running rpi_rf from a remote raspberry pi about ha-rpi_rf

[JatinJani]

Hello Mark,

Thanks for your response and explanation, It does make sense. Much appreciated.

[markvader]

Hi @JatinJani
Sorry I haven't commented before now, I've been trying to think of the possible ways to make this work

I had a look at https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/remote_rpi_gpio/ however I cant find an easy way to implement this for your use case. You would need to heavily modify the switch component code in that project (to enable sending on/off codes, signal repetitions, pulselength etc), and then set up your remote RPI and add additional libraries to control 433mhz devices.

If its something you might be interested in going down there's a well documented project here using rf switches and pigpio (the component library used by remote_rpi_gpio) without the home assistant tie-in

Do you use esphome? you might find that using a ESP device with a transmitter board a more straightforward option, especially for remote devices.

The main reason I continue to use this custom component (ha-rpi_rf) rather than esphome is I want to utilise the gpio pins on my main home assistant install as it is in the perfect location for my usage, however the availability of GPIO control within esphome is why the GPIO related integrations were deprecated from the main project.

Hope that helps