Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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how do i set up an ir receiver and blaster to control my speakers with my tv remote (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

what is the easiest and low cost way to have this set up?

I want a device to receive the button signals from my tv remote then output a different signal to control my speakers. I also want to enable it to press the button once and then again 2 minutes later. is this kind of programmable box a real thing?

Thanks!!

p.s. I don't want any IoT or smart assistant things if possible. I don't trust smart tech. I want something that does what I tell it and nothing else.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Any cheap tuya remote, install esphome on it, set automation to control speakers on ir signal received from tv remote button, then just set an interval.

[–] MelastSB 1 points 10 months ago

In my case, I could configure my TV remote to control the AV receiver's volume directly from the TV. The remote is an LG "Magic Remote", so I assume it's just a universal remote of some kind.

It probably doesn't help for your "2 minutes later" thing, though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which TV and which speakers/receiver?

With most modern TVs/Speaker setups this is possible without any additional hardware using HDMI-CEC (each TV manufacturer calls it something different for "branding" but it is all standards-based)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I wish CEC was the solution, it's just wildly unreliable. it just really temperamental deciding whether or not to work based on no apparent criteria. it'll just stop working out of the blue when nothing has changed. I suppose if I want out of my way to buy an LG speaker to match my TV, it might be more reliable, but I want to have more control over this, not just rely on hoping and trusting LG to get the CEC right.