At the moment, the DAB Pumps custom integration only supports data retrieval via DConnect, and as a result the subscription to DAB Pumps DConnect is a requirement ($20 a year).
DAB Pumps also has the ‘DAB Live’ app, which is free but not yet supported by the Home Assistant Integration.
At a recent planned service outage of DAB, all of DConnect Website, DConnect App and DAB Live App were offline for a couple of hours. That would potentially indicate that these services are internally based on one and the same backend data system.
I am very interested in investigating the behavior of DAB Live App to see if I can extend functionalily of the DAB Pumps custom integration to also support DAB Live next to DConnect.
However, my own pump (an ESybox) is not supported by DAB Live, so I am stuck with the DConnect subscription anyway. But also means I cannot do any testing with DAB Live.
Other commonly used pumps (for example ESybox mini v3) are supported on DConnect and DAB Live (but apparently not both at the same time).
I am looking for a volunteer with such a pump who is willing to share their DAB Live login credentials with me so I can investigate whether support in the integration would be possible. Whoever reads this and is willing to do that, please send me a private message via these community pages, or contact me via email ‘info at anko dot co dot nz’ to discuss.
Volunteer found who has DAB Live, but simultaneously also still seems to have a valid DConnect subscription. First tests look so promising that there is a good chance that DAB Live support will actually already work with integration v2024.03.9 (but not with versions before that).
Still seeking for a volunteer who has DAB Live but never subscribed to DConnect, to test the DAB Pumps integration with their DAB Live credentials (or share their credentials with me so that I can confirm this).
One kind new user (you know who you are!) has now gone through the steps of getting and setting up the DAB Live app for their pump, and then using that account to configure the HA integration for DAB Pumps. And it all works fine!
I’ve adapted the readme of the Dab Pumps integration to reflect the steps needed.
If you have a pump that is supported for DAB Live (i.e. ESybox.mini3) then:
Download the DAB Live app on your phone or tablet
Open the app and create a new account. When asked between ‘Professional’ or ‘End User’ either are good, this has no implications on the app or the Home Assistant Integration.
Remember the email address and password for the account as these are needed during setup of this Home Assistant integration.
Follow the steps in the app to register your pump
Finally, setup the Home Assistant integration via the steps as described in the readme under Installation
Good day. Apologies to climb in here but finding it hard to get the right info. I am looking at purchasing a dab Esybox 1.1kw. It does not seem to be supported by dab live. Will I need to also purchase a dconnect box in order to integrate this via the dconnect app?
@offroadchicken
Yes, you are correct. For remote monitoring, the Esybox 1.1kw unfortunately is not supported in DAB Live, only via a paid DAB DConnect account.
And for the Esybox to be able to send its data to the DConnect portal it needs a DConnect box.
Hi ankoh,
thanks for sharing this great integration which worked out of the box for a DTRON 3 and Connect Box 2 combination.
I would ask to share your experience with the availability of the DConnect Service. The data I receive comes in for days and then suddenly stops for hours, comes back, is lost again and so on. The box stays connected to the router consistently and there is no internet connection issue. Also the data doesn’t seem to reach the cloud since the web based interface also indicates that the pump is disconnected. A direct BT connect to the box tells me that the data is available at the box, so I wonder if the DAB cloud service is really so unreliable. If not it would be an indication that there seems to be some strange problem with my router (which I doubt because all other connected devices work without flaws).
Again would be great to hear what you and other users experience.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your experience. How you describe the behaviour it indeed seems more likely caused by the dconnect box than by other components in your network.
Some things you could check:
is the disconnect both for pump and dconnect box info, or just the pump? If the latter, try moving the box closer to the pump. This is an issue I had myself.
assuming the dconnect box is connected via WiFi, what is the signal strength?
properties that might be worth monitoring for a while to learn more are:
sensor.dconnect_box_2_signlevel
sensor.dconnect_box_2_wifimode
Also received a notification today from dab pumps that their systems currently have some issues. This maybe could cause the behavior you are seeing?
"Dear DConnect and DAB Live! user,
Due to an extraordinary maintenance currently in progress, we inform you that you may experience some limitations or slowdowns on the features offered by the system.
We are working to bring the system back to full functionality and performances as soon as possible, expecting to conclude our maintenance activities tomorrow.
If you encounter any difficulties in the coming days, please contact our Support Team.
We are growing and our cloud grows with us, all to give you an ever better solution!"
Thanks for this integration, it works really well. I’ve been looking to see if anyone has managed to get a direct connection working to the pump rather than go through the cloud?
I only just got my DAB Esybox Mini 3 installed a few days ago and I have installed the HACS integration. Its all going well so far (thanks!)
I’m still coming to grips with the 2x apps I have (DAB Live! and H2D) … they’re not the most user friendly and I’m also trying to figure out what the difference is between the two.
One thing I did see was that H2D has a “Local Connection” option when logging in. I wonder if this could be used by the HA integration to bypass going via the internet for reading/setting values?
@AstroBBoy
As far as I understand from DAB Pumps, the H2D app is intended to replace the DAB Live and DConnect apps. So those two will at some point dissapear. For a new user like you it is probably easiest to just use H2D.
Yes, there is support for a local connection in the H2D app (I suspect using Bluetooth). Previously DConnect had something similar but needed a physical button press on the pump device each time you wanted to reconnect. So that was not suitable for Home Assistant. Have not yet analyzed the communciation protocol used by the new H2D local connection, but it is on my todo list…
Thanks @ankoh I had another play with H2D after reading your message and I eventually found the settings I was looking for.
I also just walked out to my pump to check the Direct Local Connection option and yes, each time I want to connect I need to press a physical button to put it into a pairing mode.
Once in its great and I can access everything, but yeah the physical button will be the downfall unfortunately.
