Dreo Fan Integration Installation

Installation
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I am new to all this and can’t see myself struggling to load HACS, which seems to have a complicated configuration and requires an additional third party installation before you can even attempt to install the DREO integration. So what I attempted was the "manual " installation, which seemed simple, by copying the DREO file into my custom_components directory and restarting HA, which has worked fine for other integrations. . After looking at the logs, there was nothing there referring to the DREO integration, except for the warning that it wasn’t a verified integration. Everything else is working fine except noting was installed for DREO. Does anyone know what the problem could be?

2

I didn’t get a reply to my initial post, so I went ahead and used Home Bridge (HOOBS) to get my Dreo fan into Home Kit. I have since installed HACS using the Get HACS Addon. Everything seemed to work, HACS was was seamlessly added to my Custom_Components folder and the Log didn’t show any errors or configuration instructions. Only thing is HACS didn’t show up in my HA integrations. So, bottom line is I have 3 Custom Component packages, including HACS, Dreo and Lennox30, and only Lennox30 shows up in the HA integrations. Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong? Maybe I don’t have the necessary files in my homeassistant or config directory. Is there some place I can go to see what the required files are or why some integration load while others. will not?

3

Probably a bit difficult to comment without knowing exactly which integration you have used, is it this one?

Have you done the initial configuration bit if it is the one above.

  1. In HA, open Settings
  2. Click Devices & services
  3. Click Add integration (blue button at the bottom right of the screen)
  4. Search Dreo and select it
  5. Enter your Dreo username & password (same login you use on the Dreo app)
4

Yes, I am now able to see the Dreo integration when I selected Add Integration. I guess the HACS iteration is working to allow me to see Dreo. Should I delete the Dreo folder in Custom_Components before adding it through the UI?

5

No, leave it there. It’s a two stage thing add the files, then add the integration. HACS just automates adding the custom folder to save you doing manually, it is needed if you do it manually or via HACS.

6

I downloaded the Dreo directory and added it to my custom_components again and restarted HA. I then selected ‘add integration’, selected Dreo, and it prompted for my user ID and Password. It is now installed! Still don’t know what’s up with the HACS integration, but I don’t need it to install Dreo anymore. When I implement this in Home Kit with HomeKit Bridge, what entities should I include?

7

Sorry can’t help you there, I don’t have either Dreo or Home Kit.

8

I would recommend that it be made clear for manual integration that custom components will become available under ‘Add Integrations’ after copying the directory to custom_components. Thank you so much for your help!

9

Did you get the Dreo integration working?

10

i see no entities for Dreo I tried in devices and integrations.

11

so whats the difference between the offical and unofficial Integration. Are both using the Cloud or is the unoffical cloud free?

12

Hi Jeff,

Just wondering if you’ve seen any issues with the dimming and color temperature controls for fan lights lately. I’m using model DR-HCF003S, and while the logs from pydreo look normal (commands sent and acknowledged), the actual light doesn’t respond.

Example log output:

'reported': {'brightness': 42}
'reported': {'colortemp': 100}
'reported': {'colortemp': 33}
'reported': {'lighton': True}
brightness reported: 42
colortemp reported: 100
colortemp reported: 33
lighton reported: True

It looks like the integration is communicating fine, but the physical light isn’t applying the changes. I’m not sure exactly when it started somewhere between a week and a month ago.

13

Hello,

I installed the Dreo integration in HA.
Added my heater WH517S (= DR-HSH017S?).
Very easy to do.
On the physical heater my temperature units are degrees Celcius.
My general settings in HA are also degrees Celcius.
Other temperature entities in HA are showing correct temperatures in degrees Celcius.
My Dreo heater in HA shows the number of Fahrenheit with the symbol of Celcius. For instance: 22 degrees Celcius is displayed as 72 degrees Celcius. (72 F ~ 22 C).
Howto solve?

Thanks
Dennis

14

I have a Dreo 714S (DR-HAF004S). I installed the official integration and I had the same thing as you. By installing Jeff’s version 1.41, I no longer have this problem. The degrees are correctly in Celsius. However, I have other problems: the power button does not work, and I have a 1° discrepancy between the phone app and the integration.

15

Thanx Frederick!
I uninstalled the official and then installed Jeff’ repo version 1.4.2.
Now degrees are in celcius, but 1 degree below the heater physical display, as you said. Further I could not find significant difference with the official Dreo repo. So both repo’s are not perfect yet.