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I recently bought one of these gadgets to play around with the new IR proxy feature in Home Assistant. Place it in the area you want to use IR control, connect it to wifi, and it automatically shows up under devices in HA. Could not be any easier. https://www.athom.tech/blank-1/esphome-rf433-ir-remote-controller
Turns out it’s also really good at sending Beo4 commands. So my “French buddy” and I have put together a custom integration that makes the most common Beo4 commands available as buttons in Home Assistant. When you press a button, the command is sent over the network to the IR gadget above, which then sends out the IR command. In terms of range, I can confirm it works perfectly at 5m range, but since I have already stuck if under a shelf with 3M tape, I can’t test how much further it goes 🙂
It’s one-way control of course, but it opens up some interesting possibilities. For example, if you have an Audio Master connected to the line-in of a Core, you can have it turn on when line-in is selected.
You can find the integration here: https://github.com/cklit/ha-beo4-infrared
Hope someone finds it useful 🙂
Hello cklit, thanks for sharing this with the forum!
I really like the idea to use still very well working older audio gear with today’s super-connected technology.
Regards,
Johan
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Hi cklit,
Interesting feature.
If I well understood, once placed near a vintage receiver, the Athom device would send infrared commands to the unit through a Home Assistant dashboard or automation? Am I right?
My idea would be to control a Beocenter 9500 through Home Assistant, in order to feed a wiim Ultra connected via USB to BL50s placed in another room.
Another point, I have question about your other HA blueprint but cannot find where to contact you. How to do? Answer by PM is welcome.
Have a nice week-end,
Yann.
Location: Brittany, France
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