RF Receiver (XY-MK-5V 433Mhz) and RF Remote

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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Hello all,
Is anyone familiar with the “XY-MK-5V 433Mhz RF Receiver” 62686732362e6a7067
I connected it to the correct GPIO pins in my RPi and tried to receive signals from “GS-RMC08 Wireless Remote Control”
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I can’t get it to pick up anything and the only thing it picks up are random signals as I touch the circuit board of the receiver. I bought the remote assuming it will work since it’s a 433 remote.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can check that the receiver is actually working? and whether the remote above should actually work with it?

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these receivers are awful… ive never had any luck with them!

that said there are some things you can try here:
http://www.rflink.nl/blog2/wiring
goto the section " IMPORTANT NOTE about the well-known cheap Chinese set:"

but do yourself a favour and get a better module - ive had success with the RXB6 module mentioned on the above link.

good luck!

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thank you very much. I’ll give the RXB6 a go and report back. It might be a while as I’m ordering it from China :slight_smile:

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Hello all, thanks @greg. The RXB6 module you recommended works perfectly with my RPi.

How does one now get OpenHAB to receive and run rules based on RF commands? Is there a binding to facilitate this?

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There is a binding called RC Switch.

https://docs.openhab.org/addons/bindings/rpircswitch1/readme.html

And also a second way to get it running.

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@Josar.
Many thanks for your reply. How does one install and configure RC Switch. What I would like to do is receive RF signals and execute a rule based on the code received from an RF button.

The binding is not visible even when you enable “legacy” addons.