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Still having fun with HA? :)
I've got the RM Mini 3 which works fine for the heat pump, just slow as it's cloud based. Using smartir plugin, had to learn all commands though as it wasn't in there.
For the TV I have this one, flashed esphome on it so it's local only and no longer cloud based.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPuQed8
Are you using the Broadlink integration? I only needed the app on first setup but have no delay on sending commands. It's classed as Local Polling on homeassistant.io
Yes, got the Broadlink integration. Commands take about 0.5-1 second. For heat pump is fine, but to control TV + Android TV + Sound is super slow. Where can you see if it has Local Polling? First time I heard about that.
On the integration page on homeassistant.io it shows on the right hand side:
Defined by them as:
If you look at the integration on the Settings > Integrations page in your home assistant, it would show a little cloud symbol if it had cloud dependency like this:
I wonder if you're having the same issue I had with inconsistent signal when it's standing the right way up. If I lie it down and point the top directly at the device it works much better
Hmm yeah you're right, doesn't show a cloud dependency. However, I found it still very slow.
I have it standing up right and it can control the heat pump fine which is above it. It could also control the TV which was on the same height about 4 meters away (as long as nobody was in between). But I do experience that sometimes the heat pump doesn't pick it up, e.g. in my morning automation to turn it on, I'm just setting it twice. It's rare though, it works 97% of the time.
That makes sense with the heatpump. I suspect the layout inside it means line of sight isn't very good at the same level or below it. I'm trying to control something where the receiver is only around 60cm from the ground. Without pointing the top to it it was pretty inconsistent and the script that runs would often miss commands
Oh boy, getting something and then flashing different software onto it! This sounds exciting. I'm also really keen for local only where possible.
Anything I should know before I order one of those Aubess ones?
Yeah, pretty cool stuff to cut them from the cloud. However, beware, it's another rabbit hole. Took me quite some time to get my head around it. I started with a simple ESP32 board and a height sensor for my standing desk to understand ESPHome.
The Aubess one works on the cloud as well.
To install ESPHome you need to do:
There's a very handy Discord channel for any questions. So far I've flashed a relay, a Brilliant smart plug from Bunnings, and that Aubess IR controller.
For the IR controller you'll have to learn all commands manually by pressing the button, reading the ESPHome log which displays the command string received by the IR receiver, and then make that a service in your ESPHome yaml.
Haha oh boy it sounds like a lot of work. I will order one and give it a go, but be prepared for questions (in a month or two when it arrives)!
Yeah all good to help. Took me a while to figure it out, in the end it's not that hard.
I decided to order both kinds. We have two heat pumps, and this way one will be working while I spend months trying to get the other working 😆
Good idea! Have a look at the smartir integration, which has all the codes for some heat pumps. Not mine, so had to create the JSON manually with all commands, which is quite a bit of work. Smartir integration allows you to use it as a thermostat in HA.
I'll take a look, thanks!