Infrared Control

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Faking an IR remote control using ESPHome

ESPHome offers the Remote Receiver and Remote Transmitter components to interact with IR remote controls and IR remote receivers. In this guide I will show you how to control IR receiver units (like TVs or LED controllers) by sending fake signals from ESPHome. The demo object here will be this simple LED controller with a 44 key infrared remote. (There is also a 24 key version that uses the same protocol but different command codes.) But the information in this guide can be applied to any oth…