Hi
I have already configured solar integration (Envoy) and linked it to Air Conditioner (Mitsubishi MEL Cloud) so during winter I was able to start AC in heat mode when I had enough solar production with some basic automations.
Now I want to control:
- Temperature and humidity on several rooms (at least 4).
- Whether windows are closed or not. This will require at least 8 sensors.
- Solar production.
- External temperature or temperature prediction.
before to automatically trigger AC.
I have bought 4 Xiaomi BLE Temperature and Humidity sensors (LYWSD03MMC), but I’m not sure if these should connect directly to Home Assistant or if a Xiaomi Aquara HUB is required. I’m worried about distance plus walls of far away sensors.
To control closed windows there is a Xiaomi device that looks fine, but I’d like to be sure about Xiaomi Aquara HUB before going forward.
Home Assistant is installed on a RaspberryPi3, in case this matters.
I’ve already googled for any somewhat explanatory article describing how to do this, but I’ve found several references to ESP32 that look too difficult at the moment.
So I’m on an initial stage, looking for HW. Next will be automation code.
Thank you for your help, or at least for reading…