External integration - Broadlink: add remote control types (air conditioning, fan, amplifier) and RF

[AlexTrovato]

Hi! I use the native Broadlink integration and it’s great for the TV, but when creating a remote, only the « TV » type is offered. I would like to be able to create remotes for other common IR devices: air conditioner (mode, target temperature, ventilation), fan (speed, oscillation) and amp/soundbar (sources, volume). The topic has already been mentioned in Configuration by other users equipped with RM4. As a bonus, support for RF 433 MHz learning on RM pro/RM4 pro would open the door to many additional devices.

Identified need based on my home automation setup, analyzed and written with the help of Claude (AI) — reviewed and approved by me.

[mutmut]

hi @AlexTrovato
here’s a link to one of my topics about Broalink: [Broadlink] ajout appareils ampli AV, ventilateur et Climatisation/Chauffage

[AlexTrovato]

@pierre-gilles indeed, a duplicate on my part, the details of the request have been moved to @mutmut’s topic. Can we delete mine?

[mutmut]

I am taking over the specific requests from @AlexTrovato in the other topic, which I will close to keep only this request:

@AlexTrovato

1. New types of remote controls in addition to TV: air conditioning/heating (mode, target temperature, ventilation), fan (speed, oscillation), amplifier/soundbar (sources, volume) — with the corresponding Gladys features so that scenes can control them.
2. Compact remote control widget on the dashboard: exactly your need — choose the useful buttons (play, vol+, source, oscillation…) without creating a scene per button.
3. Management of RF 433 MHz (RM pro / RM4 pro) in addition to IR.
4. Import of codes from an existing IR database (type SmartIR) to avoid manual learning button by button.

These tracks had already been identified at the time of the development of the service (points 1, 3 and 4 were in a GitHub backlog, never finalized). With the arrival of external integrations, there may be a great project here for a motivated developer from the community; the widget (point 2) is part of the core of Gladys.