Not using the remote at all - Home Assistant

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Hey All

I’m new here nice to meet everyone. The circle remote 3 is gorgeous and with little kids who currently abuse my Logitech harmony (which is dieing) I don’t particularly want to give them the circle 3 to use.

So using home assistant I’ve managed to configure the circle 3 remote to essentially act as a blaster enabling me to control my LG TV, Marantz AVR and my Apple TV using my ATV remote which I’m happy to give my kids, however it means that I have to keep the remote docked, charging and hidden. I was wondering if there is anyway around this either by native configuration or some kid of a hack?

The plan is once the kids become less destructive lol I’ll release the remote.

Thanks all

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Is it only the LG TV, Marantz AVR and Apple TV that needs to be controlled? If so, why not just have the Apple TV remote control all 3 devices (configure HDMI-CEC to on). Unfolded Circle shouldn’t be needed if it’s only these 3 devices (assuming HDMI-CEC works fine for those 3 devices).

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My kids know they are not allowed to touch “my” remote. They can still use the ATV remote or the old Harmony. I created a Home Assistant automation to keep the state of the Harmony and UC3 in sync so if one remote turns the system on, the other remote can turn it off.

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