Broadlink RM4C (RM mini 4) with Home Assistant

Configuration
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Hello

Can not add the new Broadlink RM4C (RM mini 4) HA.
And can’t find it with Broadlink Manager.

Has anyone found a solution for this?

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help us help you. Provide all information possible, like configurations you tried. errors in logs, etc.

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It’s not supported.

Vote for it to be supported in Feature Requests.

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I voted.

Any news with RM4 mini ?

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Support is coming, according to this:

Maybe 0.109?

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Yep, seems to be supported on version 0.109:

RM4C
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Does broadlink.send works for you on 0.109 with RM4C mini ?

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I have an RM4 Pro… and no… it doesn’t seem to work.
i tried both:

  • broadlink.learn
  • broadlink.send

and both with rm4c_pro and rm4_pro as Type (not sure about the difference).
No joy

Matteo

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Hi,

I’m new to Home Assistant, my version is the stable one 0.109.2. I own a RM4C Mini, it has been reset to be only included in the local network and not in the cloud.
I setup the configuration.yaml file as below

# Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
default_config:

# Uncomment this if you are using SSL/TLS, running in Docker container, etc.
# http:
#   base_url: example.duckdns.org:8123

# Text to speech
tts:
  - platform: google_translate

switch:
  - platform: broadlink
    host: 192.168.1.18
    mac: '24:DF:A7:34:96:04'
    type: rm4c_mini

group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml

I can see in the services both broadlink.lean and broadlink.send

Now I’m not sure what is the good way to operate a learn and a send. Can you please help ?

Thanks a lot,
Manu

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o.k. HA version 0.109.4 released already
Does broadlink.send works for anyone with RM4C mini ?
It’s should be supported on version 0.109 already.

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Hi, I was wondering how you set up your RM4C Mini for local network only. I’ve had a heck of a time just getting it connected to my network through their app. If you have a moment to let me know how you made it to be local only I’d appreciate it. Thanks!

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The point is to avoid any RM4C link to the cloud, to do so here is the procedure:

  • Remove the device from Broadlink App
  • Factory reset the device
  • Add the device to your local network using the app (means configure the Wifi)
  • Do not set up a cloud (not now, not ever) => means as soon as the wifi is configured close the app and don’t do anything else
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Got it…thank you! Yeah, saw that in the documentation a bit after I sent the message to you. Thanks again!

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Have the same question. I can reach my Broadlink mini 3 via this way and also execute the commands for learning/sending. But I don’t get any code back which I can implement in my automations :slightly_frowning_face:

Solved it: I accidently configured my Broadlink in the yaml as “remote” and not as a ""switch. After configuring it as a “switch” everything worked like it’s described in the documentation :slightly_smiling_face:

Maybe for you @dragonslore: I learned all commands like it’s described in the documentation. It goes like this:
Developer Tools -> Services -> broadlink.learn -> host: (IP of your Broadlink) --> call service
After you called the service: Point your remote controller in the direction of the broadlink and press the button you want to implement. Then you get the code you need as a notification (just copy it from there). I did this with every buttons I wanted to implement and saved the codes in an excel table. In my last step I followed the instructions of this video: https://youtu.be/CEwuMh80CSA?t=445 (with the exception of using node red instead of the Hassio automation tool) to create some switches etc. in my interface. Hope that helps :slight_smile:

The only thing I don’t know until now is how to implement a volume slider or a status update for my booleans (e.g. that after a restart, Hassio knows that my receiver is on).

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Thank you so much LC7894, I tried again this morning after upgrading my home assistant to last version available and it works now like a charm (learn + send). :slight_smile:

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That’s how it should be! Nice! :smiley:

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Just setup with 0.109 and RM4 Pro. All working good thanks for the setup advice. In order to get the RF signals working see here onwards: https://youtu.be/CEwuMh80CSA?t=661

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i have a problem, my Broadlink app need internet to set up rm4c but it connect with cloud automaticaly. So i cant connect rm4c to my Home Assistant.
Can you show me how?

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To all.
I have RM4C mini and i configure it as a “remote” and all “remote.learn_command” and “remote.send_command” work well.
Step by step how i did it (hope this would be helpfull):

  1. Download Broadlink app from Google Play Market (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.com.broadlink.econtrol.international&hl=ru)
  2. Launch it and registration new account
  3. In main screen with 2 buttons press “+ add device”. Then Next
  4. Enter local WiFi password
  5. Factory reset my RM4C Mini by press on/off button for 6 secs.
  6. In app press Search. After that app start connect RM4C mini to my wifi.
  7. When it connected App request to add device . DONT DO THIS! Just close App.
  8. In Hass configuration.yaml add section
remote:
- platform: broadlink
  name: rm4_mini
  type: rm4c_mini
  host: 192.168.1.11
  mac: '24:DF:A7:4F:78:D3'
  1. Restart Hass
  2. And now you can use Services to learn and send commands
    Learn example:
entity_id: remote.rm4_mini
device: ac
command: 
  - turn on
  - turn off

Send example:

entity_id: remote.rm4_mini
device: ac
delay_secs: 2
command:
  - turn on
  - turn off
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how do you configure the wifi without the broadlink app, the ihc app does not know the rm4c