UFO-R11 IR blaster (zigbee)....decoding broadcom IR messages

Hardware
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I am trying to figure out how to decode the IR messages received by this IR blaster. It appears to be a broadcom thing.

I found this broadlink-ir-converter and the decrypted messages for the same button press on the remote seem close but are not 100% the same. Maybe the decryption key is wrong or the algorithm has been slightly updated.

The encoded messages in the z2mqtt log seem to be base64 so I converted that to hex and then ran that through the decoder. Does anyone know of another decoder I might try so I can make a remote for my AC?

I know for simple remotes I can just resend the encoded IR message, but my AC sends information about the entire state of the remote and this is where things are falling down.

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That sounds about correct. :white_check_mark:

While I personal never used it the ESPome IR Remote Climate component (or it’s source code) might help you to understand your system better :point_down:

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thanks, I will take a look at the ESPHome stuff.