IR Remote (ZigBee)

Hi,

Do HE support this device?

AED 51.13 35% Off | Tuya Zigbee Smart IR Remote Control Universal Infrared Remote for Smart Home for AC TV DVD works with Alexa Google Home
https://a.aliexpress.com/_ms0oS7k

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Tagging @kkossev

Is this of interest to you?

Nice little item, could be very handy!

From one of the reviews:

Awesome device which allowed me to ditch the troublesome HDMI CEC standard for controlling tv devices. Using this unit with Zigbee2MQTT / mosquito / Home Assistant with no issues. Identifies as Tuya ZS06.
03 Oct 2022 00:42

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Watching this one.

Count me in as interested -- this could be neat.

Sorry, I am not interested on this device at this time, I have already planned probably at least 3 months of work for this project here .. : )

There is a working solution in Hubitat for IR blasters : Broadlink IR/RF remotes integration (RM3 Mini, RM Pro, RM4 Mini/Pro)

It works excellently, I am controlling 2 x Fujitsu Air Conditioners and one old Sony TV in 3 different rooms using 2 x Broadlink RM3 and RM4 Pro.

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Adding one more remote, which is small and battery-powered and so it can be kept anywhere. And MOES is an excellent Chinese brand for reliability.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004176577444.html

If anyone plans to add driver for this, please update here :slight_smile:

I purchased the Tuya zs06 zigbee IR Blaster and cant use it because there is no driver for it. Can someone please make a driver for the Tuya zs06 zigbee IR Blaster, that would be great so it is not just a brick on my desk. https://a.aliexpress.com/_ms0oS7k

Any updates?

I will not promise if or when, but I may develop a driver for Tuya ZS06.

Although I'm not fond of Wi-Fi devices for home automation, I would use a Broadlink RM4 Pro since an integration is available. I even bought one to test, but for some reasons I have decided to turn off my Wi-Fi's 2.4GHz band (potential Zigbee interference being the main one), and it is unremarkable how many "modern" devices don't support 5GHz Wi-Fi, Broadlinks included.

Another issue that I had was that I tested the RM4 Pro for a couple of weeks (with it's own app, without connecting to Hubitat) then I've left it off for a month in a drawer and when I turned it on again it wouldn't connect to my Wi-Fi.
I have wasted 2h of my life reconfiguring the device's network just to find out that all my saved IR/RF codes were gone. So I even if I was willing to keep 2.4GHz enabled, I don't trust this device.

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Hi @eduardo ,

There is already a driver for the Tuya IR blasters, written by @sean.anastasi :

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It’s a shame that these can’t operate in reverse. I have a couple of really nice and expensive IR universal remotes and would love to be able to trigger Hubitat scenes and automations from it.