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)

I bought this to control the ceiling fan of 1st floor. Wow, it’s fantastic because it worked with another ceiling fan of 2nd floor too. I realized I don’t need to buy another one for 2nd floor. The remote learning feature was straightforward too. I’m very satisfied with this device.

Got my Broadlink pro some days ago, the installation process was very easy, I have included all RF/IR devices in my house. The integration with Alexa is very nice too, you can create specific scenes then include these into Akexas routines. Being able to integrate non-smart devices along with smart devices, and create scenes/ambients with these is magic! Very recommend product.

Update: 1. (2021-04-20) After multiple identical attempts, finally our Yamaha AVR connected. It’s basic features now work. Other more advanced will require our other components to work. 2. (2021-04-20) After multiple identical attempts, our LG TV still won’t connect properly. Manually teaching the remote doesn’t work at all (see attached images). RM4 recognizes the remote’s button push but simply refuses to learn. No amount of “try again” fixes this. 3. (2021-04-21) Have been able to connect our Oppo blu-ray player using a submission in the community section. Still no luck with the TV; along with the AVR, its the essential piece to add. We ordered a Harmony Companion as a backstop because were on the cusp of giving up on this. As a result, well be tightening our belt to offset the $100 difference. Original: (2021-04-19) 1. Why we bought this: create scenes that would allow our Yamaha V6A AVR, LG 50UN7300 TV, oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray player, and Apple AirPlay 2 switch more seamlessly (this Yamaha AVR is notoriously screwy on that front). In our living room, we’ve been using a Harmony hub for years. Now that Logitech is shuttering that business, we are seeking an alternative for this other room. I desperately hoped RM4 would do the trick. So far, not so much: 2. The process so far: setup was a little wonky but not bad. Only smart device on our large network it discovered is a single Roku. Went to add the above-mentioned brands. The interface gives four common options that should be able to control the device without teaching button-by-button. None of these options worked for any of the above devices. I programmed the LG and Yamaha button-by-button. It’s an intuitive process, which is great. The LG buttons worked during the setup process but not once I left setup to actually use it, which is bad. The Yamaha wouldn’t even learn the buttons. Also bad. I also saw no indication (yet) how I might be able to teach it HDMI switching. 3. I called tech support 24/day, M-F. Took three tries. Rep was nice but line was unclear. I had to repeat the above situation multiple times. I’m told I should get a response “from engineering” within a week. I have had enough experience with “engineering” not to hold out hope because it will eat into the return window. I will try calling again later to see if I have better luck. A brand new device shouldn’t need a weeklong ticket on day one. If it is a user error (which it could be!) then I need phone support, not for a department to fix a problem. I can’t know on my end and the communication, while polite and well-meaning, was not, shall we say, “frustration-free.” I have no reason to think the unit is defective. The setup for devices is idiot-proof so having gone through it several times, well, I might be an idiot because I can’t get these to work at all. On the plus-side, if it DOES work then the form factor is great, the iOS interface is... a step above okay. The temperature/humidity sensor worked out-of-the-box. I can’t speak to Alexa integration beyond the fact it was easy to connect them. So, first impression is generally bad. In truth, it feels like 1-star but it’s too soon to know. I’m glad others are not having my experience and genuinely hope that I can edit this review to match their enthusiasm. If not then I suppose we have no choice but to spend triple the money on a Logitech that is now at the end of its run, which is a shame on many fronts.

Amazingly, I bought this little device over 1 year ago. It has been continuously plugged-in & working flawlessly ever since! I literally use it daily with Alexa voice commands to control multiple devices around the house. I control my TV; ceiling fan; mini-split AC Unit; and a bunch of cheap IR outlet plugs that I have connected around the house. At first, the phone App used to be clunky and weird-looking, but now it feels and looks more polished. However, I rarely use the app since I have all devices controlled by voice or automated routines. This little device connects via WiFi and can basically learn the signals of any RF or IR remote controls. You point the remote to the Broadlink and it learns it. So I bought a pack of dirt cheap IR outlet plugs here on Amazon. I made several appliances smart and able to be controlled with voice commands or automated routines. This now includes my printer; paper-shredder; power outlet next to my bed (to avoid overcharging my phone at night); LED lights strips behind TV; and high capacity external HDD connected to my main computer. The benefit of using IR plugs versus WiFi plugs; is that WiFi constantly consumes data and bandwidth frequencies on your WiFi Router. Which leads to slowing down your WiFi. Also the more WiFi devices you have the more potential security holes you have in your home network for hackers. Thus, this device helps solve these problems. The cheap IR plugs help turn any dumb devices to smart devices. I believe Broadlink also has their own brand of smart outlets but I have not used those. The pro version that comes with an indoor temperature and humidity sensor cable (pic attached) costs a bit more. However, it is totally worth it since you can use it to set up automated routines to turn on/off your AC unit or dehumidifier once your indoor temperature or humidity reaches a certain level. The only 2 inconveniences about this device are; (1) device does not come with wall USB-A wall power brick, you have to provide your own; (2) that the “sensor cable” (which also powers this device) is way too short. I guess optionally you could get a USB extender cable if necessary. Just wish it had been a little bit longer. I just connected my Broadlink next to my nightstand since it is closest to my bed in order to get the best temperature reading for when I sleep. Also comes with optional wall mounting attachment. I definitely recommend this device. Well worth it for its versatility of multiple uses and longevity.

I received my item and the packaging was a little strange, with no plastic wrap around the device. I followed the instruction to add It to my network without success, I then realized it was a used product with someone else WiFi info stored. I had to reset it and now its working, very disappointed about the service, but the device does the job very well and Im pretty impressed about it.

I purchase eight battery powered remote controlled solar window shades from Lowes a couple years ago, I had to press button on the remote control to lift the shades up or down, when Im out of town on vacation I wanted a way to open and close the shades and the BroadLink IR/RF Smart Home Hub-WiFi IR/RF Blaster solved my problem, the BroadLink app is very easy to use, now I can program the shades to automatically lift up in the morning and down in the evenings without having to press the remote button, all eight blinds lift up/down at the same time.

Where has this product been all my AV life. Long are we pushed to products that are okay, but largely too expensive to consider truly. I have used a lot to make my home theater a bit more easy to work with and use daily, but this little low cost item is one of the few ah ha moments I have been suggested by a friend. I thought the only real considerations were Harmony in this segment, and dont get me wrong, I like those, but for simplicity sake and such a low cost, this cant be beat. Paired with my Roku Ultra, Viewsonic 4K 150 Inch Projector, Yamaha RX-V685, and surround speaker setup. Loved it, considering more to help with remote and home automation.

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.

The only reason Im not giving this product a 5* review is that they are misleading with how it works with Alexa, and that it has really a weird learning curve. Other than that I LOVE this thing! Ill try to teach you what Ive learned so that, hopefully, you can love this device as much as I do. Firstly, if the item is in the database, and you add it in via the database, then it will become a scene immediately. It has to be a scene to connect to Alexa. Also, dont forget you need to add broadlink as a skill in your alexa app as well. If its not an item in the database then you can add it as a user define. I prefer to add items as a user define, Ive found that it works better for me in the ifttt and alexa apps. If it is a user define you must make a scene for each individual button you add IF you want that button to have voice control. Lets say my fan remote has 3 buttons: power, oscillate, and speed. I wanted to be able to tell my fan to turn on and oscillate, but I dont care about controlling the speed of the fan with my voice. I would only make two scenes: one to turn on the fan, and one to make it oscillate. I could still control the speed via the broadlink app or the remote itself, but I wouldnt be able to voice control it. Lets learn about voice control, since its a little weird too. You can only turn scenes on in Alexa. Meaning I cant say turn off fan you have to say turn on fan off. As a side note, all this device can do is emulate the buttons on your remote so technically you should just say, Turn on fan to get it to turn off, since most power buttons turn the device on and off. Controlling devices vocally through scenes themselves is hard and extremely confusing. So make it a TON easier on yourself by using alexa routines. Routines are life. I have 3 different devices with three different remotes that I have to use every time I want to watch TV or play video games. Instead of having to fumble remotes I can say three words to Alexa and she will turn my TV on, my soundbar on, and the TV switched to the correct aux device almost immediately (pics of what some of my routines look like). It operates from top to bottom, so first it turns on my TV, then my sound bars, then switches to the auxiliary cord my nintendo switch or fire stick is plugged into (depending on which routine I trigger). Most of my routines are voice activated but they can be activated by time, action, location etc. My smart home, and remote count, is drastically improved by this affordable device.

Lo utilizo para controlar todos mis dispositivos