I am new to Home Assistant. I have for some years been using Roomie Remote with a lot of success but it has shortcomings. I hope that, as I learn Home Assistant, I can overcome the shortcomings and eventually replace Roomie Remote.
One problem in Roomie Remote is controlling Sky Q boxes. There is no automatic integration and you have to do it manually. I have been using learned IR codes via a blaster and this works but it’s very clunky, esp for channel changing. I have not yet found a way to give direct IP commands.
I have integrated Sky Q in Home Assistant and it works well. Until I am fully familiar with Home Assistant, I want try to use it as a bridge, so that I can send Roomie Remote commands to Home Assistant and it then sends IP commands to the Sky Q box. I know I should be able to do this with one or more automations in Home Assistant but I have not yet succeeded.
As I understand it, Sky Q needs TCP/IP commands but this is not an option in Roomie Remote. Therefore I think I need to send HTTP commands from Roomie Remote to Home Assistant. Furthermore, Roomie Remote will only send GET commands not POST.
Any guidance will be welcome.