Self-Host a BroadLink Remote. Cloud NOT required.

[@TechnoTim]

Have you thought about automating some IR devices at home? 💡 btw, if you're new here, welcome! 👋 Don't forget to subscribe for more content like this!

[@diegoalejandrosarmientomun303]

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your channel is gold. I love everything about it. Thanks for your content.

[@TechnoTim]

Thank you so much! Glad you like it!

[@3aiban]

I loved proxmox selfhosted and automation because of you, Every time I learn something new, Your content and your way of explaining things are precious

[@zr00t]

Great video Tim! For home automation I use a Logitech Harmony Hub for my media devices. I use HOOBS to basically bridge my Logitech and Garage Door opener to Apple Homekit without needing to buy a separate gateway. HOOBS has a huge list of supported devices and plugins and will run on something as simple as a Raspberry Pi. I'm running it as a VM distribution that i snagged from their website. If I could find a good Rancher config for it, I'd certainly consider consolidating that into the rest of my Ranch. I tried Home Automation briefly, but the only Apple apps I could find for it charged and it didn't seem to do much more than I was already getting out of HOOBS.

[@TechnoTim]

Nice! I also use HomeBridge!

[@includenull]

I love my Broadlink. I use it to turn my AC on and off, set temp, control my home cinema amp volume and sources. I use it with Home Assistant and also have a Stream Deck that I use to have quick buttons to commands.

[@TechnoTim]

Nice!

[@joels7605]

Excellent work good sir. Cloud services tend to last a few years then go bust. You'll save all our butts.

[@maciej2991]

Home Assistant rules. Have using in for over year and is incredible. You doing amazing job, keep in going. I wish you can do video how to set up own domain name for fome lab ( proxmox , nas , ect )

[@TechnoTim]

Thank you so much!!!

[@williamrosswhite]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much!!

[@KyleFalconer1]

Nice solution! I'm going to pick one of these up and try this out.

[@TechnoTim]

LMK how it goes!

[@bigdoggtom]

Amazing. I am looking to self host most of this stuff. Going to take a look about integration in to hassio or nodered

[@TechnoTim]

thank you! good luck! feel free to use my docker image!

[@bigdoggtom]

@@TechnoTim yea you got it! I appreciate all you do. Especially as a novice, I'm able to understand most of what you say. I'm actually a banker by trade (finance). Go figure.

[@craven4800]

I have been excited to hear about this one

[@TechnoTim]

Thanks! Hope you like it!

[@DanSnis]

In the new firmware you can actually unlock the device. I have mine connected to the cloud as well as local access. In the broadlink application when the RM device is selected, press the three dots and deselect the option "lock device"

[@TechnoTim]

Nice!!! Then I can have cloud + local!

[@DanSnis]

@@TechnoTim yes! I don't know when this feature came, but these are my versions: Broadlink RM4 Mini Data Cloud: European server Firmware: v52078 IoT Cloud: European server Plug-in version: 1.5.4 SDK: 2.16.8 App version: 1.5.03

[@280557445]

Hey, your channel is a bar of gold for sure, learnt a ton of useful stuff. would there be any chance to make a video about Grafana and Prometheus? thanks a lot !!!

[@TechnoTim]

Simon Fang thank you!

[@aryeguetta8592]

Great video. I was wondering about the "Force Closing" the App. What would happen afterwards? Lets say that I have it locally - can I use it in the cloud again? or do I loose my cloud connection for good? Meaning Not being able to work with Alexa and Google Home, The way I have been doing for a couple of years now. I would like to know if we still have the Cloud as well as the Local control. Since when we started we had one way to communicate with the device and I was thinking on adding another way - not replacing the current. That would be great if we could have BOTH. I understand that the new mini4 is the one used in this video and also the one that needs to be factory defaults and reset back to work Locally. Please let me know if we are losing the cloud or we are adding local control to the cloud as well? keep it up!

[@TechnoTim]

Thank you! I hear that you can have cloud + local if you unlock the device in settings!

[@user-zr7kz4vs7c]

Great Video!!! Btw is it possible to self host LG thinq smart devices locally or via home assistant? Thanks!

[@danielstellmon5330]

I have thought of building the hardware to do this pairing an Xbox 360 remote. Yeah, I never did it and this looks better than anything I could build anyway.

[@rysieklee9866]

Thanks for the heads up on this video, just watched it through and this is awesome. I can't wait to take a look at your project. I certainly don't think you have gone too far down this particular rabbit hole, have you ever thought about going further since then? I had thought about doing something with a raspberry pi before I discovered broadlink on your other video. To be honest though I think that I might benefit from doing a few projects before I get into that personally, just wondered what you thought of that or any other idea on this subject?

[@epicgamescorp]

are you still finding that this functions? I believe that this functionality was broken with a new broadlink firmware that ships with new devices by default

[@johnathanwee6334]

Thanks Tim! Can your solution also be used with Openhab? Are you able to make it into an openhab binding?

[@TechnoTim]

I haven’t used openhab but mine has an API you can use as well as a UI

[@johnathanwee6334]

@@TechnoTim will this also work with RF devices in RM4 pro?

[@SelfSufficient08]

Great video ! Special request: A peertube how to with Rancher/Kub. :-)

[@TechnoTim]

Thanks! Maybe! :)

[@kentswanson2807]

First, a thank you. Thanks for creating this. Now a minor ding. Google analytics goes against my idea of local. Can I just delete that template? Or is there more I will need to do?

[@TechnoTim]

Hi Thanks. Google analytics isn't installed with this. It's open source, check out the source code. No GA included.

[@lelandclayton5462]

I'm a AV Integrator by trade and I tried Broadlink a while back and even tried to use it with Home Assistant for my own personal use and failed. I ended up building my own system by using a NodeMCU with ESPHome. I'm planning on making a Remote as well so it will be similar to the URC Total Control series.

[@TechnoTim]

Nice!!

[@bedar89]

This is the perfect timing! Been struggling with adding broadlink to Home Assistant for a while. I've followed your steps and everything seems to be working correctly, but how would I go about adding this to Home Assistant as a controllable device?

[@TechnoTim]

Thanks! You've have to check HA. They have lots of docs on this.

[@djvincon]

Techno Tim could you make a video how to add these buttons to home assistant?

[@jackburton5085]

Is there any alternative version that can connect via Bus or Ethernet?

[@arthurfleck.x]

Hello. It’s possible install it on synology NAS and use it with Hubita Elevation (Homa automation)? I don’t understand how I can connetc this with Hubitat. Maybe it’s possible with Hubitat API Maker??? thanks so much

[@reesericdotci]

Is there any way in home assistant to trigger something based on a remote? Like if I press the power button on a remote have it also control a different remote as well.

[@TechnoTim]

Not sure, you've have to check HA

[@squalazzo]

great work! I've the old model, the rm mini 3, does this work with that, too? edit: don't mind, just saw your github, where it says it's compatible, good! :)

[@TechnoTim]

It sure does! edit: don't mind, just saw your second line ;)

[@kennethdarlington]

Would this work with broadlink smart plug, how do you think?

[@TechnoTim]

Hi! I've only tested with the RM3 and RM4

[@ydvnick]

‘-p’ is redundant when using host networking 😅

[@axdra]

9:37 went kinda silence 😶

[@TechnoTim]

Sorry!

[@TechnoTim]

🤦‍♂️

[@axdra]

@@TechnoTim haha! No worries it did not matter for the narrative of the video just thought it was kinda fun that it went silence 😌

[@hamhumtube]

" i needed an api"

[@TechnoTim]

Yup

[@darrylharris6068]

This guy took to long to get to the workings of the product I guess he's to self involved in himself. If you gonna give instructions about a device get to the device and to the point, not about all the other fillers you are talking about. We want to know how to use the device not about your podcast, your lights etc. It took him a long time to get to the point of the broadlink device and how it works. I didn't find his channel useful and had to search another to information. If you are hear to instruct us on the use of a device do get to the point and leave out the un-necessary fillers.