iRobot Roomba

cyberkov · January 13, 2017, 4:14pm

There is already the thinking cleaner component for the 500/600 series. Works very well for me.

Cheers Hannes

turboc · January 13, 2017, 4:22pm

this is for the 900 series

eddiezab · April 21, 2017, 2:42pm

So I’ve looked into the pyirobot to make a component for HA (i’m a complete noob, never even used HA prior to trying to accomplish this… it’s been a learning experience). The python module is dated and will not work with newer firmware because it uses the MQTT protocol to communicate locally now.

I did manage to accomplish this via setting up the Roombas as a command-line switch however, using the dorita980 lib. I may look into pulling and updating that python lib to make a more robust integration with HA, but right now this works for 100% of my use cases (starting and stopping the roomba via my Google Assistant -> IFTTT -> HA).

davejcameron · April 25, 2017, 2:20am

I’m using one of the Broadlink IR blasters and have programmed command_on to be the IR to Clean, and the command_off to be the IR to dock. I just got this working, but I think that will do the trick enough for my needs of planning my own schedule.

teachingbirds · April 25, 2017, 11:12am

Do you mind sharing how you did that? I have a broadlink on its way and I would like to do just that.

davejcameron · April 25, 2017, 12:46pm

In my switches.yaml file. These IR codes may work for you as well, I’m not sure if they are Roomba specific or not. You can always have it learn the IR codes specific to your Roomba if they are not the same.

- platform: broadlink
host: 192.168.1.99
mac: 'XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX'
timeout: 15
switches:
  roomba:
    friendly_name: "Roomba"
    command_on: 'JgD8AGEgIV8gXyBfXCIhXyBfIAACoGIfIGAfYB9gXSIfYR5hHgACol8iHmIdYh1iXCIfYR5hHgACo2EgHmEfYR1iXCIeYh1iHQACq2AhH2EeYR9gXCMfYB9gHwAComAhH2AfYR9gXCIgYB9gHwACoWAiH2AfYB9gXCMfYB9hHgAComAhH2EeYR5hXCIgYCBfIAACoGEgIGAfYB9gXSIfYR5hHgACql8jHWIdYh1iXCMeYR5hHgACo18iHmEeYh1iXCIeYh1iHQACo18jHWIdYh5hXSIeYh1iHQACo18jHWIdYh1iXCIfYR5hHgACq18iHmEeYh1iXCIeYh1iHgANBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=='
    command_off: 'JgCQAGAhHmIfYB9gH2BdIh5iXAACbGAhHmIeYR5hH2BdIh5iXAACZGAhHmIeYR5hH2BdIh5iXAACZGEhH2AfYB9gIF9eISBgXgACYl8iIGAfYB9gH2BfICBgXgACamEhH2AfYB9gH2BfICBgXgACYmEgIGAfYCBfIF9cIx9hXAACZGAhHmIeYR5hH2BdIh5iXAANBQAAAAAAAAAA'

turboc · April 25, 2017, 1:17pm

Will IR codes work with a 900 series?

davejcameron · April 25, 2017, 2:29pm

I’m not sure. It looks like the remote control is only available for 500, 600, 700, 800 series.

https://homesupport.irobot.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1093/~/overview-of-the-roomba-500%2C-600%2C-700%2C-800-series-remote-control.

jscolp · April 25, 2017, 2:41pm

Hi Everyone, here is how I control my Roomba 980 with Koalazak’s Rest980 (docker). @yevgen mentioned Dorita980 which works great too if you don’t want to run a ‘server’ like Rest980.

https://github.com/jtscott/hass-config/blob/master/switch.yaml
https://github.com/jtscott/hass-config/blob/master/sensor/roomba.yaml

turboc · April 25, 2017, 3:02pm

Please explain the steps to get this running. Also which version of firmware is your roomba on?

teachingbirds · May 13, 2017, 12:13pm

Got my broadlink yesterday and tried this out. Works like a charm on a 880.

ttaidapos · June 26, 2017, 10:17pm

Any updated instructions for us novices? The 900’s series had a huge update Q1 of 2017 and allowed integration with Alexa/Google Home.

pschmitt · July 24, 2017, 10:58am

Hi, I have started working on an actual Roomba component. Once I finish my implementation (documentation is still missing and the battery icon is not dynamic yet), I’ll submit a PR.

You can check out my work here: https://github.com/pschmitt/home-assistant/tree/roomba
If you want to try it out the easiest way would be my docker image: pschmitt/home-assistant:roomba

Configuration:

roomba:
  hostname: 192.168.10.12
  username: MY_ROOMBA_USERNAME
  password: MY_ROOMBA_PASSWORD

With this you end up with 3 services (clean, pause and dock) and a bunch of sensors (bin full, state, position, battery).

Here’s how it’d look like inside a group.

turboc · July 24, 2017, 1:03pm

Love it, I’ll try to take a look at it this week and will help out with the docs if you need it.

pschmitt · July 24, 2017, 1:22pm

I felt guilty and wrote some documentation: https://github.com/pschmitt/home-assistant.github.io/commit/3e09e8246796078c718d1cec9eebad87d23f02eb

The battery icon is dynamic as well now: https://github.com/pschmitt/home-assistant/commit/a2f8c59b7c81a2b44dcf3d52f8179b3d365bfb0b

I’ll submit my PR soon.

pschmitt · July 24, 2017, 1:40pm

… and here it is: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/8628
Doc: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.github.io/pull/3048

turboc · July 24, 2017, 2:14pm

I’ve never pulled one of these down like this. How do I go about pulling it down to install? Does it need to go in the custom_components directory?

pschmitt · July 24, 2017, 2:25pm

Like I said, the easiest way to get going is using the Docker image (see https://home-assistant.io/docs/installation/docker/). Just remember to replace “homeassistan/home-assistant” with “pschmitt/home-assistant:roomba”.

Otherwise this should do it:

pip3 install -U git+https://github.com/pschmitt/home-assistant@roomba
hass

turboc · July 24, 2017, 3:14pm

Thanks, I don’t have a docker install. And don’t know anything about docker…

turboc · July 24, 2017, 11:02pm

Hmmm didn’t realize I was testing out HA 0.50.0 LOL