Infrared Control

Hardware
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You don’t need the app for anything but connecting it to your network. I’ve had one since I started with HA more than 2 years ago and have had no problems with it. I think the hardware is solid and there aren’t many other options. Just saying that you might be getting stuck on something that’s not really important but, of course, it’s your decision.

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Can you take advantage of the Broadlink IR library when integrating with HA or is it necessary to enter each key with it;s associated command?

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FYI for people who want to buy the AVATTO S06:

I received my AVATTO S06 yesterday and when I opened it I found that it shipped with the WB3S chip and not the TYWE3S. I guess I will have to do a transplant with an ESP-12 chip.

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Sure, see here: can you help me with scheme of this broadlink? · Issue #2 · chaeplin/rm-mini3-to-esp8266 · GitHub

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Recently moved from tasmota to esphome for the d1-mini connected to the broadlink led-board … happy with it. Can easily send/receive different ir protocols and send certain commands multiple times for a button press.

Config sample:

button:
  - name: "On/Off Screen"
    platform: template
    on_press:
      - remote_transmitter.transmit_rc6:
          address: 0x00
          command: 0x0C
          repeat: 1
  - name: "On/Off STB"
    platform: template
    on_press:
      - remote_transmitter.transmit_pronto:
          data: 0000 006D 0011 0000 000C 0018 0019 0018 000C 000A 001B 0018 0019 0018 000C 000A 000F 000A 000F 000A 000F 000A 000F 000A 001A 0019 000C 000A 000E 000C 001A 0018 0019 000A 000F 0018 000C 06C3
  - name: "On/Off Audio"
    platform: template
    on_press:
      - remote_transmitter.transmit_rc6:
          address: 0x10
          command: 0x0C
          repeat: 2
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Found someone doing this with different hardware: