AR Smart IR Builder is a powerful Home Assistant integration that allows you to:

• Learn IR / RF commands from Broadlink devices, or IR commands from Tasmota IR blasters over MQTT
• Build full device profiles (TV, Aircon, Fan, Media, Custom)
• Automatically generate Home Assistant entities
• Export to SmartIR-compatible format
• Manage everything 100% from the UI (no YAML)

• Fully Config Flow based
• No YAML required
• Easy integration via Devices & Services
• Pick your controller type during setup: Broadlink (remote entity) or Tasmota IR (MQTT)

• Learn IR commands in real time
• Broadlink supported capture
• Tasmota IR supported capture (over MQTT, no Broadlink hardware required)
• Test commands instantly

Create structured device profiles:

• ❄️ Aircons (Climate)
• 📺 TVs (Media Player)
• 🌬️ Fans
• 🔊 Audio / Custom IR devices

Automatically generates:

• climate.*
• media_player.*
• fan.*

Export working IR configs to:

/config/www/ar_smart_ir_exports/

• Open HACS
• Go to Integrations
• Add repository:

https://github.com/marsh4200/ar_smart_ir_builder

• Install AR Smart IR Builder

Go to:

Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration

Search:

AR Smart IR Builder

During setup you'll be asked to pick a Controller type:

The original mode. Pick a remote.* entity from the Broadlink integration. Sending uses remote.send_command with a base64 code; learning uses remote.learn_command.

Talks straight to a Tasmota IR blaster over MQTT, no remote.* entity needed.

Requirements:

• A Tasmota device flashed with IR support (most ESP8266/ESP32-based IR blasters), with its Topic set under Configuration → MQTT
• HA's built-in MQTT integration configured and pointed at the same broker your Tasmota device uses
• For learning: IR receive enabled on the device (SetOption58 1 on the Tasmota console if it's an unusual/AC protocol Tasmota can't natively decode, so it still returns raw timing data instead of nothing)

How it works:

• Send: publishes Tasmota's IRSend JSON (e.g. {"Protocol":"NEC","Bits":32,"Data":"0x20DF10EF"}) to cmnd/<topic>/irsend
• Learn: subscribes to tele/<topic>/RESULT, waits up to 25s (configurable) for the next IR signal the device receives, and stores it ready to replay
• Paste code: paste Tasmota IRSend JSON directly (e.g. copied straight out of the Tasmota console log) instead of capturing
• RF capture, available on Broadlink, isn't supported through this path — Tasmota IR is IR-only here

Known limitation: protocols Tasmota can't decode (common on some AC remotes) fall back to raw timing arrays, the same rough edge Broadlink has with exotic remotes — you may need to re-learn a couple of times to get a clean capture.

After installation, open:

👉 AR Smart IR Builder (Sidebar Menu)

• Click New Profile
• Enter:
  • Name
  • Manufacturer
  • Model
  • Type:
    • Aircon
    • TV
    • Fan
    • Media Player

• Click Learn Command
• Point remote at Broadlink
• Capture commands like:
  • Power
  • Volume
  • Input / HDMI
  • Temperature
  • Fan speed

• Click Save Device
• Entities are created automatically

Check:

• Developer Tools → States
• Devices & Services

power
volume_up
volume_down
play
pause
source_hdmi1

cool_24
heat_22
fan_auto
off

fan_low
fan_medium
fan_high

Export location:

/config/www/ar_smart_ir_exports/

To remove a profile:

1. Open sidebar
2. Select profile
3. Scroll to Export section
4. Click Delete Profile
5. Confirm

✔ Removes from integration completely

• learn_and_capture
• save_device
• export_device
• export_ha_scripts
• test_command
• delete_device

Built by AR Smart Home

This project is actively developed. Features may evolve as new hardware is tested.

Tasmota IR (MQTT) controller support was added without access to physical Tasmota hardware to test against — the MQTT topics and IRSend/IrReceived payload shapes follow Tasmota's documented behaviour, but if your device's topic naming or firmware version diverges, you may need to adjust mqtt_controller.py. Report back what breaks.