I’m looking for an IR emitter, not an extender that will necessitate an IR blast cable. My goal is to set up the home theater remotely – e.g., lowering the screen and turning on the overhead projector by IR. I can see some Remotec products, but they all appear to be IR extenders, which is not idea…

What @JDRoberts said. You want the Switchbot Mini. It comes with a MicroSD cable, but you need to supply the USB power wart, which most people have quite a few lying around unused. [20200108_080434]

[image] JDRoberts: Switchbot - Simple “power on” for some TVs (IR blaster) Is this a Z-wave product though?

[image] Newtonite: Is this a Z-wave product though? No, it’s Wifi with it’s own app. Connection to Alexa via a skill.

[image] Newtonite: [image] JDRoberts: Switchbot - Simple “power on” for some TVs (IR blaster) Is this a Z-wave product though? No, but if you read the thread I linked you’ll see it has an official smartthings integration provided by the manufacturer and it works straight out of the box…

[image] JDRoberts: As @bry said, it’s a Wi-Fi device, and the integration is cloud to cloud, so if you were looking for something local this isn’t it. But you aren’t going to find any local options that do work with smartthings since all custom code runs in the cloud. There might be some device…

Yes, SmartThings works with many different WiFi devices via cloud to cloud. Some of the most popular are the Philips Hue bridge, Ecobee thermostat, Ring doorbell, Arlo camera, LIFX bulbs and Logitech Harmony, but there are dozens more. It even has official integrations with some other systems which …

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Under $50 simple no coding solution to power on most brands of smart TVS (Switchbot)

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