Barco Pulse Home Assistant Integration

A custom Home Assistant integration for controlling Barco Pulse projectors.

Features

• Power Control: Turn your projector on/off
• Input Source Selection: Switch between HDMI, DisplayPort, and other inputs
• Illumination Control: Adjust laser power settings
• Picture Settings: Control brightness, contrast, and other picture parameters
• Status Monitoring: Monitor projector state, temperature, and runtime hours

Installation

HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS in your Home Assistant instance
2. Add this repository as a custom repository
3. Search for "Barco Pulse" and install
4. Restart Home Assistant

Manual Installation

1. Copy the custom_components/barco_pulse folder to your Home Assistant's custom_components directory
2. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration

1. Go to Settings → Devices & Services
2. Click Add Integration
3. Search for "Barco Pulse"
4. Enter your projector's IP address
5. (Optional) Enter the authentication code if your projector requires one

Supported Entities

• Binary Sensors: Connection status, signal detection
• Sensors: Power state, runtime hours, temperature
• Switches: Power control
• Select: Input source selection, preset activation, profile activation
• Number: Illumination power, picture adjustments
• Remote: Send remote control commands (compatible with Unfolded Circle Remote 3)

Unfolded Circle Remote 3 Support

This integration is fully compatible with the Unfolded Circle Remote 3! The remote.barco_pulse_remote entity supports:

• Power control (on/off)
• Input source switching (source_HDMI 1, etc.)
• Preset activation (preset_0 through preset_29)
• Profile activation (profile_Cinema, profile_Gaming, etc.)

Quick Start:

# Activate Cinema preset
service: remote.send_command
target:
  entity_id: remote.barco_pulse_remote
data:
  command: preset_1

# Switch to HDMI 1 and activate Gaming profile
service: remote.send_command
target:
  entity_id: remote.barco_pulse_remote
data:
  command:
    - source_HDMI 1
    - profile_Gaming

📖 See: UNFOLDED_CIRCLE_REMOTE_INTEGRATION.md for complete UC Remote setup guide

🚀 Quick Reference: UC_REMOTE_QUICK_REFERENCE.md for command examples

Requirements

• Home Assistant 2024.1.0 or newer
• Barco Pulse projector with network connectivity
• Projector must be accessible on the network. Make sure your firewall allows TCP connections to the corresponding port (default: 9090).

Compatibility

This integration has only been tested with the Barco Hodr CS projector. It uses the Barco Pulse JSON-RPC API for communication.

Support

For issues and feature requests, please use the GitHub issue tracker.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.