AR Smart IR

BUG FIX FROM v1.5.0

📥 AR Smart IR v1.6.0

Making it easier than ever to add, manage, and protect your custom IR codesets.

✨ Added

📂 Drop-in import inbox

Simply drop any codeset JSON into:

/config/ar_smart_ir_import/

The integration automatically installs it into the permanent codeset library:

/config/ar_smart_ir_codes/<platform>/<code>.json

This runs automatically whenever Home Assistant starts or the integration reloads—no manual copying required.

🔄 Self-healing codesets

If an installed codeset is ever accidentally deleted or lost (for example after a bad restore or manual removal), importing it again automatically restores it using the same code number, so your existing entities continue working without any changes.

⚡ New ar_smart_ir.import_codes service

Import new codesets instantly without restarting Home Assistant.

The service provides a summary showing:

• ✅ Imported codesets
• 🔄 Restored codesets
• ⏭️ Skipped codesets

🧠 How it works

• 📁 The platform is determined automatically using:

  • The inbox subfolder (climate, fan, light, or media_player)
  • A platform key inside the JSON
  • Automatic detection from the codeset structure

• 🔢 Numeric filenames (for example 9001.json) keep their existing code number.

• 🆕 Any non-numeric filename is automatically assigned the next available code starting from 9000.

• 💾 Assigned numbers are remembered in:

  /config/ar_smart_ir_import/.assigned.json

  Since this lives alongside your import folder, backing up the inbox also preserves all assigned code numbers.

• 🛡️ Existing installed or edited codesets are never overwritten. The importer only creates files that don't already exist.

📝 Notes

• ✅ Your installed codesets already survive HACS updates thanks to the permanent codeset library.
• 📥 This release simply adds an easy "drop a file and it just works" workflow, plus automatic recovery if a codeset ever goes missing.
• 📖 A helpful README.txt is automatically created in the import folder the first time the integration runs.