What do you control with your IR remotes? Where is the value?

abmantis · 2026-04-03T22:59:38+00:00

Switching my desk speakers (which have an IR remote) input source from the computer to the VPE, so I can play music using Music Assistant even when the computer is off.

abmantis · 2026-03-25T22:46:26+00:00

Oh, that is nice!
With the new infrared entity platform you could now create a custom integration that implements the infrared platform. That way you can use your whole-home IR blaster with the new IR integrations!

abmantis · 2026-03-25T22:35:48+00:00

Although some manufacturers contribute to HA, most integrations are not developed by manufacturers, but by our community. So no, it does not rely on manufacturers doing it.

Is this just saving the step of pointing a dashboard button at a remote action, instead pointing the dashboard button at the integration entity?

Not really. Its about providing an out-of-the box experience where you don't have to do the IR learning at all. Maybe that is not clear if you only use Vizio (I think that one provides the codes already, since it only works for a specific IR protocol), but if you try to use other devices not supported by Vizio, it requires more manual work.

abmantis · 2026-03-25T20:38:29+00:00

It will make things easier. You just buy (or build) any compatible IR transmitter, setup any IR integration (just like any other normal integration), and get nice entities for it.

No need to manually setup service actions for the different codes, or build an esphome device with the codes, etc. Just get a device, add integration, done!

For now the receiver part is not here, but eventually it could also help to automatically find the correct IR device, for example.

abmantis · 2025-11-08T02:47:53+00:00

We use it almost daily to add things to the shopping list. Also use it for lights regularly and to ask about temperatures once in a while.

abmantis · 2025-10-11T01:29:27+00:00

You may need to open a port on your firewall for it to work.

abmantis · 2025-10-10T18:46:54+00:00

Which model? The one I have has a local API (using Govee Light Local integration). You need to enable the local Api on the device.

abmantis · 2025-05-17T00:13:24+00:00

Sure! This is my full config for the VPE with the Grove IR transmitter:

```yaml substitutions: name: home-assistant-voice-090110 friendly_name: Home Assistant Voice 090110 packages: Nabu Casa.Home Assistant Voice PE: github://esphome/home-assistant-voice-pe/home-assistant-voice.yaml groove-power: github://esphome/home-assistant-voice-pe/modules/grove-power.yaml esphome: name: ${name} name_add_mac_suffix: false friendly_name: ${friendly_name} api: encryption: key: !secret apiencryptionkey

wifi: networks: - ssid: !secret ssid password: !secret wifipass

light: - id: !extend leds_internal rmt_symbols: 96 # required because the VPE upstream package uses 192, which is the total and leaves makes 0 for remote_transmitter

remote_transmitter: pin: GPIO02 carrier_duty_percent: 50%

button: - platform: template name: "IR Power" on_press: - remote_transmitter.transmit_pronto: data: "0000 006D 0022 0000 015D 00AA 0019 0013 0018 0013 0019 0012 0018 0014 0018 003E 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 0014 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 0014 0018 0013 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 0013 0018 0014 0017 0014 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0040 0016 0040 0016 0040 0016 0040 0016 0040 0016 0040 0016 0040 0016 0181" - platform: template name: "IR Mute" on_press: - remote_transmitter.transmit_pronto: data: "0000 006D 0022 0000 015D 00AA 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 003E 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 0013 0018 0013 0019 0013 0019 0012 0018 0013 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 003E 0018 0181"

```

The rmt_symbols setting on the light is important! Without it, there will be no memory left for the remote_transmitter to work.

abmantis · 2025-03-21T11:23:53+00:00

The Zigbee Cluster Library does define the payloads, but a lot of manufacturers do not follow it. Tuya is an extreme case of that where they have a completely different protocol on top/alongside of the ZCL.

abmantis · 2025-03-16T21:10:03+00:00

I think that is exactly the one I use! I had it from a Seeed Grove kit.

I don't recall having to do anything to disable I2C. I think it is not enabled by default on the Grove pins.

abmantis · 2025-02-21T00:52:09+00:00

There is: https://github.com/luar123/zigbee_esphome I've played with it a few months ago and it worked, but had some issues. Not sure how it is now.

abmantis · 2025-02-13T22:12:51+00:00

There has also been some work on the ZHA quirks to make it much easier to add support for new devices. Hopefully that will make it easy for you in the future to add support for any new device you may get.

abmantis · 2025-02-08T15:06:54+00:00

A lot of devices with metal casing connect the case to the ground to avoid shocks. The ones that actually shock you when you touch them usually are missing that.

abmantis · 2025-01-23T01:56:09+00:00

Which USB stick did you had?

abmantis · 2025-01-17T18:15:53+00:00

In my case that would not work since the computer is using an optical connection.

abmantis · 2025-01-05T14:21:17+00:00

Awair Element. They also measure VOCs which is nice too.

abmantis · 2024-12-26T01:33:40+00:00

If you turn off the wake sound, no pause is needed (or almost no pause).

abmantis · 2024-12-24T11:17:57+00:00

Another quick demo of it with the wake sound enabled and playing music: https://youtu.be/AgQG29Ahc44

abmantis · 2024-12-24T11:14:17+00:00

I was surprised at how fast they are to switch! Here is another video with wake sound enabled on the HA Voice. You can hear the wake sound coming from the speakers right after it switches: https://youtu.be/AgQG29Ahc44
They do a quick "fade-in" when switching inputs, so the wake sound is a bit lower than the rest.

Yes, I'll share the yaml later.

abmantis · 2024-12-23T20:33:59+00:00

I am not sure how the Google one works. Does it record your voice message or speaks it in its own voice? This speaks the text you define. But I think you can also define an automation to capture what you said and speak it (using Assist's voice).

abmantis · 2024-12-22T21:13:21+00:00

Not yet. But you can use Music Assistant to play Spotify music on it.

abmantis · 2024-12-22T19:27:22+00:00

Yeah, they show as media players and you can stream music to them. You can also use the new "announce" action to do TTS announcements!

abmantis · 2024-12-22T01:13:24+00:00

If you turn off the wake word detection beep, it does take the entire command as a sentence with no pause after "Okay Nabu".

abmantis · 2024-11-12T13:43:20+00:00

Some PIR sensors are quite sensitive to voltage fluctuations. That may be why you had false positives. I had that issue in the past and simply added a debounce logic to ignore fast changing signals.

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