Support for more universal remote controls

Feature Requests
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USING OLD ANDROID PHONE AS REMOTE WITH ANYMOTE AND IFTTT:

i got it working using ANYMOTE apk and ifttt of course. DETAILS ON SETUP

keep phone at least 5 feet from television for best action performance.

heres a 3d print model for a docker.

Also here is android infrared:

P.S Phone must have IRBLASTER support

42

To track the Power ON/OFF state of IR controlled devices what cheap/reliable hardware monitors do you use? I’ve seen Sonoff Pow mentioned till now.

43

i purchased a cheap ir decoder on ebay for like 5 bux(and i didnt have to wait for it to be shipped from china) https://www.ebay.com/itm/152801792236?ul_noapp=true.
yeah this guy lied about the transmitter, i should of known when i didnt see the led on it lol
P.S i havent tried transmitting on this particular component yet, but the seller states it transmits as well as recieves. but the decoding works great for practically any tv.

44

Would’ve thought current draw is the only way if they don’t have any wireless connectivity and the Pow is about as cheap but still reliable as they get.

45

Ordered 3 pieces (one for AC, one for TV and another one for the HiFi Receiver). Will flash with Tasmota as soon as they arrive.

46

hi, regarding irtrans (http://www.irtrans.de), i wrote a quick and dirty component:

hope it helps someone :wink:

47

@fake thank you for your component

I tried to integrate you comonent but there is something wrong

I add the irtrans.py in the folder /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/switch/

And I added irtrans: in my configuration.yaml

But I have this error when I check the configuration.yaml

“Component error: irtrans - Integration irtrans not found”

Could you help me to find where I’m wrong ?

48

hi pitp2,

the structure for custom_components has changed a while back, irtrans.py should now live in:

/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/irtrans/switch.py

that way, newer homeassistant versions can pick it up again :slight_smile:

good luck!

fake

49

Hey folks. I’ve made a simple component for zmote.io bridge. It’s a simple esp8266 based IR bridge, i believe they might have a DYI version too.

Integration is simple and straightforward, because i’m not good in python. But it works. Many thanks to initialed85 for the original python module.

remote:
  - platform: zmote
    host: 192.168.0.10
    devices:
      - name: Yamaha Stereo Receiver
        commands:
          - name: "TOGGLE"
            data: "1:1,0,38000,2,69,343,171,21,22,21,65CCCCCBCBBBBBBCBCBCBCBBCBCBCBCC21,1672,343,86,21,3730"
          - name: "ON"
            data: "1:1,0,38000,2,1,343,171,21,22,21,65CCCCCBCBBBBBBCBCCCCCCBCBBBBBBC21,1672"
          - name: "OFF"
            data: "1:1,0,38000,2,1,343,171,21,22,21,65CCCCCBCBBBBBBCCCCCCCCBBBBBBBBC21,1672"

Feel free to change the code whatever you like.