Hubitat and Broadlink RM Pro + WIFI + IR + RF Remote Controller

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I've posted this in the Withdrawn thread as well, but for those not wanting to see their device locked into cloud-only mode, this may be worthy of consideration. Don't know if it's been mentioned already but putting it out there just in case:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/broadlink-manager/files/Windows%207/Version%201.0.0.1/

The great thing is that it doesn't require you to install the permission invasive Broadlink apps (eControl or IHC) !!

Just reset your device via the reset pin until the blue light flashes quickly.
Then perform the same action again until the blue light flashes more slowly, you will now see a Wifi hotspot pop up named "BroadlinkProv"
Then connect a windows machine where you can run the Broadlink Manager app on to connect with the "BroadlinkProv" access point that has been initiated by your device.
You are now able to connect via direct-Wifi to your Broadlink device and use the Windows app provided via the link to set up the SSID for your device and run it truly local.

My RM2 Pro was cloud-locked (even though I had initially used IHC to set it up) and resetting it and re-initialising it this way did the trick for me.
Don't know if it works with RM4 though...

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@silvermane Nice! But how can I integrate it with Hubitat? Is there any driver for it? Thanks

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Created a Pretty Generic version of the httpGetSwitch specifically for using with broadlinkgo
I update it as needed or requested

Setup is pretty easy, enter the "Base URI{ eg "http://192.168.1.1:8000/cmd"
Then populate the specific if commands in the fields (just ir cmd, no url needed)
I know its not perfect, but it the trick,

I am using https://github.com/mbudnek/google-home-hubitat-community to map between Hubitat and Googlie things. Workds pretty good !