Any news on how to Power On without remote?

[SeanJD]

Hey Mickael, sorry to put this up as an 'issue' it's only a question but I couldn't find a way to DM you so I thought I would put it here. It may help others anyway...?

So I have tried your web app to send the commands to a Xiaomi Mijia (the Chinese version, codename Batman I believe) and it all works. Thank you for putting that together!

The next thing I want to be able to do is switch on the unit via a remote command, not using the remote.

Did you find out any more info on how to achieve this?

I'm thinking at worst way that it's a BT remote so there might be a way of 'sniffing' the command from the remote and then pairing the projector to a PC BT dongle and sending the On command programatically that way? I just wanted to check if you had found another alternative or wake on LAN or anything first?

Merci Beaucoup Sean

[spocky]

Hi Sean,

Sorry for the late reply. I haven't experimented much on it recently. Here are my findings :

• Of course, the remote control is bluetooth so it's probably possible to power it on this way. Note though, that previous Mi Boxes (before Box S) use an infrared remote control.
• My projector (rainman, "xiaomi ust laser 150") at least doesn't respond to wake on lan (other xiaomi devices might do, because I've seen references to WOL in their remote server apps)
• Stock xiaomi remote control app is able to wake my device up even if bluetooth is not activated on my phone. It doesn't seem to be reliable or at least won't work if the device has been "powered off" long enough. I didn't spend to much time on it, but I couldn't understand how it's done.
• Another way to wake the device up would be by using CEC "power on" feature. Once again, I couldn't get it to reliably wake my projector on (in fact, it's the other way around : my projector woke up several times because of another device, such as a chromecast 2 plugged in my yamaha rvx773 amp and my son saying "hey google, listen to xxxxx on youtube"). However it doesn't power on each time a chromecast command is launched...
• If you're using home automation, the only reliable way I found to power it on without the remote control is to plug it into a smart plug, and power cycle it.

[winterscar]

Hey, just chipping in here based on my experience... Same as @spocky, I've found that the most reliable way to get the projector on is to power cycle it. Use a smart plug and send: off - wait 3s - on.

However, be careful because if the projector doesn't sense any activity after 10mins, it will shit back down. To mitigate that, I send an 'ok' button press via http 1min after the projector boots to keep it on.

It's been working reliably for the past couple weeks.

[olm52]

I was testing today the last model Xioami 1s 4k and:

1. Wake up with CEC - NO
2. Wake on Lan enabled on the settings and connected with Ethernet - NO
3. I see that after some time the XIAOMI go to some sort of deeper sleep mode and is no more available on the network.

Where can I find the xiaomi remote control app? I have the mi remote on my MI 10 but is for infrared.

[ahmadnazirafiq]

I recently rooted MiProjLED1 (conan) with rainman. At this time, I'm able to turn on my projector remotely using another Xiaomi device called Mi Smart Clock (xiaomi.wifispeaker.lx04).

See below the manual automation I made in Mi Home app, in addition of the other skills it can do VS the MiOT spec fetcher gained from it.

Similar with what @hifi25nl reported, however, only Mi Smart Clock is able to turn the projector on despite the projector is off the network and is in deep sleep. How is that possible? Could it be via BLE? Cause neither WOL, ADB nor CEC works for me.

[ahmadnazirafiq]

Searching device info via https://merdok.github.io/miotspec/?model=fengmi.projector.fm05 something caught me:

ble-control:turn-on

Could this be how the projector can be turned on without remote even though its off the network?

[magisk317]

I recently rooted MiProjLED1 (conan) with rainman. At this time, I'm able to turn on my projector remotely using another Xiaomi device called Mi Smart Clock (xiaomi.wifispeaker.lx04).

See below the manual automation I made in Mi Home app, in addition of the other skills it can do VS the MiOT spec fetcher gained from it.

Similar with what @hifi25nl reported, however, only Mi Smart Clock is able to turn the projector on despite the projector is off the network and is in deep sleep. How is that possible? Could it be via BLE? Cause neither WOL, ADB nor CEC works for me.

Sorry to bother you, I want to ask how to root MiProjLED1, I checked this link and made a bootable USB flash drive, but I still can’t enter twrp or flash into magisk