Are there any plans for homeassistant to produce or partner with someone to make an affordable universal remote that is fully integrated into homeassistant?.. I know of the yio/unfolded circle remote, which has homeassistant integration but the price is very high. Then there’s the sofa baton which is cheaper but no really integration. There’s also the Moore project that’s promising but I don’t have the skill or a 3D printer to build my own. I think it’s a good opportunity for homeassistant build a product that can get homeassistant into the mainstream and generate some real revenue. Maybe to make a remote/hub product with homeassistant server built into the hub. This could be a good way for homeassistant to get their foot in the door into becoming a major player like control4 or universal remote control(URC)
One of the more popular dedicated IR blaster hubs are the broadlink ones and the switchbot hub 2 can act as a IR blaster hub as well, you just need to teach them the codes for the remotes that you will be using if they don’t already have profiles for the devices you want to control.
The latter connects to home assistant via matter and devices connected through it will show up in the matter (beta) integration list.
From there you can find various universal remote cards to setup more personal universal remote controls for your needs i.e
As for a physical remote, this one reviewed by Lars might be one of the cheaper options out there currently for those that want one:
As for one coming from Nabu like with the Skyconnect and its varients in the works, they would need to see whats out there to bring into the open source teams based on how they respond and act.
Yea there’s tons of ways to get homeassistant working as a remote which is a testament to home awesome it is. But that’s also why it’s not mainstream because there’s not a product that is built that easy to use and made for it. A device like that could be what they need to shake up the market.
Hello,
Also check out the Haptique RS90: https://www.cantatacs.com
Not on the basis of reports I have seen of the 2.
Check the Switchbot Universal Remote.
This was the first one that came up when I searched. I want to simply create buttons that run automations. Will the switchbotb do that?
I’m Also interested in this. did some research and i got a bit to the following conclusion .
Zemismart z1 is tuya based but no one yet that “hacked” it
Switchbot + hub - did recieve it but directly send it back as it did not see my emulated roku over wifi.
have an airmouse hooked up and works i can read the keystrokes, which is awesome but it is trying to reconnect everytime draining my batteries in 4 days.
I just want a physical simple remote directly hooked up with HAOS as all my devices can be controlled without IR
My next road will be:
IR remote (LED removed) which is replaced with an optocoupler and the lolin esp 32 with lipo charger built in . running ESP home in combination with deep sleep settings.
in this way i can program whatever i want. my only concern is the battery life
anybody with some experience down this road ?
HI,
How about Liza.
looks like a nice remote that could be good with Home assistant.
Eh, I don’t think so. Maybe I am misunderstanding it, but it looks like it doesn’t have wifi and has a dependency on a companion phone app in order to do anything.