is there some bluetooth remote that is proven to work esphome or BT proxy that just advertise / send button press when I press the button?
Ideally multiple buttons on one device.
Or maybe carrozzerria bluetooth remotes? (this has pretty much ideal form factor for multiple light zones control I would like)
Iām currently using zigbee, but it does have pairing etc. and always breaks for one reason or another. Things I have on bluetooth break only when battery is low or hardware dies if used outside etcā¦
For now I do use switchbot presence sensor, only for itās button, it is not ideal form factor, but it just works, for years. Switchbot remote does not BTW.
Please only reply if you know device that you actually experienced (or at lest know) working in described way - no multi press, no long press. Uses BLE/BT.
Maybe RF433 is the way? Like this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009505414709.html but nicer - but i have zero experience with rf433 if it needs pairing like zigbee/z-wave and forgets it or if it just advertises and no experience with it in esphome
I donāt see the point of BLE here. 433MHz remotes have been used for decades for simple communication, range is much better than BLE and you find remotes of whatever size and shape for few bucks.
No pairing needed.
Sonoff RF remotes with a Sonoff RF Bridge and you are good to go.
RF Bridge might also be flashed to atawmota or ESPHome (at least the older ones. I have not checkee the newer ones).
The first picture of the remote is with its wall mount.
I have sawed of the sides on some of mine and replaced the magnets with some small neodyme ones, which now acts like a magnet in a phone changer and hold the remote easily.
Does not seem to be just click and done, but maybe it works? Atleast it does not have the multiclicks and only holt so might avoid muliclick issue, but Iām not sure.
again says stuff about pairing, which in my expeirence always breaks
You posted on esphome category. On esphome itās up to you what you do when receiver receives the code once/twice/repeatedā¦
Thereās not pairing in the sense of BLE, but of course you need to register every button to specific automation.
433 works pretty much like common IR remotes.
I do not know, with ble and zigbee it does not work that way and if button waits, it waits and then sends double click as action
I need to try it, but from I reading here, it seems to be much more reliable design, maybe in 20 years ble or zigbee will be also so mature as technology.
Thereās also these 433mhz RF buttons that work just fine too.
[RF button](I just found this on AliExpress: $3.40 | 433MHz Wireless Copy Remote Control Switch Electric Garage Door Opener Duplicator Clone for smart home remote control https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtcwzEZ)
Because so far BT stuff is only thing I found, for this kind of automation, that just works.
And also I use it in esphome for direct device to device communication while still having devices on wifi and again - works for years without issue.
I will say my Sonoff RF remotes works too.
They send a code and the first part is the serial of the remote and the last part is the button pressed.
The best thing is that the RF Bridge with ESPhome or Tasmota can catch lots of other RF remotes and also send those signals.
