Additional controls for MyPlace HVAC Controller via Advantage Air Integration

UrZdcw9 · May 14, 2022, 3:16am

Im interested to see if the following features can be added to the Advantage Air Integration. These are currently available through the My Place app.

Select Temperature Control Method - options are myzone, mytemp of my auto.

Select myauto temp range.

Add new option to HVAC Operation. Option is ‘my auto’ and only availbel if control method of myauto has been set.

The values for the myauto setting are currently exposed/available in HA.

 "myAutoCoolTargetTemp": 23,
      "myAutoHeatTargetTemp": 19,
      "myAutoModeCurrentSetMode": "heat",
      "myAutoModeEnabled": true,
      "myAutoModeIsRunning": false,

Tagging brett as code owner for this

Brett_Adams · May 14, 2022, 7:43am

Yes, should be easy enough, but hard part is knowing which systems support these options. Can you please run the integration debug and send me it’s output so I can see what type of system you have exactly.

I’ll just be adding a select entity for this, similar to how MyZone is changed now.

UrZdcw9 · May 19, 2022, 8:55am

Amazing, many thanks in advance.

Here is the integration debug, ive stripped out a couple of IDs.

integration_manifest": {
“domain”: “advantage_air”,
“name”: “Advantage Air”,
“config_flow”: true,
“documentation”: “Advantage Air - Home Assistant”,
“codeowners”: [
“@Bre77”
],
“requirements”: [
“advantage_air==0.3.1”
],
“quality_scale”: “platinum”,
“iot_class”: “local_polling”,
“loggers”: [
“advantage_air”
],
“is_built_in”: true
},
“data”: {
“aircons”: {
“ac1”: {
“info”: {
“aaAutoFanModeEnabled”: true,
“activationCodeStatus”: “noCode”,
“airconErrorCode”: “”,
“cbFWRevMajor”: 9,
“cbFWRevMinor”: 42,
“cbType”: 1,
“climateControlModeEnabled”: false,
“climateControlModeIsRunning”: false,
“constant1”: 5,
“constant2”: 3,
“constant3”: 0,
“countDownToOff”: 0,
“countDownToOn”: 0,
“dbFWRevMajor”: 17,
“dbFWRevMinor”: 22,
“fan”: “auto”,
“filterCleanStatus”: 0,
“freshAirStatus”: “none”,
“mode”: “heat”,
“myAutoCoolTargetTemp”: 21,
“myAutoHeatTargetTemp”: 17,
“myAutoModeCurrentSetMode”: “heat”,
“myAutoModeEnabled”: true,
“myAutoModeIsRunning”: false,
“myZone”: 4,
“name”: “AC”,
“noOfConstants”: 2,
“noOfZones”: 5,
“quietNightModeEnabled”: true,
“quietNightModeIsRunning”: false,
“rfFWRevMajor”: 4,
“rfSysID”: 0,
“setTemp”: 19.0,
“state”: “on”,
“uid”: “18323”,
“unitType”: 17
},
“zones”: {
“z01”: {
“error”: 0,
“followers”: [],
“following”: 0,
“maxDamper”: 100,
“measuredTemp”: 18.7,
“minDamper”: 0,
“motion”: 0,
“motionConfig”: 1,
“name”: “U/S Beds”,
“number”: 1,
“rssi”: 78,
“SensorUid”: “017e12”,
“setTemp”: 17.0,
“state”: “open”,
“tempSensorClash”: false,
“type”: 1,
“value”: 5
},
“z02”: {
“error”: 0,
“followers”: [],
“following”: 0,
“maxDamper”: 100,
“measuredTemp”: 18.5,
“minDamper”: 0,
“motion”: 0,
“motionConfig”: 1,
“name”: “Rumpus”,
“number”: 2,
“rssi”: 78,
“SensorUid”: “017e07”,
“setTemp”: 18.0,
“state”: “open”,
“tempSensorClash”: false,
“type”: 1,
“value”: 5
},
“z03”: {
“error”: 0,
“followers”: [],
“following”: 0,
“maxDamper”: 100,
“measuredTemp”: 19.4,
“minDamper”: 0,
“motion”: 0,
“motionConfig”: 1,
“name”: “Kitchen”,
“number”: 3,
“rssi”: 62,
“SensorUid”: “017ed5”,
“setTemp”: 18.0,
“state”: “open”,
“tempSensorClash”: false,
“type”: 1,
“value”: 5
},
“z04”: {
“error”: 0,
“followers”: [],
“following”: 0,
“maxDamper”: 100,
“measuredTemp”: 18.5,
“minDamper”: 0,
“motion”: 0,
“motionConfig”: 1,
“name”: “D/S Beds”,
“number”: 4,
“rssi”: 71,
“SensorUid”: “017e11”,
“setTemp”: 19.0,
“state”: “open”,
“tempSensorClash”: false,
“type”: 1,
“value”: 100
},
“z05”: {
“error”: 0,
“followers”: [],
“following”: 0,
“maxDamper”: 100,
“measuredTemp”: 19.0,
“minDamper”: 0,
“motion”: 0,
“motionConfig”: 1,
“name”: “Living”,
“number”: 5,
“rssi”: 54,
“SensorUid”: “017edb”,
“setTemp”: 19.0,
“state”: “open”,
“tempSensorClash”: false,
“type”: 1,
“value”: 5
}
}
}
},
“system”: {
“aaServiceRev”: “14.118”,
“allTspErrorCodes”: {},
“backupId”: “”,
“dealerPhoneNumber”: “REDACTED”,
“deletedDevices”: {},
“deviceIds”: [
“”
],
“deviceIdsV2”: {
“”: “”
},
“deviceNames”: {
“1H59BbwfdsaNLUhbAVYDyhlbgeA3”: “~~”
},
“drawLightsTab”: false,
“drawThingsTab”: false,
“garageDoorReminderWaitTime”: 2,
“garageDoorSecurityPinEnabled”: true,
“hasAircons”: true,
“hasLights”: false,
“hasSensors”: false,
“hasThings”: false,
“hasThingsBOG”: false,
“hasThingsLight”: false,
“logoPIN”: “REDACTED”,
“mid”: “18323”,
“myAppRev”: “15.980”,
“name”: “MyPlace”,
“needsUpdate”: false,
“noOfAircons”: 1,
“noOfSnapshots”: 0,
“remoteAccessPairingEnabled”: true,
“rid”: “”,
“showMeasuredTemp”: true,
“sysType”: “MyAir5”,
“tspErrorCode”: “noError”,
“tspIp”: “”,
“tspModel”: “PIC8GS10”,
“versions”: {}

Brett_Adams · May 27, 2022, 6:08am

Can you change to mytemp and let me know which field changes? Then confirm by changing to myzone? I cant see where these are actually changed.

Also if there are fields you think should be redacted by default, let me know and ill update the diag redaction configs.

UrZdcw9 · June 5, 2022, 1:41am

Hey @Brett_Adams - sorry for the delay.

Ive been playing with the unit and integration. here is what i have found.

When My Auto is enabled in advantage air - an additional operation ’ auto’ appears in Home Assistant. It also shows as a defined state.

Config/API shows this:

    "info": {
      "aaAutoFanModeEnabled": true,
      "activationCodeStatus": "noCode",
      "airconErrorCode": "",
      "cbFWRevMajor": 9,
      "cbFWRevMinor": 42,
      "cbType": 1,

"climateControlModeEnabled": false,
"climateControlModeIsRunning": false,
“constant1”: 5,
“constant2”: 3,
“constant3”: 0,
“countDownToOff”: 0,
“countDownToOn”: 0,
“dbFWRevMajor”: 17,
“dbFWRevMinor”: 22,
“fan”: “low”,
“filterCleanStatus”: 0,
“freshAirStatus”: “none”,
“mode”: “myauto”,
“myAutoCoolTargetTemp”: 24,
“myAutoHeatTargetTemp”: 17,
“myAutoModeCurrentSetMode”: “heat”,
"myAutoModeEnabled": true,
"myAutoModeIsRunning": true,
“myZone”: 4,
“name”: “AC”,
“noOfConstants”: 2,
“noOfZones”: 5,
“quietNightModeEnabled”: true,
“quietNightModeIsRunning”: false,
“rfFWRevMajor”: 4,
“rfSysID”: 0,
“setTemp”: 17.0,
“state”: “on”,
“uid”: “18323”,
“unitType”: 17

When my auto is enabled in advantage air AND operation in Home Assistant is set as Heat, i think these is basically deactivating the auto feature and reverting back to the basic myzone. The Config/API shows this:

“info”: {
“aaAutoFanModeEnabled”: true,
“activationCodeStatus”: “noCode”,
“airconErrorCode”: “”,
“cbFWRevMajor”: 9,
“cbFWRevMinor”: 42,
“cbType”: 1,
"climateControlModeEnabled": false,
"climateControlModeIsRunning": false,
“constant1”: 5,
“constant2”: 3,
“constant3”: 0,
“countDownToOff”: 0,
“countDownToOn”: 0,
“dbFWRevMajor”: 17,
“dbFWRevMinor”: 22,
“fan”: “low”,
“filterCleanStatus”: 0,
“freshAirStatus”: “none”,
“mode”: “heat”,
"myAutoCoolTargetTemp": 24,
"myAutoHeatTargetTemp": 17,
"myAutoModeCurrentSetMode": “heat”,
"myAutoModeEnabled": true,
[u]“myAutoModeIsRunning”: false,[/u]
“myZone”: 4,
“name”: “AC”,
“noOfConstants”: 2,
“noOfZones”: 5,
“quietNightModeEnabled”: true,
“quietNightModeIsRunning”: false,
“rfFWRevMajor”: 4,
“rfSysID”: 0,
“setTemp”: 17.0,
“state”: “on”,
“uid”: “18323”,
“unitType”: 17
3) When switching to mytemp in advantage air, it essentially shows as disables the My Auto sections in the config/API. These conceals the my auto from showing up in Home Assistant as well.

“info”: {
“aaAutoFanModeEnabled”: true,
“activationCodeStatus”: “noCode”,
“airconErrorCode”: “”,
“cbFWRevMajor”: 9,
“cbFWRevMinor”: 42,
“cbType”: 1,
"climateControlModeEnabled": true,
"climateControlModeIsRunning": true,
“constant1”: 5,
“constant2”: 3,
“constant3”: 0,
“countDownToOff”: 0,
“countDownToOn”: 0,
“dbFWRevMajor”: 17,
“dbFWRevMinor”: 22,
“fan”: “low”,
“filterCleanStatus”: 0,
“freshAirStatus”: “none”,
“mode”: “heat”
“myAutoCoolTargetTemp”: 24,
“myAutoHeatTargetTemp”: 17,
“myAutoModeCurrentSetMode”: “heat”,
"myAutoModeEnabled": false,
"myAutoModeIsRunning": false,
“myZone”: 4,
“name”: “AC”,
“noOfConstants”: 2,
“noOfZones”: 5,
“quietNightModeEnabled”: true,
“quietNightModeIsRunning”: false,
“rfFWRevMajor”: 4,
“rfSysID”: 0,
“setTemp”: 17.0,
“state”: “on”,
“uid”: “18323”,
“unitType”: 17

When switching to myzone in advantage air, the following appears:

“info”: {
“aaAutoFanModeEnabled”: true,
“activationCodeStatus”: “noCode”,
“airconErrorCode”: “”,
“cbFWRevMajor”: 9,
“cbFWRevMinor”: 42,
“cbType”: 1,
"climateControlModeEnabled": false,
"climateControlModeIsRunning": false,
“constant1”: 5,
“constant2”: 3,
“constant3”: 0,
“countDownToOff”: 0,
“countDownToOn”: 0,
“dbFWRevMajor”: 17,
“dbFWRevMinor”: 22,
“fan”: “low”,
“filterCleanStatus”: 0,
“freshAirStatus”: “none”,
“mode”: “heat”,
“myAutoCoolTargetTemp”: 24,
“myAutoHeatTargetTemp”: 17,
“myAutoModeCurrentSetMode”: “heat”,
"myAutoModeEnabled": false,
"myAutoModeIsRunning": false,
“myZone”: 4,
“name”: “AC”,
“noOfConstants”: 2,
“noOfZones”: 5,
“quietNightModeEnabled”: true,
“quietNightModeIsRunning”: false,
“rfFWRevMajor”: 4,
“rfSysID”: 0,
“setTemp”: 17.0,
“state”: “on”,
“uid”: “18323”,
“unitType”: 17

The good news is that the My Auto operation is available when its enabled in the source advantage air app.

That said Id still love to be able to toggle between to following modes from with Home Assistant:

My Auto - set →

  "climateControlModeEnabled": false,
      "climateControlModeIsRunning": false,
        "myAutoModeEnabled": true,
      "myAutoModeIsRunning": true,

My Temp - set →

  "climateControlModeEnabled": true,
      "climateControlModeIsRunning": true,
        "myAutoModeEnabled": false,
      "myAutoModeIsRunning": false,

My Zone - set →

  "climateControlModeEnabled": false,
      "climateControlModeIsRunning": false,
        "myAutoModeEnabled": false,
      "myAutoModeIsRunning": false,

I’d also love to be able to set the range of temps with these two variable:

    "myAutoCoolTargetTemp": 24,
      "myAutoHeatTargetTemp": 17,

Not sure how to implement the two new target temps, perhaps even a basic number helper could work.

Brett_Adams · July 13, 2022, 10:14am

Just to update you, I finally started developing this feature tonight. I have created a Select entity with MyZone, MyAuto, and MyTemp options. As for the Auto Targets, I’ll just add some number entities.

Brett_Adams · July 14, 2022, 6:23am

Update for you @UrZdcw9

When MyAuto is enabled:

And you can change between MyTemp and MyZone usings the presets menu:

I just need to write tests now, and then will submit the PR.

Brett_Adams · July 15, 2022, 5:30am

I have raised the PR for this.

github.com/home-assistant/core

Add presets to Advantage Air climate entities

home-assistant:dev ← Bre77:aa-autoselect

opened 05:26AM - 15 Jul 22 UTC

Bre77

+330 -112

## Breaking change  The avaliable HVAC modes for climate entities now depends on which operating mode your MyAir system is configured to use. MyTemp only supports Heat, Cool and Off modes, while MyAuto adds the Heat/Cool mode with temperature ranges. The Auto fan mode will only be available if the "myfan speed" feature is enabled. ## Proposed change  The Advantage Air ducted AC products support three different operating modes, "MyZone" (the default), "MyTemp", and "MyAuto". Before this PR, there was no way to switch between these modes in Home Assistant, and the behaviour of the entities may have been unexpected if they did not match what was supported by the operating mode. This PR fixes this by adding each of the three operating modes as a preset in the climate entity, and modifies the supported features of the climate entity to match each mode. MyZone: Heat, Cool, Fan, Dry, Off with a single temperature set point. MyTemp: Heat, Cool, Off with no temperature set point, as temperature is set per zone using the zone climate entities. MyAuto: All the features of MyZone with the addition of the Heat/Cool mode and setting the high and low temp. MyTemp and MyAuto are only added if the target system supports them. If neither are supported, presets are not added to the climate entity. A visual breakdown of these features can be found at https://www.advantageair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MyComfort.pdf ## Type of change  - [ ] Dependency upgrade - [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New integration (thank you!) - [x] New feature (which adds functionality to an existing integration) - [ ] Deprecation (breaking change to happen in the future) - [x] Breaking change (fix/feature causing existing functionality to break) - [ ] Code quality improvements to existing code or addition of tests ## Additional information  - This PR fixes or closes issue: fixes # https://community.home-assistant.io/t/additional-controls-for-myplace-hvac-controller-via-advantage-air-integration/421632 - This PR is related to issue: - Link to documentation pull request: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io/pull/23402 ## Checklist  - [x] The code change is tested and works locally. - [x] Local tests pass. **Your PR cannot be merged unless tests pass** - [x] There is no commented out code in this PR. - [x] I have followed the [development checklist][dev-checklist] - [x] The code has been formatted using Black (`black --fast homeassistant tests`) - [x] Tests have been added to verify that the new code works. If user exposed functionality or configuration variables are added/changed: - [x] Documentation added/updated for [www.home-assistant.io][docs-repository] If the code communicates with devices, web services, or third-party tools: - [ ] The [manifest file][manifest-docs] has all fields filled out correctly. Updated and included derived files by running: `python3 -m script.hassfest`. - [ ] New or updated dependencies have been added to `requirements_all.txt`. Updated by running `python3 -m script.gen_requirements_all`. - [ ] For the updated dependencies - a link to the changelog, or at minimum a diff between library versions is added to the PR description. - [ ] Untested files have been added to `.coveragerc`. The integration reached or maintains the following [Integration Quality Scale][quality-scale]:  - [ ] No score or internal - [ ] 🥈 Silver - [ ] 🥇 Gold - [x] 🏆 Platinum  To help with the load of incoming pull requests: - [ ] I have reviewed two other [open pull requests][prs] in this repository. [prs]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+-author%3A%40me+-draft%3Atrue+-label%3Awaiting-for-upstream+sort%3Acreated-desc+review%3Anone+-status%3Afailure  [dev-checklist]: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/development_checklist.html [manifest-docs]: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/creating_integration_manifest.html [quality-scale]: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/next/integration_quality_scale_index.html [docs-repository]: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io

I have created a HACS version of the integration for you to test these new features, details at Test the new changes coming to Advantage Air using HACS

Joel_DE · March 28, 2024, 7:34pm

Brett. Advantage air integration looks so good. I’m getting a quote on installing an air con system ducted reverse that takes advantage of this.
Zone controls look awesome.

Right now I only have ecobee. Thank you for your efforts on this