Broadlink RM4 Pro RF Learning Not Supported

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Well I did find a way to add RF commands using the Broadlink app. It’s similar to what others were saying (if you’ve looked on the forums for the convoluted steps people are taking to add one command). It didn’t work for me originally, but for some reason it just started working, so maybe it will work for you too.

  • Begin adding a new RF command through the Broadlink app; input the RF frequency, but don’t start “listening” for the command yet.
  • Go to Developer Tools > Services in Home Assistant, type remote.learn_command and fill in the entity_id for your RM4 Pro. For the Service Data I put the device, e.g. my LED strips, the command, e.g. “turn on”, and command_type: rf.
  • Then you start the listening process through the Broadlink app. As soon as the Broadlink app says the RM4 Pro is waiting for a command, press Call Service in Home Assistant and immediately press the physical button on your remote
  • The Broadlink app may or may not fail to learn the code - it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you just learned the RF command for your device.
  • Now you should be able to use that command in a script or wherever and it should work.

Hopefully this works for you as a temporary, rather tedious solution for now. I’ll be waiting for the command_type: rf parameter to get fixed soon, as that process is very painful to do more than a couple times.

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