Nice video. To the point. Thank you for not spending 20 minutes talking about how your sorry about not posting, what your future goals are, and the whole history of every tool on your desk. I understood your content completely and even with my short attention span, only found myself fast-forwarding like one or two times. Thankfully TH-cam did not force me to watch another 3 commercials 20 seconds later, every time I clicked on my screen.
Excellent video as always, great pace and easy to follow. Thank you for pointing out those extra tips too. Didn't know you could batch commands to learn.
Amazing video and well understood, thank you!!!! I have been digging and searching the right place with no codding (if possible) and finally I did it today :)
I have been using Node Red to call remotes from Alexa intergration and it just uses what I setup in the Broadlink App. All this time and we do not have a way to copy the remotes from the broadlink app into home assitant and we have to do the entire process twice? (register remote for app, and again for HA)
I found this sorted out the Broadlink issue for me quite well thank you. However I have a question" How do I deleted remote devices I no longer want in the broadlink list ? I could note see a "Remote: Delete Device" service in the service list .Any ideas for us / I have a few devices I wish to remove. Many thanks for your most helpful tutorial.
Thanks for the video,helps, howerver I'm unable to learn it my RF remotes on 433.92Mhz frequency. No problem when using the Broadlink App, you can set the MHz, however in HA I can't. I've checked the Broadlink doco for HA and tried to get the data using python / cli but failed as those are fairly outdated. Any ideas on how to specify the frequency?? Any ideas? Or any alternative to RM4 Pro? (that itself works really well!) Thank you
I have a question. I have a LG TV. My tv seems not IR or RF. However the broadlink app has for webOs an integration which was pre existing which works great. (No i cant use webos HASS integration because with this i can only turn off but never turn on). How do i get that command now to Home assistant, as i cant learn it as the default LG magic remote is not IR or RF but the tv certainly accepts ir signals.
The Home Assistant UI changed quite a bit about 1-2 months ago. Up until that point, you didn't have as many options as you have now to help with configuring Broadlink remotes. You could only make it learn a code at a time, and had to edit the file manually to change command names. That being said, SmartIR (available through HACS) can also help, especially if you're trying to deal with AC remotes, which would be a complete pain to deal with using only the Broadlink integration.
Thanks for the video. I set this up several months ago and it worked flawlessly; however recently had to start over with HA and thus came back to your video. I looked for the list of commands I generated but there was no broadlink information under /config/.storgage/ folder??? Furthermore, after learning the remote functions I tried the send.remote but they failed for some reason? Anyone have any ideas on what I am missing? P.S. Things work fine from the Broadlink Android App.
Hi Great video, thanks, Integrated my broadlink pro2 to learn rf devices succesfully Please could you advise?, all my rf devices saved as entities and added to my dashboard, I would like to be able to group some entities together to send commands too. I have attempted to amalgamate entities in scenes or scripts but dont have option for run command?
What if you have multiple ir remotes in different rooms that does the same thing (controlling mini splits), do you have to create same scripts for each remote?
This worked for me initially, was able to learn the IR codes for the TV and even send it but then the next day I tried to learn RF codes for a ceiling fan and it doesn't work, calling the service doesn't do anything anymore, even for IR. Nothing has changed with my HA installation since it's been running in a Docker container.
Hello great video, thanks you so much, it works like a charm :) Do you have any idea how to get the temperature from the remote ? Will be easier if we must adjust the temp :) Thanks
Thanks Juan for your video. I have been trying to setup my RM4 Pro with HA, and after learning the RF codes, I am unable to get any outcome when sending the commands. Its consistent behaviour - I can learn consistently, but when I send the command (roller shutter up / roller shutter down), nothing happens. The roller shutter remote works on RF 433 Mhz. Any hints please ?
Hi, I know this is an old post but I would use the broadlink for the same purpose. You need to "connect" the remote to the roller shutter after learning the RF codes on HA. Did you do that?
Is there no option to specify the frequency? The BroadLink app asks for the RF frequency (433 MHz for example), which varies from device to device. Otherwise learning a remote via Home Assistant does not work.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I finally added my stupid Sony soundbar to Home Assistant. Can you please tell me how to integrate it into Homekit now?
This doesn't seem to be in the Home Assistant integration unfortunately. Apparently there's a workaround to export the config from the Broadlink app and import that, but it's quite complicated, I just added the few buttons I needed manually.
****PLEASE NOTE***** TVs and ACs are different with their codes!!! with TV the code can be per 1 change (for example - volume up and that's it), for AC each button send a set of codes (for example - in a current state you only increase the temp by 1 degree but in fact the remote sends no just the 1 degree up but also the mode, the fan speed etc.). keep it in mind! so, each command you teach, put the name of the entire state + the change you want > current state is 23 deg + low fan + cold. the new state will be > 22 deg + low fan + cold. that's the name you should give the command. not just "1 degree down". feel free to comment if it is unclear :)
Another informative video, Thank you. Can the broadlink be used to collect rf sensor information for HA as well? Like motion sensors and door switches.
@@annespacedroid Thank you for your reply, I actually have a sonoff RF bridge and am using it to collect data from a motion sensor and a door sensor to turn lights on and off in my garage and let me know if the door is open. I recently purchased a set of HeatTrak step heaters to melt the snow off my stairs outside and I got a wireless remote with it, I am wanting to automate this like I did my satellite dish heater to turn off/on when accuweather reports snow at my home. It appears I might need to modify the sonoff to collect data to learn the remotes codes so I can send the code to the relay thingy. I know I need to ;earn more about sending 433 MHz from the bridge, not yet found the right video to help me figure it out.
Hé man thanks for the helpful information, after I see your video I buy BroadLink em4 pro but it’s not supported I follow you instructions but I get message saying device not supported can you help please thanks
Great Video - The only info being helpful would have been that for a list of commands you need to add a "-" as a prefix (as shown in your video - otherwise Home Assistant concatenates all entries into one command.
This entire process is screaming out for a wizard UI to follow. 17 steps is far too many. Cool video though and I will now finally dust off my RM Pro and have another stab at it. Just a note: Would be good to declare which version of Home Assistant this tutorial was done with; not all of us update religiously due to instability issues. I always now wait until at least version xxx.x.4 or 5 before upgrading since .1-3 often have many bugs or many things broken.
It's the biggest drawback of Home Assistant. No way in hell that a normal consumer is going to jump through all these hoops every time they need to add a device. I like the fact that I can combine many devices into one app and host it locally, but the setup is always a massive headache especially since a lot of documentation is outdated within a few months.
hi will home assistant be able to know if the device for example tv is switched on or off? And let's say i run a script "movie time" and if the tv is already switched on, will it switch the tv off or it'll know that the tv is already switched on and it has to do nothing? hope i explained it clearly and thanks in advance
When I goto Developer Tools> Services the go to UI mode is grayed out and it says "The UI does not support templates, you can still use the YAML editor.". How do I get to UI mode?
I'm receiving this error after press CALL SERVICE: Failed to call service remote.learn_command. Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) Do you know what it is?
@@JuanMTech Thanks! I saw that HA website refers to the old app E-Control. Do you know if these steps are the same with the new app "Broadlink"? Have you any experience? Thanks again in advance
I've gotten this far, and even figured out how to write scripts to send commands, and added buttons for these scripts to the dashboard. But anyone know how to configure them such that it works with Alexa/HomeKit through HA? Trying to register a motorized projector screen as a "Cover" type entity so Alexa/Siri can raise or lower it on command.
I'm struggling with this. I've done everything correctly but when I click the button, the service is called, but the remote doesn't seem to send the command.
I came from dr zz video since at some step he skipped how to get there. in this clicking call service didnt showed me any notification. any idea why? I am using rm mini 3
I made all the scripts, but I'm wondering how I can add it to Homekit under one switch that opens into multiple switches. I have this for my Xiaomi air purifier but can't figure it out for the RM4C mini because it only shows the RM4C mini itself as a toggle and nothing else that I included in the template. This is what it looks like: #Amplifier - platform: template switches: amp_bluetooth: friendly_name: "Bluetooth" turn_on: service: script.amp_bluetooth data: entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote turn_off: service: script.amp_bluetooth data: entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote icon_template: mdi:bluetooth-audio amp_power: friendly_name: "Power" turn_on: service: script.amp_power data: entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote turn_off: service: script.amp_power data: entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote icon_template: mdi:power I'm guessing I'm messing up the entity_id? I have the switch in homekit under remote.rf_remote_remote
Anyone else having "Device not supported" when adding the integration with the local IP address to Home Assistant? I have a RM4 Pro like the one on this video. I've followed all the steps and am still stuck, even after a full reset and retry. 😟
Just update your home assistant, it works for me with one of the latest versions. If your are up to date, you'll have to wait for a future update that fixes the issue.
Nice video. To the point. Thank you for not spending 20 minutes talking about how your sorry about not posting, what your future goals are, and the whole history of every tool on your desk.
I understood your content completely and even with my short attention span, only found myself fast-forwarding like one or two times. Thankfully TH-cam did not force me to watch another 3 commercials 20 seconds later, every time I clicked on my screen.
Still on point here 2 years after. Great tip about adding multiple commands in one batch. Thank you!
Excellent video as always, great pace and easy to follow. Thank you for pointing out those extra tips too. Didn't know you could batch commands to learn.
Great Video! Your level of explenation is great! Often things are left out as garanted. Good job
Thank you so much! I was about to send the rm4 back because I was too dumb to make it work correctly. You saved my day!:
Amazing video and well understood, thank you!!!!
I have been digging and searching the right place with no codding (if possible) and finally I did it today :)
always come back when I need to add a new remote. thanks!
Very helpful. I was still "learning" codes via an app and then editing config. This way is SO much easier and robust.
You are a treasure. Thank you so much you have once again helped me with yet another home assistant integration. This was amazing!
Thanks, Juan! I was about to set one of these up with Home Assistant so your timing is perfect.
I have been using Node Red to call remotes from Alexa intergration and it just uses what I setup in the Broadlink App.
All this time and we do not have a way to copy the remotes from the broadlink app into home assitant and we have to do the entire process twice? (register remote for app, and again for HA)
Thanks I have been beating my head against the wall with this one.
Very good. Not sure how to use remote "power button" with services alternative function which has a check box and a slide switch? Thanks
I found this sorted out the Broadlink issue for me quite well thank you. However I have a question" How do I deleted remote devices I no longer want in the broadlink list ? I could note see a "Remote: Delete Device" service in the service list .Any ideas for us / I have a few devices I wish to remove. Many thanks for your most helpful tutorial.
Thank you so much, Juan!
Thanks for the video,helps, howerver I'm unable to learn it my RF remotes on 433.92Mhz frequency. No problem when using the Broadlink App, you can set the MHz, however in HA I can't. I've checked the Broadlink doco for HA and tried to get the data using python / cli but failed as those are fairly outdated. Any ideas on how to specify the frequency?? Any ideas? Or any alternative to RM4 Pro? (that itself works really well!) Thank you
I have a question.
I have a LG TV. My tv seems not IR or RF. However the broadlink app has for webOs an integration which was pre existing which works great. (No i cant use webos HASS integration because with this i can only turn off but never turn on). How do i get that command now to Home assistant, as i cant learn it as the default LG magic remote is not IR or RF but the tv certainly accepts ir signals.
very very clear instruction, thanks and great job!
Great! I did this the hard way, I wish I had this video back then.
The Home Assistant UI changed quite a bit about 1-2 months ago. Up until that point, you didn't have as many options as you have now to help with configuring Broadlink remotes. You could only make it learn a code at a time, and had to edit the file manually to change command names.
That being said, SmartIR (available through HACS) can also help, especially if you're trying to deal with AC remotes, which would be a complete pain to deal with using only the Broadlink integration.
@@nanianmichaels Could someone make video for AC remotes to build on this one?
Thank you!! Been looking forward to this!
Great video, thanks!
Very helpful and easy to follow - Thanks
thank you, did as you instructed and working like a charm . too bad it's take some time . will this works as local only ?
Juan, any way you can do a follow up on this so it will work with Google Assistant
Thanks for the video. I set this up several months ago and it worked flawlessly; however recently had to start over with HA and thus came back to your video. I looked for the list of commands I generated but there was no broadlink information under /config/.storgage/ folder??? Furthermore, after learning the remote functions I tried the send.remote but they failed for some reason? Anyone have any ideas on what I am missing? P.S. Things work fine from the Broadlink Android App.
I am having the same issue. Any help in this will be great. If I find a fix I will let you know.
Thanks for this video.
Hi Great video, thanks, Integrated my broadlink pro2 to learn rf devices succesfully
Please could you advise?, all my rf devices saved as entities and added to my dashboard, I would like to be able to group some entities together to send commands too. I have attempted to amalgamate entities in scenes or scripts but dont have option for run command?
What if you have multiple ir remotes in different rooms that does the same thing (controlling mini splits), do you have to create same scripts for each remote?
Hello!!, do you know how to make it send you notifications when devices turn on?
muchas gracias juan, excelente video.
This worked for me initially, was able to learn the IR codes for the TV and even send it but then the next day I tried to learn RF codes for a ceiling fan and it doesn't work, calling the service doesn't do anything anymore, even for IR. Nothing has changed with my HA installation since it's been running in a Docker container.
Hello great video, thanks you so much, it works like a charm :) Do you have any idea how to get the temperature from the remote ? Will be easier if we must adjust the temp :) Thanks
Thanks Juan for your video. I have been trying to setup my RM4 Pro with HA, and after learning the RF codes, I am unable to get any outcome when sending the commands. Its consistent behaviour - I can learn consistently, but when I send the command (roller shutter up / roller shutter down), nothing happens. The roller shutter remote works on RF 433 Mhz. Any hints please ?
Hi, I know this is an old post but I would use the broadlink for the same purpose. You need to "connect" the remote to the roller shutter after learning the RF codes on HA. Did you do that?
Merci. This was so helpful.
Hi RF didnt seem to work for me. Can I check the versions that you are using please?
Thanks for this great video,
How we will add rf blinds and add them in a card ??
Thanks in advance
Saved me hours! thank you!
Is there no option to specify the frequency? The BroadLink app asks for the RF frequency (433 MHz for example), which varies from device to device. Otherwise learning a remote via Home Assistant does not work.
Thank you so very much. I needed help to setup mine :P
God tier content.
Hey your Home Assistant UI looks great! What have you used? Mine is ugly as phuck!
please tell me why when selecting rf and starting the service, the LED does not light up.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I finally added my stupid Sony soundbar to Home Assistant. Can you please tell me how to integrate it into Homekit now?
Hi, it's possible to configure switch broadlink tc2 on home assistant?
Thank you sir!
So there is no way to take advantage of the Broadlink database of IR remotes in order to avoid having to learn each button?
This doesn't seem to be in the Home Assistant integration unfortunately. Apparently there's a workaround to export the config from the Broadlink app and import that, but it's quite complicated, I just added the few buttons I needed manually.
@@ErfaHi, still same difficulty one year later ?
@@theattorney6072 I haven't tried adding since then so not sure!
Excellent, very useful. Thanks
****PLEASE NOTE***** TVs and ACs are different with their codes!!! with TV the code can be per 1 change (for example - volume up and that's it), for AC each button send a set of codes (for example - in a current state you only increase the temp by 1 degree but in fact the remote sends no just the 1 degree up but also the mode, the fan speed etc.). keep it in mind!
so, each command you teach, put the name of the entire state + the change you want > current state is 23 deg + low fan + cold.
the new state will be > 22 deg + low fan + cold. that's the name you should give the command. not just "1 degree down".
feel free to comment if it is unclear :)
Another informative video, Thank you.
Can the broadlink be used to collect rf sensor information for HA as well? Like motion sensors and door switches.
No, sorry to say.
For rf sensors you'd need something like the sonoff rf Bridge.
What would you be displaying (or acting on) the data with?
@@annespacedroid Thank you for your reply, I actually have a sonoff RF bridge and am using it to collect data from a motion sensor and a door sensor to turn lights on and off in my garage and let me know if the door is open. I recently purchased a set of HeatTrak step heaters to melt the snow off my stairs outside and I got a wireless remote with it, I am wanting to automate this like I did my satellite dish heater to turn off/on when accuweather reports snow at my home. It appears I might need to modify the sonoff to collect data to learn the remotes codes so I can send the code to the relay thingy. I know I need to ;earn more about sending 433 MHz from the bridge, not yet found the right video to help me figure it out.
Hé man thanks for the helpful information, after I see your video I buy BroadLink em4 pro but it’s not supported I follow you instructions but I get message saying device not supported can you help please thanks
Did you resolve it ? Iam goging to buy a em4 pro , but if it not working =(
Great Video - The only info being helpful would have been that for a list of commands you need to add a "-" as a prefix (as shown in your video - otherwise Home Assistant concatenates all entries into one command.
Instead of using the learn can I define my devices in the Broadband app then have HomeAssistant recognize those devices?
I can go through the entire process, but I don't have a broadlink_remote_xxxxxx_codes file in my .storage folder. Any pointers?
can you make a video about Google Nest & Home Assistant integration
Thank You!
This entire process is screaming out for a wizard UI to follow. 17 steps is far too many. Cool video though and I will now finally dust off my RM Pro and have another stab at it. Just a note: Would be good to declare which version of Home Assistant this tutorial was done with; not all of us update religiously due to instability issues. I always now wait until at least version xxx.x.4 or 5 before upgrading since .1-3 often have many bugs or many things broken.
It's the biggest drawback of Home Assistant. No way in hell that a normal consumer is going to jump through all these hoops every time they need to add a device. I like the fact that I can combine many devices into one app and host it locally, but the setup is always a massive headache especially since a lot of documentation is outdated within a few months.
hi will home assistant be able to know if the device for example tv is switched on or off? And let's say i run a script "movie time" and if the tv is already switched on, will it switch the tv off or it'll know that the tv is already switched on and it has to do nothing? hope i explained it clearly and thanks in advance
Not with this
When I goto Developer Tools> Services the go to UI mode is grayed out and it says "The UI does not support templates, you can still use the YAML editor.". How do I get to UI mode?
I'm receiving this error after press CALL SERVICE:
Failed to call service remote.learn_command. Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Do you know what it is?
Hi I have the Broadlink configure, to use with the App. Now I installed the home assistant it is necessary to learn all bottom again?
hi, Yes you need to learn all to Home Assistant, key by key
How i integrate broadlink light switch or broadlink plug sp2?
Great but if I have already my Broadlink configurated with all the commands in Broadlink app, I need to configure all again?
No. There is a way to transfer all the commands to home assistant. You can find the steps on the home assistant website
@@JuanMTech Thanks! I saw that HA website refers to the old app E-Control. Do you know if these steps are the same with the new app "Broadlink"? Have you any experience? Thanks again in advance
@@venom6670 did you ever find this as all i can see is the e-control route and that doesnt work
Does not work with the RM4C Mini. HA immediately rejects the device.
Thank you this video
I've gotten this far, and even figured out how to write scripts to send commands, and added buttons for these scripts to the dashboard. But anyone know how to configure them such that it works with Alexa/HomeKit through HA? Trying to register a motorized projector screen as a "Cover" type entity so Alexa/Siri can raise or lower it on command.
I'm struggling with this. I've done everything correctly but when I click the button, the service is called, but the remote doesn't seem to send the command.
Top!
thanks bro
how do I find out the ip address of the broadlink in the first place
I got stuck in Developer Tools. After typing remote.learn_command, nothing happens! Any idea what I am missing?
EDIT: Got it! Had to update HASS
I added my AC but when adding the script, power thing doesnt work:(
Possible to control air conditioner?
I got it to work on my Air Conditioner, but now I'm struggling trying to get the scripts on the dashboard of hass.
I came from dr zz video since at some step he skipped how to get there. in this clicking call service didnt showed me any notification. any idea why? I am using rm mini 3
checked logs and it worked thanks
How to get the remote IP (host ) address please
I made all the scripts, but I'm wondering how I can add it to Homekit under one switch that opens into multiple switches. I have this for my Xiaomi air purifier but can't figure it out for the RM4C mini because it only shows the RM4C mini itself as a toggle and nothing else that I included in the template. This is what it looks like:
#Amplifier
- platform: template
switches:
amp_bluetooth:
friendly_name: "Bluetooth"
turn_on:
service: script.amp_bluetooth
data:
entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote
turn_off:
service: script.amp_bluetooth
data:
entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote
icon_template: mdi:bluetooth-audio
amp_power:
friendly_name: "Power"
turn_on:
service: script.amp_power
data:
entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote
turn_off:
service: script.amp_power
data:
entity_id: remote.rf_remote_remote
icon_template: mdi:power
I'm guessing I'm messing up the entity_id? I have the switch in homekit under remote.rf_remote_remote
Does this work with rm3 too? 👀
Yes, and the RM4 Mini.
Rf is not working for me, hmmm
What happened to all your Tasker videos?
Sorry. No longer interested in Tasker
I don't know how to access the config file
Anyone else having "Device not supported" when adding the integration with the local IP address to Home Assistant? I have a RM4 Pro like the one on this video. I've followed all the steps and am still stuck, even after a full reset and retry. 😟
I have the same error. Could not solve the Problem up to now. Do you have any solution?
@@winni2762 any solution ?
I have the same error any solution?
Just update your home assistant, it works for me with one of the latest versions. If your are up to date, you'll have to wait for a future update that fixes the issue.
Awesome thanks for this very helpful