Super newbie here
Has anyone successfully integrated a Hitachi HVAC ducted AC system with home assistant? There’s no IR for the control panel
Not I - but I want mine to be! I even have the smart controller for it that runs in the “airCloud” app (which is rubbish). But I really want to have it working in Home Assistant!
Hi,
I’m working in Hitachi airCloud Integration here : GitHub - lb544/ha-aircloud
This is the result of my current work
I could ON / OFF my Hitachi AC in cooling, heating at this time
I also can get the temperature of the room with internal AC sensor
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I have NO idea how I missed this post of yours. It doesn’t look like you’ve done any commits since you first got it going - are you going to be doing any further development on this?
Hi! I created integration for Hitachi climate devices with airCloud based on lb544 scripts https://github.com/svmironov/aircloud_ha. Unfortunately actions in UI have latency, this performance problem ariCloud API.
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@svmironov and @lb544
I’m starting using this for a couple of day.
First of all thx @lb544 for your script !!
Second of all, I won’t call it “latency” @svmironov … my aircloud home app “lost” both of my AC units for 1 day, yesterday it was working …this morning …no AC in the app, and the script is returning an error…
Is there a way you think, that we could control it localy without the cloud API ?
Thx for your work 
The API consists of 2 modules, REST for sending commands and a web socket for receiv status. The web socket has been unstable for last few days, but unfortunately, sending a command requires an ID that can only be extract from the status.
For to control a air conditioner without AirCloud, it is probably easier to assemble something on the ESP base and use the interface for a push-button thermostat
@svmironov thx for your answer
So it’s not my setup the problem, that good to hear ^^ unstable is a nice word … i would say down on my side lol
yeah for local, i’ve seen several solution, but I did not pay for the SPX-WFGO2 modules …too bad…
What i’ve seen so far :
- Broadlink RM4 MINI, remote IR that can be connected to HA
- ESP inside the AC unit with an IR led to send commands.
- AIDOO CONTROL Z-WAVE PLUS HITACHI RAD, basicaly same has the hitachi modules
Theoretically, such a device Project | Hitachi HVAC controler for HomeAssistant - ESP8266 | Hackaday.io should be compatible with many Hitachi air conditioners. In addition, there is a port for an external thermostat inside, probably it can also be used for a DIY control device
It’s a bit over my skills …
I would love some DIYer to sell these ^^
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So, i deceided to uninstall the aircloud app from my phone and install it again …
I can’t even login now, the appli crashes everytime … this is rubbish
It is very very bad application. Hitachi would be worth giving more attention to development
@svmironov I also want to thank you for your work (and of course, that of @lb544 )
[OT] - Anyone knows if the Hi-Kumo app can be used instead of the AirCloud one?
Hello,
From two days now the official airCloud app and the home assistant integration are not working correctly.
Is it a problem from Hitachi or is only mine?
Lorenzo
Unfortunately, over the past month I have received frequent messages that the integration is not working. The problem is the same as what I wrote about above, the server responsible for the device’s state is unavailable. But at the same time, if you did not reboot, HA integration may continue to work, since device identifiers are stored in the cache.
Thanks for replying @svmironov , it’s definitely a problem on JCI side.
Last wednesday it worked and now it’s not working again.
And I’m not talking about your integration, but the official app.
I think they are messing up something.
Let’s wait and hope it will be fixed soon at their end.
Today I found a new (updated) app on my device, called “airCloud Go”. They changed some graphical details… but now it works as expected. And your integration is working again.
So they’ve made some changes on the cloud services, but everithing is back to normal.
Any news regarding the development of this Integration? I cannot use it as it always fails when I want to use my login credentials for Aircloud Go / Hitachi Credentials. It always says that the credentials provided are wrong which 100% is wrong. So looks like it cannot access the login Server of Hitachi.
just for my understanding and maybe that is the issue, Do I need to first onstall/configure as described by lb544 (Dual Temperature/Websocat) and then install the HACS package from smironov or is it enough to just install the HACS repository from smironov??
Honestly lb544 procedure is out of my capabilities. I am simply unable to understand how to install and configure websocat on home assistant as my raspberry Pi runs on HA OS