Pairing additional remotes

Where can I purchase additional remotes? Which ones are compatible?

Are you talking about a fan with a Smart By Bond (SBB) compatible receiver included? Or the Universal retrofit kit for AC motor fans, such as the one sold at Home Depot?

As far as I’ve seen so far, none of those support more than 1 remote per receiver.
There are potentially some options to consider if you have a smart home controller that supports Z-Wave / WiFi / other kinds of remotes and can also integrate with Bond’s local network API.
For instance, I have integrations with Harmony remotes and 8-key wireless keypads that allow controlling Bond-based (and other) devices. Others have used RF or Z-Wave switches to do similar.
One of the useful threads: Is 2-way Communication Possible?

I’m talking about a fan with SBB.

The app has functionality to pair additional remotes and it says I can have up to 5.

Oh cool! That’s news to me. Which SBB fan is it? I might need to look into them. :grin:

As far as if the manufacturer supports multiple remotes with their particular SBB implementation, I’d ask that manufacturer directly about how to get additional compatible remotes.

Its the one I referenced here Brand new fan choice - #19 by bdraco

I reached out to the manufacturer and they said they did not have any additional compatible remotes.

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Sorry, J Nick, wasn’t paying enough attention to the usernames.
I think @merck had mentioned before that the Bond team isn’t selling any remotes a la carte / wasn’t aware of any manufacturers doing so either, at the time. Wonder if that has changed, since now apparently there are devices supporting multiple remotes.

It looks like the api provides a bit more info on what is going on, but I haven’t had any luck getting it to learn remotes.

http://docs-local.appbond.com/#tag/Device-Remote-Address

I gave up and used a pico fan remote and wall mount, linked to Home Assistant, and wrote some simple automations to control the fan when it is pressed.

- id: '1613418166029'
  alias: Old Office Room Fan Light
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: a5955f46b4a5cb92bcf32ecd59d45f47
    domain: lutron_caseta
    type: press
    subtype: stop
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: light.toggle
    data: {}
    entity_id: light.old_office_fan
  mode: single
- id: '1613418192475'
  alias: Old Office Fan Lower
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: a5955f46b4a5cb92bcf32ecd59d45f47
    domain: lutron_caseta
    type: press
    subtype: lower
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: fan.decrease_speed
    data: {}
    entity_id: fan.old_office_fan
  mode: single
- id: '1613418221378'
  alias: Old Office Fan Off
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: a5955f46b4a5cb92bcf32ecd59d45f47
    domain: lutron_caseta
    type: press
    subtype: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: fan.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: fan.old_office_fan
  mode: single
- id: '1613418248771'
  alias: Old Office Fan On
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: a5955f46b4a5cb92bcf32ecd59d45f47
    domain: lutron_caseta
    type: press
    subtype: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: fan.turn_on
    data: {}
    entity_id: fan.old_office_fan
  mode: single
- id: '1613418275065'
  alias: Old Office Fan Raise
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: a5955f46b4a5cb92bcf32ecd59d45f47
    domain: lutron_caseta
    type: press
    subtype: raise
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: fan.increase_speed
    data: {}
    entity_id: fan.old_office_fan
  mode: single