Have a hard question

[eastpascoguy]

I know this question has been asked many times and the answers are really confusing sometimes, But I need to get rid of my Harmony Hubs and find something else to control my devices, BUT I also need something to control bluetooth devices. Not sure which way to go and I need it to work with Hubitat and Alexa.

Any suggestions? Tips? Leads?

Thanks

[chrisbvt]

I see there is a post about bluetooth on HE. Seems the issue is you need another device to be the broker for bluetooth, like HA, but there could be other options.

Then there is the Tuya Zigbee hub that supports bluetooth and Zigbee, but I'm not sure if there is a way to connect that Tuya hub to HE without using wifi and the cloud.

[aaiyar]

@eastpascoguy

But I need to get rid of my Harmony Hubs and find something else to control my devices, BUT I also need something to control bluetooth devices.

You can use a Broadlink RM4 Pro for IR/RF devices. There’s a fantastic community driver by @tomw. Then run HA on a RPi4 for BT devices, and bring them into Hubitat using HADB.

[johnwill1]

@eastpascoguy - Did you see Mike Maxwells post here:

My seemingly never ending quest for a universal AV remote

I don't even know where to start here, I've been looking for universal remotes to use with my various AV setups for 20 some odd years now. To be fair, my AV setups (8 of them currently) range from a simple TV to a full 9.2.4 Dolby Atmos theater. The first remote being the original Philips Pronto, an ugly fiddley geekster oriented, yet capable IR only device that I used for several years, until well, its demise... The second on the list was a Nevo S70 which I purchased from an installer who a…

I'll be looking at this Sofabaton X1S when my Harmony Elite and hub stop working (if not before)

[eastpascoguy]

Yeah Harmony really disturbed the remote community. Most everything I have a IR, but my projector is Bluetooth. I just thought I'd ask and see if anything new has come alone, But I did hear and haven't researched it yet that you can use Alexa Cube to control Bluetooth Devices it might be worth reading into.