From e8a25e8194b5e334537cdfd088b122437bd41752 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yannic-HAW <yannic.wilkening@haw-hamburg.de>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 19:40:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update switch.broadlink.markdown (#1980)

Added description and example for send_packet service
---
 source/_components/switch.broadlink.markdown | 25 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/_components/switch.broadlink.markdown b/source/_components/switch.broadlink.markdown
index 62508e1daa2..cd7d36aa457 100644
--- a/source/_components/switch.broadlink.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/switch.broadlink.markdown
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ switch 2:
       command_off: 'JgAaABweOR4bHhwdHB4dHRw6HhsdHR0dOTocAA0FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA='
 
 ``` 
-
-
+ 
  Example config for sp1, sp2, honeywell_sp2, sp3, spmini2 and spminiplus devices:
 
 ```yaml
@@ -121,6 +120,28 @@ switch 2:
 ``` 
 
 
+### {% linkable_title Service `send_packet` %}
+
+You can use the service broadlink/send_packet to directly send IR packets without the need to assign a switch entity for each command. 
+
+| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
+| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- |
+| `packet` | no | String or list of strings that contain the packet data.
+
+Example:
+
+```yaml
+script:
+  tv_select_source:
+    sequence:
+      - service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_0_107
+        data:
+          packet: 
+            - "JgCMAJSSFDYUNhQ2FBEUERQRFBEUERQ2FDYUNhQRFBEUERQRFBEUERQRFDYUERQRFBEUERQRFDYUNhQRFDYUNhQ2FDYUNhQABfWUkhQ2FDYUNhQRFBEUERQRFBEUNhQ2FDYUERQRFBEUERQRFBEUERQ2FBEUERQRFBEUERQ2FDYUERQ2FDYUNhQ2FDYUAA0FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
+            - "JgBGAJSTFDUUNhM2ExITEhMSExITEhM2EzYTNhQRFBEUERQRFBEUNRQ2ExITNhMSExITNhMSExITEhM2ExITNhQ1FBEUNhMADQUAAA=="
+``` 
+
+
 ### {% linkable_title Using E-Control Remotes %}
 
 If you already have your remotes learned on E-Control app you can use this method to "copy" trem to HA.