celest flicker
I built a web UI for managing Broadlink IR/RF devices that makes command learning actually enjoyable!
✨ Features:
📦 Install: https://github.com/tonyperkins/homeassistant-broadlink-manager
shell elk
👏
lofty sluice
Excited to try it, but apparently it doesn’t seem to work when specifying a port other than 8099. I get 502 bad gateway both through ingress and exposing the port on the main HA IP. I can’t use 8099 without changing Zigbee2mqtt’s default which I’d prefer not to do
celest flicker
Please give V2 a try. Many things have changed.
sonic jetty
Hey Tony. I like the look of this. I have two Broadlinks and love them. Setup is tedious for sure. But when you get there, it’s great. Couple of questions?
Is there an integration too? Bit confused about this HA talks to this. I’d be using docker for your “addon”.
Have you got anything to help with making a dashboard? What I’m doing with my BLs, besides wrapping a few commands in scripts for things like: turn on plug, send this, wait 5, send that etc. What I’m doing beside that is creating remotes in dashboard panels. It’s really tedious as you can imagine. It would be cool if there was a way to automate that.
Lastly where did you find your codes for devices? Are you managing a database of them? It would be great if there was organisation around this, as it’s pretty sporadic. A few forum posts here and there etc. Most of my codes are learned from the physical remotes, but I sure miss how it worked with the Harmony remotes!
lofty sluice
Please give V2 a try. Many things have changed.
Unfortunately still no joy with v2, 502 gateway error when changing the port to anything other than 8099
celest flicker
Unfortunately still no joy with v2, 502 gateway error when changing the port to ...
I pushed a potential fix for this issue. Please test.
celest flicker
Hey Tony. I like the look of this. I have two Broadlinks and love them. Setup is...
You have HA with Broadlink integration that handles learning/sending remote commands. My add-on, which can be run stand along as well, Simply creates a data store for devices and interfaces with HA for the learn/delete/send functionality. It also integrates with smartir which has a database of commands already learned. I'll make sure the docs are up to date so you can reference. Hopefully that helps. My app CAN auto generate the entities in HA for you, both template entities and smartir entities. It doesn't do anything with dashboards tho.
lofty sluice
I pushed a potential fix for this issue. Please test.
Unfortunately no luck, log looks just fine though
celest flicker
Unfortunately no luck, log looks just fine though
Let's back up for a sec. What is the issue with it running on 8099? Add-ons run as docker containers and should be able to have the same port as other add-ons. And actually that port configuration shouldn't be exposed.
lofty sluice
Let's back up for a sec. What is the issue with it running on 8099? Add-ons run ...
Alright not sure what I was thinking other than I thought at one point on the V1 plugin it complained about the port binding, but now that I think about it I was probably trying to map 8099 to the host so I could use it outside ingress
So disregard
celest flicker
Ok, no worries, do let me know if you have issues tho. Trying to get a stable beta version out this week. A new release should be out today with many feature enhancements.
lofty sluice
So ignoring all my port confusion it still gives the bad gateway 502. I removed the plugin entirely including config and installed fresh, all I did was start it
Per the logs it picks up my IR blaster and all that fine
celest flicker
And when you go into config you see these ports?
lofty sluice
8099 and blank respectively
celest flicker
Put 8099 in both for now. I'm working on the fix.
lofty sluice
Put 8099 in both for now. I'm working on the fix.
And hence my issue
celest flicker
Are you running HAOS, PI, Docker?
lofty sluice
HAOS
8099 is bound to my HAOS primary IP so I can access Zigbee2MQTT without needing ingress, I will just go change that
celest flicker
AH
lofty sluice
Just a minor proxy update needed 😎
celest flicker
BTW, are you using samrtir at all?
lofty sluice
BTW, are you using samrtir at all?
I am not sure what that is so I will go with no
celest flicker
🙂
It's a datastore/HA integration of a bunch of pre-learned IR commands
Comes in handy if you have an AC unit because those apparently are a PIA to learn codes for.
lofty sluice
Oh nice, yeah one of my uses is an LG portable unit so could be helpful
So I’m sorry to say with 8099 on both ports of course it now starts but still get the error
This is giving me an existential crisis about what I think I know about docker 🤣
celest flicker
Ha... Let me get this release out today and see if that helps. You can also tinker with the smartir stuff. Which LG unit do you have?
lofty sluice
Ha... Let me get this release out today and see if that helps. You can also tink...
Works fine now on <HAOS IP>:8099 lol
But not ingress?!?
🤷🏻♂️
celest flicker
hmmm
lofty sluice
Ha... Let me get this release out today and see if that helps. You can also tink...
LG LP0820WSR
celest flicker
I don't see it in their db, but one of the others might work https://github.com/smartHomeHub/SmartIR/blob/master/docs/CLIMATE.md#lg
lofty sluice
Yeah when I checked this ages ago it seemed like they all work with some combo of generic codes
celest flicker
New release pushed. Give it a go and let me know. Thanks again for the feedback.
lofty sluice
New release pushed. Give it a go and let me know. Thanks again for the feedback.
Ingress now working!
celest flicker
👍 I need to spend some time on the mobile UI 🙂
lofty sluice
Yeah it’s…slidey lol
Excited to dig in though. I’ve had this BroadLink device for so long and haven’t really bothered to utilize it.
In your experience how is the range?
For RF
celest flicker
Not too bad. I switched to broadlink because I could get refurb ones for < $30. The bond device I have that's $100+ wouldn't cover the entire house and I didn't want to spend that much on another. So, I have 2 BL units for now. Mainly just using in one room at the moment but will setting the other one up for the other end of the house.
Even if the range isn't great I don't mind buying a couple at this price.
We moved into a new home this year and I bough all rf remote ceiling fans. I also have a lamp at my workbench that is rf as well as my wall lights in the media room.
Funny tho.... I don't use the IR at all
lofty sluice
Is there any way at all to capture state?
I’ve always figured it’s just send it and hope
celest flicker
For my workbench lamp I use a light sensor to know the state. For ceiling fans you could probably use vibration sensor, or current sensor.
But in general on cheaper ir/rf type devices it IS fire and pray
lofty sluice
I haven’t found a very responsive illumination sensor
For the fans though that’s a clever idea
celest flicker
I just used the cheap ali one like this. It's zigbee and reports state change in usual 1-2 seconds.
celest flicker
Excited to dig in though. I’ve had this BroadLink device for so long and haven’t...
Check out the latest version is mobile ui updates.
lofty sluice
Check out the latest version is mobile ui updates.
Definitely better, now to track down some damn remotes
celest flicker
🙂
lofty sluice
Btw the IR flow was pretty slick, haven't tried any RF devices yet, but this definitely smooths over a lot of the hurdles which always put me off configuring this thing. Nice!
celest flicker
Cool! Let me know if you have any ideas to further improve it.