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New Unfolded Circle Remote (f.k.a. YIO)

This is very interesting remote, at least for us hobbyist/tech geeks who find it interesting to work on. A couple more questions:

1. Looks like the interface to program is via web browser. Is the web server part of the remote or remote's hub? So no need to access a cloud service to program and use the remote? A completely local solution would be great and help ensure that whatever happens in the future we can still program and access the remote.

2. Is there a way to write commands or scripts for the remote to call? Specifically, a number of items that I may want to control have a web server that can receive HTTP GET or POST commands, so I was wondering if were possible to make HTTP GET or POST calls from the remote. Home Assistant and HomeSeer (I have both) can accept commands via HTTP, so if the remote supports it, it can send commands (or get back status) to and from HomeSeer and Home Assistant.

Regards.
 
randman said:
This is very interesting remote, at least for us hobbyist/tech geeks who find it interesting to work on. A couple more questions:

1. Looks like the interface to program is via web browser. Is the web server part of the remote or remote's hub? So no need to access a cloud service to program and use the remote? A completely local solution would be great and help ensure that whatever happens in the future we can still program and access the remote.

2. Is there a way to write commands or scripts for the remote to call? Specifically, a number of items that I may want to control have a web server that can receive HTTP GET or POST commands, so I was wondering if were possible to make HTTP GET or POST calls from the remote. Home Assistant and HomeSeer (I have both) can accept commands via HTTP, so if the remote supports it, it can send commands (or get back status) to and from HomeSeer and Home Assistant.

Regards.
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Great questions...

The configuration interface is completely local, there is no web server. Everything lives locally. The only cloud access is for firmware updates.

I'm not sure about the coding question, but there are a few Home Assistant integrations I'm using that required creating a script in HA and calling that from the remote. Example - the Lumagen integration I ended up finding (and it's working perfectly) had a lot of commands that were not sending as entities, but by creating scripts in HA, I am able to import those scripts into the remote and assign them to button presses.
 
thrillcat said:
Great questions...

The configuration interface is completely local, there is no web server. Everything lives locally. The only cloud access is for firmware updates.

I'm not sure about the coding question, but there are a few Home Assistant integrations I'm using that required creating a script in HA and calling that from the remote. Example - the Lumagen integration I ended up finding (and it's working perfectly) had a lot of commands that were not sending as entities, but by creating scripts in HA, I am able to import those scripts into the remote and assign them to button presses.
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Great. So pretty much whatever you can script in HA, you'd be able to run from the remote, which is nice!
 
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