SmartIR is a custom Home Assistant component for controlling AC units and TV devices via Infrared controllers. An IR controller such as Broadlink RM is required.

The key features of the component are:

• Support for Base64, Broadlink Hex and Pronto codes.
• Support for external temperature and humidity sensors (Climate platform)
• Support for external on/off sensor that monitors whether your device is actually On or Off. This may be a power monitor sensor.
• Support for voice assistants.

Component setup instructions

Create the folder custom_components, if it does not exist, in the home assistant’s config directory. Create the smartir folder and copy __init__.py, climate.py and media_player.py files into it. Add the following to your configuration.yaml file.

smartir:

Platform setup instructions

Update the component

The component will check for updates each time HA is restarted. When there is a new version, a new Persistent Notification will appear. Use the services smartir.check_updates to manually check for updates and smartir.update_component to start the automatic update.

Links

• SmartIR Chat on Telegram
• Discussion about SmartIR Climate (Home Assistant Community)