Iāve been backtracking the Telegram history, and as far as i understand the ESPhome usb dongle will support 0xac
Thanx, did try follow Telegram , but difficult from joning in last few days. Have ordered hardware. Now just the long shipping wait.
If you want to be 100% sure, why donāt you just ask ?
Youāre on Telegram already anyway 
I appreciate all the work that has been done reverse engineering this and putting everything together. Yāall are amazing!
Iāve read through everything I can find and Iām just hoping to see if anyone can confirm that this applies to Pioneer units as well? It would seem so as they use the āNetHome Plusā app as well and the dongle is the same āSmart Kitā unit. I noticed this also goes by the same part number āOSK103ā for Midea.
I also found that a dongle oddly similar to the mideahvac-dongle is listed for this series on Home Depot That one shows a different installation document than the one for the mini-split above. Again, itās different because they use the āCieloā app here.
Speaking of a Pioneer WYS units like WYS-19 9k BTU
As a side note; It looks like Mr. Cool uses the same āSmart Kitā dongle? which would make them compatible too?
Iād love if anyone could shed more light on this or confirm any of this.
Iām just hoping to clear this up for myself and possibly others in the future. I apologize for the wall of text and I hope itās not any more confusing that this product lineā¦
I have the exact same model. Could you please explain me what you did to integrate it in HA? I was able to add it into Mideaās App, but I canāt find any way to find it in HAā¦
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@nuggets yes also mr cool is working.
And i think everything with osk103 
@AlessandroTischer all relevant info was transferred to this topic (it uses esphome)
So the only way to integrate the ac is with new hardware? 
No, you can always take the custom_component from @MacZhou. This works with the original OSK-102 (or something like that, the original hardware).
Go to HACS and search for " Midea Smart Aircon". This component works as well, with some small errors like taking longer than ten seconds to update, but it is stable that you can run and control you A/C. 
Here is the link to th repository:
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Unfortunately Iāve been trying to use that component for almost a month now, but without any successā¦ The entity is created but remains unavailable. (if you give a look at the issues in ghat repository, youāll see that I opened the latest one, just a couple of days ago)
This is why I was asking @n0t, since he also has my same hardware
Than debug the errors in this component or buy new hardwareā¦ 
Sorry, no other choice, as both components are relatively new, and so far working in most cases. There is no need for a different, third component.
If you ask me, Iād invest in new hardware, it is not very expensive and so far the more reliable component (for me personally).
If you want to debug, you should provide some logs and data about your installation, maybe someone can help. I went the route with new hardware as all is open source and local, that fits my need perfectly and the cost was around 15ā¬ to 20ā¬.
I am using the cloud integration by @andersonshatch (it is on a remote location from my HA server so didnāt test the local version). This is the version Iām using, installed via HACS and inserted the suggested code in configuration.yaml: https://github.com/andersonshatch/midea-ac-py
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Expensiveā¦my esp + adapter was approx ā¬5 a ā¬6 
Had to wait for shipment a while though
Hi all and happy Easter to everyone 
Iām new to HA.
Iāve been trying to integrate my 3 Midea air conditioner but Iāve an issue.
I installed @mac_zhou component and it works greatā¦on 2 air conditioner only. One is missing.
The air conditioner Is connected to my router and I can see it online. Also, I can command trough the Midea app.
The IP address is correct. The device ID is correct. But still not work. 
Someone can help me, please?
Iām not sure, if this component is still under development, at least I havenāt seen progress in a few months. mac_zhou is involved in the development of the new component.
You should try to use the new component for Midea A/C that works with an ESPHome based approach.
This component here: depending on what Midea dongle you use (OSK-102 or OSK-103), you may have to setup a local āfakeā server or it works via the Midea cloud.
The new ESPHome component: works 100% in your local environment, no Midea cloud or fake servers.
Unfortunately Iām not an advanced user 
Iām still confused about HA and I donāt know how to do that dongle 
Iām using OSK103 in every A/C that I have but I donāt know why one of these doesnāt work. Itās quite strangeā¦
Iāve also tried using @andersonshatchās component that connect through Midea cloud but 1 out 3 still doesnāt work
Iāve also some problem installing msmartā¦
what do you mean? How can I achieve that?
Not a problem, but not being an advanced user is especially with this kind of component trickyā¦ It needs a few things worked out behind the scenes and that makes it difficult to debug. In your case youād need to get logs from all three of your dongles and debug them accordingly. In short words, this is something an experienced user could/should do. Iām sorry, but I donāt use this component any more, as the ESPHome version is much more local and stable, easy to maintain and it is very inexpensive.
What I could offer you is: Iām writing on a tutorial for the new ESPHome based component, should be ready in a few days, and it will guide you step-by-step through the process of getting the parts, setting it up and use it. Iād strongly suggest to make the change to this component, as it will be actively maintained and is way easier in the end, than the one from this thread.
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Thank you. Youāre my hero 
Iāll wait patiently the tutorial 
I have the custom component setup following the instructions on the github page, including adding the lines to configuration.yaml with the device ID and IP address, but Iām not seeing anything in my Integrations and the device/entities donāt appear. Am I missing something?
The only thing I do see in the logs is that itās complaining about no versioning in the manifest but I donāt think thatās the issue is it?
2021-04-06 09:53:30 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] No āversionā key in the manifest file for custom integration āmidea_acā. This will not be allowed in a future version of Home Assistant. Please report this to the maintainer of āmidea_acā
I had the same problem. I installed the integration again and right now I see the device but it says it is unavailable. I installed it again and even reseted HA. It didnāt help and still idk what happened. I am sure that I have correct data put in the configuration.yaml
Can someone help?
@byronbrewer and @Raensl
Guys, come on, a little more information would be really useful to helpā¦ Something, no, anything will help. 
Your config looks like? What dongle are you using, what model/manufacturer is your A/C? Does the log say something? If not, have you enabled debug for this component (or donāt know how to do that)?
Come on, this shouldnāt be a guessing game. So go, collect as many information that you might think could be useful and present it to us.
Yes, you are, otherwise it would work. What exactly? I have no ideaā¦
If you are sure, everything is correct, than we are as well.
You get the idea: Help us to help you! See here, especially points 8 to 14. How to help us help you - or How to ask a good question