Hello i was wondering if anyone could help me I’m wondering if there is a device out there that links to HA that can tell when I press a button on IR remote (eg like a fan with a remote) and be able to tell with in home assistant
DIY option:
TL1838/TSOP1838 + ESP + Tasmota or ESPhome
connect GND and 3.3V, the signal pin to a GPIO Pin from the ESP. Define it as IR Receive.
Is there a device I can buy like I said very new to HA
Most IR devices are meant to BE a remote and not SEE a remote. The former ones can see codes to lean, but they often need to be set in a specific leaning mode to record. What exactly is your use case for this?
Using an esp with an IR receiver might be the only way to go. It may turn out to be less hard than you think though. And knowing your way around esp’s opens a world of possibilities.
But as for learning HA this is not a common use, so not something easy to get started with.
Instead of the solution you’re looking for, tell us the problem you’re trying to solve. There are usually many different ways to approach a particular automation problem using Home Assistant, and often someone has already found a working solution.
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This device can both see and send IR commands.
It’s hard to explain I’ll try i have a Amazon basics fan and I use a BroadLink to turn it on and off and up and down but my wife uses the remote it came with and I just want a fan input Boolean to turn on automatically when my wife presses the button on the remote
Yes… and that is what you can get if you read the IR signal with a device linked above or building one yourself.
Keep in mind the device I link to above does not have an USB connector so you need a separate flasher.
The best solution overall would be to replace the remote that she uses with the device in question with a smart remote/button that will just take the physical inputs and pass them through to HA.
Keeps things overall simple without faffing about with complex setups to get what you want done.