Hello @waltervl and thanks for the good news.

I just installed domoticz on my linux machine (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS), but I have no external hardware I can easily interface it with.
How do IR blasters work in general: where do they get the signal to "blast"? WiFi? IR? RF? I am clueless with hardware. I ...

I'm ready to give up on the Thinker, as long as I still can use IR blasters. I guess they need some kind of repeater in their range, is that right?

By the way, some simple Python programming is not beyond me, but delving into unpublished protocols is above my pay grade

Hello and thanks for your reply.

I still haven't gotten around to installing anything: I'm just testing the waters. It is my intention to run Domoticz on my home server, a desktop computer running Win10. I plan to use my phone as a remote controller when I'm not sitting at the computer, but I'd ...

Hello, I just registered so please bear with me if my questions are a little silly. There is no Newbie subforum here, so I picked the "Other". Please move this post, or suggest me some other subforum, if my choice was wrong.

Why I am oriented towards Domoticz
I've got a largish home where I used ...