How to Make Your Ceiling Fan Smarter | Home Automation

Want to add your ceiling fan to your home automations? Well now you can with the Broadlink Smart Home Hub.

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TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Broadlink IR/RF Smart Hub
2:13 Setting Up Remote in App
7:31 Special Voice Assistant Setup
9:44 Linking Voice Assistant
10:19 Testing Voice Controls
10:40 Final Thoughts

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[mindblockandroid]

Dang dude, that was helpful and quite comprehensive! Thanks, subscribed!

[john_thorpe]

What is the coverage for the RF portion?? I.E.: How many rooms/walls can it go through and still work??

[TheGadgetwiz]

Well darn. It was a great video, but I had already figured out most of that. What I was having trouble doing was programming reverse for voice control. I finally bit the bullet, and used the Oscillate button.. I have to say 'Alexa ... Oscillate the Gameroom Fan', but it works. I suspect that was the purpose of the Oscillate button, but google translate didn't get it quite right when they programmed the fan option at Broadlink.

Since I have a 6 speed fan, I set the speeds Low, Medium, and High to 1, 3, and 6.

Finally, like you, I put the light on a different device that was a light only, and just named it the Gameroom Light.

That seems to be the best I could do with it, and it's a ton better than walking upstairs to turn it on and off.

[pitpony]

This is great!! Just ordered one!! Can you do a video on setting up this device for Android Boxes and Smart TV to work with Alexa? Thanks!!

[Dan-pikb]

No frequency on back - is there another way to find that info?

[usa-earth]

Good one Steve. We're looking at getting 2 ceiling fans from Costco that are smart for echo or google, have tunable white LED lights and are 54" for $150. They're not Hunter, so we'll see how long they last. We have another fan for our covered porch that is not smart so I might want something like this for that one, we'll see, our house is still being built and isn't even roofed yet, so I've got time to continue figuring things out....

[crimgrim]

Is bond and broad link about the same with functionality?

[numberpappy]

Amazon has a wifi ceiling fan remote that sells for $29 dollars. It's easy to install and works great. You can control you fan, your fan light and your fan speed thru an app or the remote and thru an alexa device. You don't need a hub either!

[moedollaz]

What if your remote doesn’t have the frequency on the back? Is there a way to bypass this?

[cdeme]

Thanks for the video Steve. I have a question. The word on the street is it needs direct line of sight to IR devices. What has been your experience? I don't want to spend $50 to just control one IR fan. I have a second RF fan that would probably work too. Thanks again.

[saisusheelsunkara]

Will it be able to control the fan in different floor? Currently testing bond bridge and it is not working once I move the bridge to different room

[scottdenton]

Does this hub have to be in the same room as the devices it is controlling? If we want to use this for ceiling fans & lights in 2 different bedrooms could this be placed in a common area outside the rooms and it still work for both?

[abcfhdi]

how about adjusting the speed of the fan

[AlexFlores-reht]

I can't find the MHz I my universal control what do I do?

[shanew]

I have ceiling fans that are hard wired to a light switch. These still work?

[cheeyuanng]

What's the range of the item? Do you need 1 in each room?

[michaeld]

Does it work with older Hampton Bay AR552? I tried with another SmartLife vendor and it did not.

[wyomingamy]

I need help adding my Hunter Ceiling Fan IR remote.

[dankelley]

Great & great product. I use a similar controller called “Bo

[invisiblestacker]

Does this work better than the bond remote? I wasted $100 on the bond as it quits working with alexa soon after setup.