I have a Broadlink RM4Pro that I’m successfully using to send commands to a pre-amp DAC with Home Assistant. Unfortunately, there is an OLED screen on the DAC that turns on anytime it receives a command, and it does not turn off automatically. Another command has to be sent to turn the screen off. W…

For every action/service call (remote.send_command), home assistant generates an event and you can fire another automation when this event is received with specific context. You have to filter out unrelated events (there will be many) and let your automation run only interested event type and argum…

Thanks for the reply. I understand that this is the approach, in general. But I’m not having much luck setting it up. It would be helpful if I could just see the events the system is generating, but using the event viewer is not turning anything up.

See my post here. [image] "Press Type event was fired with parameters: {'press_type': 1}"? Configuration Go to Developer Tools, then click the Event tab Now type * in the listen field and start the listening. Click the button press you want and look through the captured …

Thanks for replying. I am trying this approach, but no event is showing when I issue a command.

I am not sure if an action actually goes to the event bus. Test it with something else, like a light, and see if the action is recorded or only the reply from the device.

Okay, I figured it out. I was navigating away from the Developer screen to issue the command, and apparently that removed the listener. That’s kindof frustrating, but whatevs.

Trigger automation on remote.send_command event

Configuration

WallyR (Wally) August 24, 2025, 4:17pm 4

See my post here.