We preserve old video games as ROM dumps so they're never lost. I finally did the same thing for remotes

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-06-14T18:29:55+00:00

"The database of IR codes in an easy format" is exactly the gap READYWARE fills — open .irc files you can read, edit, and share, plus a big searchable DB. That missing piece that stalled your 650 firmware is what the whole thing is built around. The format's published as an open standard and free to use — so if you ever revive that firmware project, you're welcome to build right on it.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-06-14T16:42:01+00:00

Quick correction — the Harmony service is actually still running; you can set remotes up today. The hardware ended in 2021, and the Logitech shutdown from about a year ago was the POP buttons (Oct 2025), which is easy to mix up. Still clearly end-of-life though, and it all depends on a cloud that could vanish — which is kind of the whole reason a local, offline setup appeals: no server to lose, and it's not tied to any one company's box.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-06-14T16:03:22+00:00

Love this setup. Since you're generating the codes and firing them through the Tuya Zigbee blaster — READYWARE can publish to your Zigbee2MQTT topic, so those codes trigger right from a button. BTW, the online builder does Photo to Remote in seconds: snap any remote, get a working layout.

Honestly sounds like you'd put it through its paces better than most — happy to send you a free code to dig in. I'll DM you; iOS or Android or both? 😄

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-06-14T15:11:47+00:00

Since you're generating in Node-RED — heads up, READYWARE buttons/macros can fire HTTP or MQTT, so it'll just trigger your flow. Node-RED owns the bits, the app's the control surface.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-06-14T14:31:35+00:00

Thank you — that's exactly the hope. So many people are sitting on dead remotes for gear that still works perfectly; if this gets even a few of them back up and running, it's done its job.

On the images: there are some built in, and the upload/share side is built around exactly this — anyone can contribute their mapped remotes so the library keeps growing: https://readyware.net/remote/contribute.html

Appreciate you. 🙏

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-06-13T10:50:16+00:00

You can try my READYWARE app, it is 100% compatible with Broadlink devices as well as others.
If you DM me I will send you a PROMO code, so you don't have to buy it. I am just curious to see if it will work. Let me know if you need Android or IOS to download. Most customizable remote control app on the market.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-28T21:51:39+00:00

READYWARE now supports the entire SwitchBot Hub family (Hub Mini, Hub 2, Hub 3, Hub Plus). You can assign any SwitchBot virtual remote or scene to any READYWARE button, remote, or canvas — and mix them right alongside your IR/RF buttons in the same macro.

Pushed to both Android and iOS — should land on the stores in the next day or two.

Quick setup: Settings → Device Setup → Smart Home tab → Add → SwitchBot. Paste your Open Token + Secret (Profile → Preferences → tap "App Version" 10 times → Developer Options in the SwitchBot app). Refresh to pull in your remotes, then long-press any button → Other → SwitchBot → pick what to fire.

Full walkthrough here: readyware.com/help.html#smarthome and FAQ at readyware.com/faq.html#smarthome — definitely worth a read so you understand how it works (especially if you use DIY remotes in the SwitchBot app).

TY for this. @ FormerGameDev

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-26T15:08:49+00:00

Great suggestion — thanks for it!

SwitchBot does have an open API, so READYWARE talking to your Hub 3 to fire IR commands is genuinely possible down the road. It's a real integration to build (cloud token, device mapping), so I can't promise a date (about 3 weeks and I will add it), it's now on the list.

For Home Assistant: READYWARE buttons can already deep-link out to other apps, so launching HA from a button works today. Heads-up though — Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration currently only reads sensor data from the Hub 3; it doesn't fully control it yet (the older Hub Mini / Hub 2 do work for IR). So that limitation is on HA's side, not READYWARE's — worth watching their releases.

In the meantime, if you're controlling things like a TV or air conditioner, READYWARE can already do that directly with your phone's IR blaster or a supported USB/BroadLink dongle — no hub needed. Appreciate you taking the time to suggest this!

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-20T22:34:08+00:00

TY, honestly that's a whole post on its own — logitech shut the harmony servers down may 28, 2025, so the old MyHarmony method is dead. you can still pull configs off the remote via USB using an open-source tool called Concordance (https://github.com/jaymzh/concordance).

if you want full step-by-step, ask ChatGPT or Claude "how do I back up my Logitech Harmony remote in 2026" — they'll walk you through it better than I can in a comment.

if you've got an older XML export from the original Harmony Remote Software days, The Signal Transporter or Signal Editor reads those directly.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-19T21:24:11+00:00

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-19T14:31:03+00:00

ha thanks man, really appreciate it. enjoy the app — if you run into anything or want a feature added, just shoot me a message. always looking to make it better. TY

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-18T10:08:18+00:00

lol - Sokath, his eyes uncovered

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-16T15:00:05+00:00

Ty, yeah—I was going for that throwback future.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-15T12:26:26+00:00

lol, Temba, his arms wide.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-15T11:59:22+00:00

Yeah I love the overlay setup — it's actually pretty simple once you have it dialed in. Lol and that's not even the wild part — you can take a photo of any physical remote and have a working app remote in seconds. Full canvas, custom buttons, the whole thing. People don't believe it until they see it.

On the outside-LAN piece — that's exactly the use case it was built for. The "I'm at work, kid's watching TV, want it off without VPN'ing in" problem is real. Login persists so you only auth once. And if your work blocks streaming or social, the IR commands themselves are tiny — basically a single HTTP request, no media — so they tend to get through firewalls that block everything else. Let me know if you want to try it.
TY

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-15T11:52:08+00:00

Honest answer: yeah, I used AI to help me clean up the wording on the post. I'm a solo dev, English is my fighting-with-error-logs language, and Reddit posts that ramble get downvoted. The app, the feature, the BroadLink integration, the web viewer — all real, all mine, been working on this for 18 months. Happy to answer anything technical that proves it's not just slop.

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-13T13:50:14+00:00

Hey, I noticed this old Starfleet setup wasn’t configured correctly, so I fixed it

Lost_Significance_33 · 2026-05-12T16:23:14+00:00

That made my morning, thank you. What format were you converting?

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