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.
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.
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