Broadlink IR Climate Component

juan11perez · March 4, 2018, 5:55pm

yes, that works well, but was thinking about the climate, cause your card is nice

Petrica · March 4, 2018, 8:24pm

Care to elaborate the functionality of the component? I know nothing of Python whatsoever

I’m trying to understand if it can be used to send IR payloads with other systems instead of Broadlink: I managed to record all the button of the IR remote for the AC unit with OpenMQTT on a NodeMCU with an IR receiver and a blaster and then create scripts with their payload (the name of the script includes the button presses such as “on16highswing”, “on24autooff”, etc). I haven’t bothered with the XOR and just recorded the IR raw value (there are 153 button presses on my remote ). I use an automation that listens to the topics of the MQTT HVAC HA component, concatenates the values of the different sensors and then matches them against the script names.

This works fine on a full computer running Ubuntu. However, on a Rpi it’s kind of slow (having 2 AC units in the house it means 306 additional scripts loaded) so I was thinking if the setup can be streamlined.

Thanks

Peter_Iliev · March 4, 2018, 10:42pm

Hi guys,

I’ve been using broadlink custom module for almost 6 months and so far i couldn’t find way to Turn On my AC. There is not such line in the ini file. Can you tell me how i can tell my AC to turn on after my automation turn it off for a while?
I had to make a separate switch acting as ON/OFF to my AC but that switch does not have a relating with the broadlink climate component.
I even checked all ini files for different AC into the github and there is no ON command. It is very wired for me.

Please help me

Vassilis · March 4, 2018, 10:56pm

When you turn on your AC from the remote control actually it sends operation + temp + fan + swing in combination and not an on command.

Peter_Iliev · March 4, 2018, 11:09pm

OK, but does it mean that when i send all the commands to the RM mini to learn i have to turn off the remote before i send the command?
In other words, i am using RM mini to learn all commands from my remote control, for example:
[heat]
low_18 = JgAMAQAFBwAMs2k4DQwNDA0pDQwNKQ0MDQwNDA0pDSkND==

Do i have to setup my remote control to be turned off before i turn the learning processes and then press the turn on button of my remote?

Vassilis · March 4, 2018, 11:34pm

No, everytime you press a button it sends a combination.
Let’s say, in heat mode, your AC supports temperatures from 18 to 30.
Adjust your AC to Heat, Low Fan, Temp 18. Press the learn button in broadlink and the temp down key in your remote. Actually, the command you get is 18.

Peter_Iliev · March 4, 2018, 11:38pm

This is what i did exactly. The problem is that these command does not power on my AC. It just set up the operation mode and the temperature.
I don’t know if it is matter the AC manufacturer - it is Fujitsu

Vassilis · March 4, 2018, 11:51pm

Does broadlink mobile app work with your AC?

Peter_Iliev · March 4, 2018, 11:59pm

Yes, it does…
I found way based on your guide.
I am setting the remote control to the desired mode and temp. and then turn it off. Than i start the learning command and press the turn on button on my remote control and it works
The problem is that i need to rework all my existing codes

Mirai_Hayashi · March 5, 2018, 4:09am

Sorry for threadjacking, but I was wondering how people who are using broadlink or other IR blaster type devices to control their aircon, keep the remote control display in sync with the aircon. For example, if I use HA to turn up the aircon 2 degrees, the remote control will then display a different temperature than the actual aircon setting.

Vassilis · March 5, 2018, 4:24am

You can’t. In my case, I hidden all remote controls

Mirai_Hayashi · March 5, 2018, 4:49am

I guess the only solution to this is to get something like a sensibo, but they are so expensive compared to a Broadlink

xdream101im · March 6, 2018, 11:11am

Is your remote AE-REA1E? you can test my file

Or you can try decoding your own remote using the instruction here.

github.com/mjg59/python-broadlink

Info on using Broadlink's cloud air conditioners codes

opened 10:35PM - 01 Mar 17 UTC

matangg

This project is great and it helped me out a lot so I decided to contribute back… my findings about Broadlink's A/C cloud capabilities. So Broadlink's e-control app asks to learn every key code for TV remotes since each key maps to one code corresponding to the key. For air conditioners this approach is impractical since the remote sends the entire A/C state to the A/C unit. So Broadlink has a nice feature where you add an A/C remote and it asks you to only push the power button. It detects your remote and then pulls the entire code set for the A/C unit from the cloud. @NightRang3r broadlink e-control db dump can help you dump codes that are directly learned by the app but it doesn't dump cloud A/C codes. So I researched this functionality and managed to decode the A/C unit codes. This could be useful for people wanting to use their A/C code set with specific settings with the Broadlink python script (e.g. set a/c mode to "cool" with a 23 degree temperature and fan set to "low"). I used a sniffer to see what happens on the network when the e-control app learns the A/C code. There's a weird non-http binary protocol going on port 80 and 14000 that goes out to Broadlink's servers (probably with a sample code from the remote) and eventually it downloads your A/C codes from the following url: http://cloud.broadlink.com.cn/irda_code/XXX.gz Where XXX is the code for your A/C remote control. Mine was 135.gz. If you're using the e-control app you can find this file stored on your Android device in this path: /Device storage/broadlink/newremote/SharedData/ConCode/XXX.gz Each gzipped file extracts to exactly 1,441,068 bytes and they all have the same structure. The file contains a 108 bytes header that starts with a short string description for the remote type. I didn't decode the rest of the header values but most of them are similar for all the files. Afterwards there are 1501 fixed size IR code packets that are exactly 960 bytes each. You can use these codes directly with the send_data method. Of course the packets are usually shorter than 960 bytes so the packets ends with 0 bytes padding but you can extract the real size from the packet itself. So the file structure looks like this: `[108 bytes header starting with string description][960 bytes IR code 1][960 bytes IR code 2]...[960 IR code 1501]` The Broadlink IR code packets themselves are described here by @tobiaswaldvogel: https://github.com/mjg59/python-broadlink/issues/57 Now, I decoded all of the codes for my A/C unit and you can find them here: [ac_codes.txt](https://github.com/mjg59/python-broadlink/files/812121/ac_codes.txt) Each packet represents the entire state of the remote control that you are sending to the A/C unit. So for example my A/C unit has 15 degrees (15-29), 5 modes (cool, heat, auto, dry, fan) and 4 fan speeds (low, medium, high, auto) so to represent all the codes you need 15 * 5 * 4 = 300 codes. The first code seems to be something like a default code or something. If we look at the codes themselves we see: Code 1 Power: On Temperature: 26 Mode: Auto Fan: Auto Code 2 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Auto Fan: Auto Code 3 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Auto Fan: Low Code 4 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Auto Fan: Med Code 5 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Auto Fan: High Code 6 Power: On Temperature: 16 Mode: Auto Fan: Auto Code 7 Power: On Temperature: 16 Mode: Auto Fan: Low Code 8 Power: On Temperature: 16 Mode: Auto Fan: Med Code 9 Power: On Temperature: 16 Mode: Auto Fan: High Code 10 Power: On Temperature: 17 Mode: Auto Fan: Auto Code 11 Power: On Temperature: 17 Mode: Auto Fan: Low Code 12 Power: On Temperature: 17 Mode: Auto Fan: Med Code 13 Power: On Temperature: 17 Mode: Auto Fan: High ... Code 61 Power: On Temperature: 29 Mode: Auto Fan: High Code 62 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Cool Fan: Auto Code 63 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Cool Fan: Low Code 64 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Cool Fan: Med Code 65 Power: On Temperature: 15 Mode: Cool Fan: High Code 66 Power: On Temperature: 16 Mode: Cool Fan: Auto Code 67 Power: On Temperature: 16 Mode: Cool Fan: Low Code 68 Power: On Temperature: 16 Mode: Cool Fan: Med ... You get the idea. My A/C also has a "swing" and "sleep" feature but it is always set to OFF in the codes so I omitted them. I guess they are not represented by the e-control remote. The weird thing is that after 301 codes all the same codes are repeated only with the power setting set to OFF and this set is repeated 4 times up until the 1501 code. Perhaps all these slots are there in order to accommodate A/C remotes with more features. Now since the file structure is so rigid it may be possible that all A/C codes are represented the same way as my A/C unit for all A/C units code files. In that case if one wants a certain code he can just get the code number from the ac_codes.txt file, multiply by 960 and subtract 108 bytes for the header to get the offset in the file for the specific code. Another possibility is that the header defines the number of modes, fan speeds, etc and then to get a specific code you need to calculate the offset using the number of possible states for each mode, temperature, etc. Since I have only one A/C unit type I can't really verify this. Hopefully this will get the ball rolling so we can crack this.

kahka · March 10, 2018, 7:26pm

Does the custom broadlink component work with the generic_thermostat component?
climate.generic_thermostat requires that its heater entity_id be a toggle switch.

I worked around that by creating a template switch for the target room. In that case, the generic_thermostat only works by turning on the target AC without sending target temperature changes?

edgano · March 10, 2018, 11:23pm

how I can implement it on hassio??
looks awesome

Joethanh · March 13, 2018, 7:27pm

I had installed climate, fan and media player component. All of them work well .
Alexa can discover fan and media but not climate. How can i fix this issue ?

Vassilis · March 13, 2018, 9:26pm

I’m not sure that HA cloud service can handle climate components

ursus69 · March 14, 2018, 9:13am

Hello Peter, did that solve your problem?
I have the same problem, it works pretty well but if I turn it off wit HA it will not turn on again, only with the Broadlink app or the remote will turn on.

chierichetto · March 14, 2018, 7:15pm

Thanks for uploading Panasonic codes - they worked great with mine:-)

Madelinot · March 17, 2018, 8:23pm

I have set this custom component up and it mostly work. I used the lg.ini codes in the GIT repo. I have an LG Cooling unit model #LS120HYV. I have tested the fan in auto mode. Temperature 18, 23-30 seem to work well. But when I set:

19 in the HASS front-end, I get 27 on the AC unit
20 in the HASS front-end, I get 28 on the AC unit
21 in the HASS front-end, I get 29 on the AC unit.
22 in the HASS front-end, I get 30 on the AC unit.

The codes seems to be mixed up. How do I fix this?

Thanks!