Don’t update your firmware to 2.8.0 if you are on 1.19.0. It removes the local API.
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Oh, that would explain it. Thanks for that. Any idea how Daikin pushes firmware updates? Would it be automatic if I tried to use Daikin’s Mobile Controller app again?
In my case my two Alira X (2.0kw and 3.5kw) both came with v1.1.30. I can’t connect to it using the Daikin Mobile Controller unless I update the firmware and it is offering v2.8.0. I updated 1 of them first, and I can finally controll it using the Daikin app. However the standard Daikin integration can’t work with both v1.1.30 and v2.8.0.
I remember there is a setting in the Daikin app to not auto-update the firmware. Please don’t update. But I am curious why you can still use Daikin app to connect?
I am now using SmartIR and 2 broadlink IR blasters to control them instead. I just avoid controlling the aircon with the remote or with Daikin app, so the state is consistent in home assistant.
I may have misspoken. I’ve only used the Daikin app to set everything up, over a year ago, and is no longer installed on any devices.
This whole deep-dive this morning has been pretty upsetting. A setup I can’t reproduce is not a setup I have a great deal of confidence in, but I guess it is what it is. At least it’s up for now, and I reconsider whether Daikin is the brand I want to go with when my other unit needs replacing in the coming years.
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I just upgraded the ESPhome firmware on my Deta Grid Smart Fan controller and now the once valid configuration/yaml is seemingly broken. It works okay from the physical device but all fan speed settings etc have gone.
Does anyone have a valid configuration for current firmware? I’m basing mine off of Deta Grid Connect Smart Fan Speed Controller with Touch Light Switch | devices.esphome.io which isn’t working.
I have managed to get LibreTiny working on the Aldi Casa AL2017-TGTS CWWW down lights.
More info here: more details
I’m not sure if its worth it for a split system, but you can probably get some add-on hardware to make your Daikin work with the AdvantageAir / MyAir system. It works really well with the home assistant “AdvantageAir” integration.
Just got some of these mech and they are certainly decent looking and functioning. Did you install these into clipsal iconic mechs?
Hi Everyone just going through a reno under my house after last years flood here in Brisvegas and just want to confirm my thinking and ask a couple of questions before I pull the trigger on my purchases.
All of my lights are going to be dimmable so I am looking at getting the Shelly 2 Dimmer and integrate them with the 3 Position Bell Return Pro switch from Clipsal: https://www.clipsal.com/products/detail?CatNo=P49MBPR&itemno=P49MBPR-XW
My question here is will these still continue to work if I have a HA outage?
For a simply Wifi man (me) is this the best option, I am not interested in Zigbee etc?
And which would be the best supplier, Ozsmart or Smarthome?
I am also looking for help in find outdoor sensor lights that work with HA, any ideas?
And finally has anyone installed a IoTaWatt and what are you thoughts and experiences, are they worth it?
Thanks and sorry for the long post.
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Hmm… since the Shelly by itself holds an RCM, could this “legally” be done by someone who holds an electrical license?
I personally don’t see the difference between wiring a shelly to a wall-socket vs a socket-adapter…
Are there any evap A/C knowledgeable people in here?
I have an old Celair (apparently the same as Bonaire) evap A/C with a basic wall controller (PN. 6061660SP) and I believe one of these main controllers but I’m yet to check.
I would like to make it ‘smart’ and hopefully without breaking the bank. I thought about retorfitting an ESP into the wall controller to simulate button presses and give feedback from the LED’s but if there is a main control board that can be installed in place of the old one that then gives better control (ie: temperature) then I’d certainly be tempted, as long as it isn’t too expensive. The problem with the ESP option is that there will not be a way to adjust the temperature as far as I know since the wall controller does this via the big knob (short of replacing that with another one that goes to the ESP and then replicating it to the wall controller…?). The ESP method has been done before.
Anyone have any info on evap cooler controls?
Anyone try out the Shelly Mini (https://kb.shelly.cloud/knowledge-base/Shelly-mini-devices)
Are they OK to use in Aus?
given they were only released in the last week, it’ll probably be some time before they get certified for Aus use. They really are tiny compared to the standard form factor.
https://www.shelly.com/en/products/shop/shelly-plus-1-mini
I do wonder if - given their small size - they’ll have overheat issues like the gen1 devices.
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Yes they work without HA. They also work through the Shelly app locally and via the Shelly cloud.
I have both zigbee and wifi but am moving more toward Shelly wifi for my in wall light and power control. I have had some in for a few years without any issue. It was very helpfully that recently when my server died and needed some remote control I was able to open the Shelly app and still control them. During this time I actually set up some of the inbuilt Shelly timers etc for outside lights that I still use.
I have purchased all mine from Smarthome and the service has been good. As long as the products are genuine the price is likely to be the biggest driver for me.
As you are already looking at Shelly you could just use a normal 240v motion sensor wired to the input of a Shelly to control a light circuit . Shelly have this as one of their wiring examples in the documentation.
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I like the idea of the Shelly Plus PM Mini, no relay just power monitoring. No more issues with freezer defrosting when the smart plug fails.
It will be interesting to see if the new models get Aus certified.
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Although this thread is pretty unruly, I thought I’d document that I was able to flash a DETA 6904HA (version 2) 4 gang switch using Tuya Cloudcutter and uploaded new firmware generated using LibreTiny ESPHome.
I used a modified version of the process in this thread and here
the GPIO Pins on the DETA 6904HA are :
- touch buttons # P10, P6, P9, P14
- relays # P24, P7, P26, P8
- status LED P1
Not tried but literally seen this last night, looks promising.
I had my Daikin installed only a month ago. It was more expensive than Fujitsu but I went with that brand because it worked with HA. But it the weekend, it stopped working with either the app or HA because of the pending firmware upgrade. Now I can only control it with the stupid remote control.
Ring them up and say you want a full warranty return due to functionality being removed from the device you purchased. And that you expect all wall penetrations and finishings to be repaired at their expense to the state they were in before the install.
They won’t do it and you probably don’t want them to, but it will get your point across.
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This is why I am glad I have my current fuijitsu unit, I had to load into my HA setup a custom integration for FGLair that only needs a restart of HA to get working again every so often and I don’t have to keep logging back into the phone app or use the remote.
One option you can look into is a IR blaster hub to control it that way as a backup until your firmware issue is resolved, if you have not already have you tried a power off from the circuit that its being powered from to see if that helps cycle it back to the current installed firmware from a pending state?
i.e like this:
Here is one that uses a daiken with esp:
