From what I understand, it’s quite a slow process to add features to a built-in integration.
I think my HACS integration works for systems without any zones, although I haven’t tested that for a while. It also has the seperate sensor entities for current temperature along with many other entities.
Is this firmware only for Airtouch5 or will it work on Airtouch4?
Thanks
Not sure if related, but I’ve found recently (few mth) the fan power is too strong.
Eg dry mode, yet I can feel the fan is like medium
Plus it’s already Lower temperature than the target temperature service should be much slower.
I wonder if it’s due to changing mode directly in HA, while the fan mode was set?
It seems a bit confusing.
Do you use auto fan speed?
When you use auto fan speed, I don’t think the AirTouch is really involved in choosing the fan speed. The AC unit chooses based on its own algorithm.
Changing the mode in Home Assistant doesn’t change the selected fan speed, you should be able to confirm by checking the AirTouch console.
I usually choose a specific fan speed instead of using auto. I also experimented with an automation that changed the fan speed based on the number of zones open (using the zone dampers sensors)
In dry there’s no fan speed on the air touch panel. It tends to run slower than auto in cold mode. So if i change from auto cold or low cold to dry, it goes almost silent.
So i wonder what that means when controlled here. Does it go into an inconsistent state? When changing modes via ha, is it the same as pressing the mode on the panel or is it different
In cold mode, auto seems to be able to go lower than low fan when temp is reached too.
Interesting. I’ve never used dry mode before. The fan speed control does seem to be hidden on the AirTouch console for some reason. However I just experimented a bit and it seems that the fan speed will be whatever was last selected before changing the mode (whether you use Home Assistant or the AirTouch console). But you can still change the fan speed while dry mode is active via Home Assistant and the change does seem to apply.
Changing modes in HA is effectively the same as changing modes on the console with the only exception being that Home Assistant will show the mode as “Off” if the AC is turned off whereas the AirTouch console has a separate power control. So changing from “Off” mode to another mode in Home Assistant will also power on the AC.
If auto fan speed can go lower than the low setting, perhaps your AC supports the “Quiet” fan speed and it just hasn’t been enabled in the AirTouch console settings by the installer? The API has 6 fan speed levels ranging from Quiet to Turbo, but my AirTouch console only allows Low, Medium, or High to be selected. I think the installer is supposed to enable different fan speeds based on the specific system that was installed.
The manufactures themselves control the fan speed, generally the fan is run as low as possible and the outdoor at a determined speed and the setpoint is usually also fixed.
The objective of this is to not cool the room down while keeping the system running to remove moisture.
Cooling does the same thing if not better, dry mode should not be used for long periods of time or in hot weather.
@TheNoctambulist you should be just using intel Auto man as it does everything it’s meant to do perfectly.
Standard Auto I remove from all systems we install as it is the manufactures auto and does not take into account for ducting, zones and the sizes of them which results in the system running at speeds it shouldn’t be.
As intel auto exists I replace auto with this.
Yeah, I’ve been using the intelligent auto. The custom fan speed automation was what I used before intelligent auto existed.
Fan speed on dry mode for me was definitely still controlled by the AirTouch. I could hear the fan speed change whenever I changed the fan speed setting in Home Assistant.
Is Intel Auto only on AT5, not AT4?
Yeah, it was recently released for the AirTouch 5. There’s no intelligent auto in the AirTouch 4 API so I assume the feature isn’t going to be released there.
The integration will automatically pick up the new fan speed after a restart of Home Assistant once intelligent auto is set up on the console.
