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It's been nice to copy hotel keys when I'm traveling. It really goes to show how easy it is.
But most of the time I just use it to emulate amiibos.
I also have a terrible remote for a ceiling fan. It eats through those super short batteries that are in garage door openers even if it's never used. I recorded those sub ghz and just use the flipper now.
How do you emulate devices? Point the remote at the flipper and it reads the signal? Do you set up a 'fan remote' module and program every button one by one?
If so, that actually sounds awesome. I don't have a tech heavy house, but sitting down for a movie requires 3 remotes (TV, sound bar, light dimmer). Being able to quickly do all 3 on one device would be great. Maybe not worth $170 alone, but I bet I could find many more uses.
Get a universal remote for your home theater. Flipper isn't really that usable and not enough buttons for that task. It can, but you'll be much happier with a Logitech Harmony.
Harmony is EOL these days as well.
Any worthwhile alternatives? I have a SofaBaton remote. It's... ok...
Honestly I’m going down a lot of HDMI-CEC magic and a Broadlink with Hone Assistant to make up the rest. Perhaps a zigbee button remote triggering some HA calls?