Trying to hack my tv-lift into HomeAssistant
This project started with me having a TV-Lift with a stupid RF-remote that cannot be replaced by my Logitech Harmony remote. I then watched Level1Techs video about the Sonoff RF-Bridge and thought that this was the solution to all of my problems. I proceeded to buy a Sonoff RF-Bridge, started the tutorial. As soon as I opened the device, I discovered that I had a new HW-revision. HW-hacking of this kind was way above my skill level. I got annoyed, and forgot about the whole thing. Until i stumbled across this Youtube video explaining the same process using the new HW-revision of the Sonoff bridge. Finally I would finish this project! It was first when I got to the point in the video where I was going to capture the commands from my remote that I discovered that RF is not RF. The Sonoff bridge operates at 433MHz as advertised. The only RF i knew at the time. The tv-lift remote operates at 2.4GHz. The manual specifies "RF-remote", so I guess it was also as advertised.
This left me back at square one whithout a plan, but enough built up anger at my tv-lift that I swore to make it work some how.
In the meantime, I had gotten better at HomeAssistant, and had started tinkering with ESP32. This is my new plan. I will try to control the tv-lift using ESPHome.
- Will use ESPHome and an ESP32 NodeMCU board.
- The remote will not be modified.
- Board must attach to the tv-lift in paralell with the remote.
- Attachment of board must be non-destructive and possible to remove at a later stage.
Details about the tv-lift, both usermanuals and my reverse engineering steps, can be found in TV-lift
If you want to jump directly to the solution, go to Solution