non BTLE) bluetooth devices with HA?