BroadLink Wi-Fi Smart Remote Hub with Sensor Cable, IR RF All in One Automation Learning Universal Remote Control, With a Mini Smart Plug, Compatible with Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT （RM4proS+SP4M)

Very easy to setup and program. Works very well with my motorized shades.

works perfect, i connected it with my alexa and program it to control my tv and sound bar. so i can tell alexa to turn them on, off, change channel, change input one by one but it works just alot of repeating, and change volume. built quality is good. pretty small size over all and has a hanging kit. would recommend, only had for a few month so just got to wait and see how long it will last. also doesnt come with a box to plug the usb cable to, you can probably use an old one from a cell phone or something else.

Im using this to link my automatic blinds to Alexa so I can just say, Computer, open/close the windows and all the honeycomb blinds in my bedroom and master bath activate. So convenient! Set up was quick and I havent had to deal with re-establishing the link even after that big Amazon disruption a couple of weeks ago. I like the fact that its low profile and small size make it relatively inconspicuous, too.

It is tough to write a review on this, as it didnt provide the functionality I hoped it would. I wanted it to control everything in my house like a broad universal Remote. It work on the TV, but not my Alexa Devices, fans, lights or anything else. If I didnt already have a Fure TV cube, I may have kept it. Instead I got the Bond Bridge IR/RF blaster, which works on most of these items, except for TVs.

Its apparently not possible to set up this RM4 pro without internet access. The device creates a wifi network named Broadlink_WiFi_Device but when I connect to it, I cant find a web interface to continue the set up. It gives me an ip in the 192.168.10.0 range so Ive tried 192.168.10.1 but there is no web interface at that address. Ive also tried to set it up using the android app but I dont have internet access at this location where the RM4 is being set up. I only have a router without WAN access. Unfortunately the app wont work unless the device has WAN access. It also needs you to create an account, verify your email address, get your location info, get and maintain internet access. Its stupid and unnecessarily complicated. All I want to do is read an RF signal through Home Assistant. If they had a local setup web interface like all other IoT devices then it would be fine.

For the most part this is an excellent product until you change the password on your router, then you lose all the hard work you have invested in scanning your original remotes. The universval remote app does offer the ability to backup the remotes. Unfortunately, this did not work for me using my android tablet. I did manage to backup two remotes using my android phone. Today, I added another remote but could not backup with my phone or tablet. While trying to backup remote, I get submission failed, please check network status. I find it hard to believe that Verizon and Mediacom cannot connect to Broadlinks servers reliably.

Lo utilizo para controlar todos mis dispositivos

I dont usually write negative reviews, in fact, this is my first. But when faced with such a truly awful product as this, I feel it my duty to warn my fellow humans what frustrations await them when you purchase a Broadlink RM4 Pro. To be fair, I dont know if this device will control IR or RF products or even sync with Alexa, Google Assistant, or IFTTT, as promised. I actually CAN’T know that because I couldnt get past the installation. For a device marketed as a bridge for the smart home market, this device is anything but smart. In fact, its designers had so little disregard for their customers that they thought it acceptable to exclusively REQUIRE 2.4ghz WiFi in a device sold in 2020. That in itself would not be so bad, there are plenty of older, dumber, simpler devices that use this frequency but Broadlink appears to have gone out of their way to ensure 5ghz dual band systems absolutely, positively, cannot be compatible with their product. As evidenced on their support site, which actually recommends that first you disable the 5ghz band for as long as you use their product. Disregarding how unacceptable it is to recommend one stop using a superior technology that was finalized over 11 years ago, the site further recommends that if you cannot disable the band, then you should try to walk far away and see if it’ll connect to the 2.4 band then, or install a temporary router or hotspot with the same SSID/PW. If those methods fail, you should simply get another router. Easy peasy. I actually tried the first two recommendations because I really didn’t want to have to through the trouble of returning… also because I’m an idiot. So after walking down the street with phone, Broadlink, and USB battery bank in hand on 101* day with no results, I setup the mobile hotspot on “phone B”. The issue then arose that, because again it is the year two thousand and twenty, my hotspot was inundated with connection requests from 80+ devices throughout the house wondering where their precious network went. So after shutting off power to the house (yes, really) and manually killing multiple tablets, a couple of UPSs, and a smattering of cell phones, I was finally within the hotspot’s capacity to connect. Only nothing happened. The same stupid app giving the same stupid message. “Could not connect”. 5 days and uncountable hours later, I’m done. I’m sending it back and posting this review. If you have a router made in the last 5 years or have more than 10 devices connected to your network, run away. This device will not work. It is a device marketed to smart home hobbyists, but built for people who have 1 PC hardwired to Facebook for the “news”. I know this review was initially to serve as a warning, but at this point I just don’t care anymore. This was my therapy. If nobody reads this, fine. At least I have bled the poisonous Broadlink experience from my system. Thanks for the refund, Amazon.

What I liked: Easy to integrate into Home Assistant. Easy to make it learn ir codes using HA. Small, no LED while operating. What I didnt like: Difficult to set up. Mostly because it only operates on 2.4. Modern wifi routers run on 2.4 and 5, but its not always possible to turn off 5. So, I used an old phone as a hotspot, gave it the same SSID and PW as my network, got the device to connect, then it connected to my main network. But it took about 10 attempts to get this to work which tested my patience. Something was rattling around inside the device when I got it. No idea if some important bit inside was broke off. It would not accept the signal from my RF controlled ceiling fan remote, no matter how I tried. FWIW my fan is a Ashby Park 52 in from The Home Depot. A very common and popular fan. Conclusion: I ended up returning the device as it could not perform the main task that I bought it for.

It took me a little while to get it working only because Im not that savvy with the hubs. But eventually, I got it. I havent had time to get it programmed for the IR remotes yet.