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For this new post we will make it compatible with OpenMQTTGateway ; the BAKEEY IR remote on banggood or AVATTO S06 on Aliexpress (the links are affiliated). Note that this article apply only to the non tuya compatible S06 models. The newest models, marked as tuya compatible are not based on ESP so not compatible with OMG. From this discussion on Home Assistant forum, I have deducted that the AVATTO gateways may be uploaded with new firmware, so I bought 2 of them. Thanks to their pinout information I was able to quickly get this device up and running with OMG. Overview The S06 is a compact IR bridge with FCC, CE, and RoHS marks,you can find it for less than 15$. Here are some photos: Disassembly It is not so easy to open, you will need a thin plate, insert it on the junction between the two box parts and do a lever effect at several locations. We can see inside that the microcontroller is a TYWE3S, the FCC datasheet   gives us plenty of information: ESP8266 1mb flash 50K RAM So we may