Mi Smart Pedestal Fan

jimpower · April 10, 2018, 9:53pm

Hi,

I have recently purchased one of these Mi Smart Pedestal Fans (see below) and whilst it works great the native app is horrible. I have not been able to find any information about adding this to HA of if its even possible yet. Can anyone point me in the right direction or if not I am willing to help someone smarter then me be the testing subject to get it added.

https://www.gearbest.com/living-appliances/pp_391577.html

dshokouhi · April 10, 2018, 9:58pm

looks like it may be supported soon? home assistant uses this library but not all devices are supported in it yet.

kanga_who · April 10, 2018, 10:05pm

@syssi would be a good person to ask about this also.

syssi · April 11, 2018, 4:54am

I would like to implement a component for the Xiaomi Smart Fan if you provide some testing.

jimpower · April 11, 2018, 4:59am

Just let me know what you would like I’m happy to help

syssi · April 11, 2018, 6:54am

I will prepare a first draft as a custom component. Just copy this component into the custom_component directory of your HA instance.

syssi · April 11, 2018, 7:07am

The first task: Could you provide screenshots of the most important features (Mi Home App)?

syssi · April 11, 2018, 8:22am

Please give it a try: https://github.com/syssi/xiaomi_fan/

jimpower · April 11, 2018, 9:02am

jimpower · April 11, 2018, 9:07am

Any other screen shots required?

syssi · April 11, 2018, 9:25am

How is the fan speed controlled? What are the possible values/settings of the LED? What is the upper limit (maximum value) of the timer?

jimpower · April 11, 2018, 10:00am

Led is as per screen shot

One button controls Fan speed is controlled 1-4 speed settings cycled through.

The second controls 2 wind type setting natural and straight wind.

jimpower · April 11, 2018, 10:06am

the max setting for timer is 8 hrs

jimpower · April 11, 2018, 10:21am

When I tried the custom component i get the following error

syssi · April 11, 2018, 10:26am

Fixed. Please update the component and try again.

jimpower · April 11, 2018, 9:52pm

Ok device added successfully,

here is the component states

Turning the device on/off works as expected, trying to use the “speed_list” doesn’t seem to work. Tried calling it from the fan>set_speed service

tried this

maybe I’m calling the service incorrectly, I’m ok with using a numeric value to control the speed of the fan, as I can select the level manually on the fan and see what its value is in the states section.

dshokouhi · April 11, 2018, 10:09pm

notice in your screenshot how the example says “low” for the speed? try that or medium or high too.

Edit: or even a number like 1-4 as you mentioned there were 4 speed options

I have the air purifier so my speeds are set by the actual name

jimpower · April 12, 2018, 3:46am

Have tried both options to no avail

Nevermind figured out just a typo

For those interested json string should look as follows

syssi · April 12, 2018, 5:29am

At the first screenshot: Please click on the label of the fan instead toggling the switch. Could you make a screenshot of this view? It will provide a dropdown to select the fan speed.

jimpower · April 12, 2018, 6:44am

I ended up making my own with input select