# Infrared receiver to trigger flow in Homey (Pro)

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/infrared-receiver-to-trigger-flow-in-homey-pro/52883>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** infrared, homey-pro\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/infrared-receiver-to-trigger-flow-in-homey-pro/52883 "2021-10-08T17:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/infrared-receiver-to-trigger-flow-in-homey-pro/52883/4 "2021-10-08T23:22:30Z")

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This receives and then sends the IR signal’s code via MQTT. That way you can trigger flows with the corresponding code of your choice.  
[https://kookye.com/2016/12/13/use-nodemcu-and-infrared-receiver-to-send-signal-to-mqtt-client/](https://kookye.com/2016/12/13/use-nodemcu-and-infrared-receiver-to-send-signal-to-mqtt-client/)

A flow to start the cooker hood, could look something like this

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