# WAS going to buy

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/was-going-to-buy/121298>\
**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Created:** [November 22, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/was-going-to-buy/121298 "2024-11-22T17:41:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![James\_Westoby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/james_westoby/32/116028_2.png) [@James\_Westoby](https://community.homey.app/u/James_Westoby)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/was-going-to-buy/121298/1 "2024-11-22T17:41:46Z")

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…until I read that it doesn’t have an IR Reader.

I’ve been left in the lurch by too many companies when they go belly up to go down that route again.

Your loss, I liked what you had (might have been able to replace my entire HomeSeer system), and I was going for a Pro and Satellite, but nope, nope, nope. I think you really need to think of the long term use case.

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/was-going-to-buy/121298/2 "2024-11-22T18:00:58Z")

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I doubt Athom will lose any sleep over this 🤷🏼‍♂️

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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:** [November 22, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/was-going-to-buy/121298/3 "2024-11-22T18:11:20Z")

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You’d contact Athom [support](http://homey.app/support) instead. This is (officially) just a user’s forum and no one can help you, except for advising to better read the properties and specifications of gear you’re interested in.

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**Author:** ![Didier\_SmartHome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/didier_smarthome/32/97365_2.png) [@Didier\_SmartHome](https://community.homey.app/u/Didier_SmartHome)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/was-going-to-buy/121298/4 "2024-11-22T18:49:07Z")

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> [@James\_Westoby](#):
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> it doesn’t have an IR Reader

Since you took the time to create a user on the community, let’s try to get something positive here

If one of your priority is to have a possibility to learn IR signal, options are available. One is Homey and Broadlink integration

> **[Broadlink](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.broadlink/Broadlink/)**
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> Adds support for Broadlink devices.