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Add Idle State Option for Remote Transmitter Configuration
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Description
**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
For some configurations of IR Emitter circuits (ie. the high power output of the Xiaomi Mijia IR Controller - ESP32 Single Core), a certain idle state is required (in this case high), otherwise the transistors and LEDs remain on and heat the board.
**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
Setting the output inverted prevents the board from getting hot, but also sends incorrect IR signals. Tested with devices and with AnalysIR.
Setting up the output (Xiaomi GPIO26) as a GPIO switch results in:
* ON / High > Transistors Off / Cool.
* OFF / Low > Transistors On / Hot.
Adding something like "idle_state: high"/"idle_state: low" to the "remote_transmitter" configuration options and then using these states when not sending IR would solve this issue.
**Additional context**
Current Yaml file used for testing:
https://github.com/AdamKGoddard/XiaomiIR_ESPHome/blob/master/xiaomi_ir.yaml
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Research direction
Start with the referenced xiaomi_ir.yaml and trace the remote_transmitter configuration entry point for the Xiaomi GPIO26 setup. Determine how an idle_state option should control the output when no IR signal is being sent, while preserving correct IR transmission; verify the result against the described cool and hot GPIO states.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- yaml
- Domain
- embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100