Do you know if I can at least check if iR I’ve soldered is working? As I’ve got Dudanov stick, soldered iR to iR pads on board but cannot get follow me working - how to force stick to send iR commands ? I would use phone camera to see if signal is transmitted so I can dig further what’s the problem. Cheers
Hello everyone…
Does it need to be the special board from dudanov to get this wiring done?
Or is the typical esp8266 board able to do it as well?
Cause dudanovs shop is offline and he is not reacting to emails…
I don’t use dusanov’s iot dongle, i used esp01😉
See first post…
Hello…i have the same thing…but my question was more about if this can do the follow me wiring to the IR receiver like the dudanovs…
On/off and such is working via wifi/home assistant, but i would love to add follow me and take the follow me temperatur from my xiaomi ble temp/humidity monitor…
Not quite sure yet, how the temp data would get into the ac, but as soon i can wire it in, i might be able to comprehent
Thx !!!
Ah, that is what you mean…
It is possible to use any 8266 board which has free GPIO pins, you only need to know which pin and configure your yaml accordingly.
And the temperature you can get from any HA sensor using a lambda template 
should be something like this:
sensor:
- platform: homeassistant
id: frontend_temp
entity_id: sensor.ble_weighted_avg_temp # Sensor from HASS
internal: true
filters:
- throttle: 10s
- heartbeat: 2min # Maximum interval between updates.
- debounce: 1s
on_value:
midea_ac.follow_me:
temperature: !lambda "return x;"
beeper: false # Optional. Beep on update.
I only can’t test/verify it (as I don’t use the follow_me function myself)
After all the comments, code, script… Has anyone been able to get the SK105 dongle without modification to work with Home assistant using Midea wall cassettes (Aircon) All functions including dry mode?
My Olympia Nexya originally came with a OSK105.
Made a esp01 for it, and it works fine.
But this a split unit…
Hi Andrzej,
Did you manage to get it working? I have an Airwell Heatpump which I probably also going to connect using esphome/modbus, so I am very curious to your progress on this.
Richard.
Hi Jakob,
Any update on this? Can you share some code and or pictures of your setup?
Richard.
Hello, just found this module and was trying to make it work, bit in the end got the error, which seems to be caused by module itself, not the code for esp. Have anyone any ideas, what should I do?
Can you upload your YAML config?
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I’ve copied it from the esphome and it validates well, so I thought the reason is the component. thanks for the answer btw, there was no notification and I thought nobody’s gonna help me)
esphome:
name: ac
esp8266:
board: esp01_1m
# Disable logging over UART (required)
logger:
baud_rate: 0
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
ota:
wifi:
ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
password: !secret wifi_password
# UART settings for Midea dongle (required)
uart:
tx_pin: 1 # hardware dependant
rx_pin: 3 # hardware dependant
baud_rate: 9600
# Example configuration entry
# Main settings
climate:
- platform: midea
name: Midea Climate # Use a unique name.
period: 1s # Optional
timeout: 2s # Optional
num_attempts: 3 # Optional
autoconf: true # Autoconfigure most options.
beeper: true # Beep on commands.
visual: # Optional. Example of visual settings override.
min_temperature: 17 °C # min: 17
max_temperature: 30 °C # max: 30
temperature_step: 0.5 °C # min: 0.5
supported_modes: # All capabilities in this section detected by autoconf.
- FAN_ONLY # This capability is always used.
- HEAT_COOL
- COOL
- HEAT
- DRY
custom_fan_modes:
- SILENT
- TURBO
supported_presets: # All capabilities in this section detected by autoconf.
- ECO
- BOOST
- SLEEP # This capability is always used.
custom_presets: # All capabilities in this section detected by autoconf.
- FREEZE_PROTECTION
supported_swing_modes:
- VERTICAL # This capability is always used.
- HORIZONTAL
- BOTH
outdoor_temperature: # Optional. Outdoor temperature sensor (may display incorrect values after long inactivity).
name: Temp
power_usage: # Optional. Power usage sensor (only for devices that support this feature).
name: Power
humidity_setpoint: # Optional. Indoor humidity sensor (only for devices that support this feature).
name: Humidity
If anyone has trouble getting the SLWF-01pro to work like I did this is the yaml I ended up getting it to work with:
substitutions:
node_name: bedroom-heatpump # Use a unique name.
node_id: bedroom_heatpump # Use a unique id.
friendly_node_name: "Bedroom Heatpump"
esphome:
name: ${node_name}
comment: ${friendly_node_name}
platform: ESP8266
board: esp01_1m
on_boot:
priority: 600
then:
lambda: id(${node_id}_beeper).turn_on();
wifi:
ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
password: !secret wifi_password
domain: ".lan"
# Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
ap:
ssid: ${node_name} " FB"
password: "fallback"
captive_portal:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
# Enable Over The Air updates
ota:
logger:
# Optional, Enable Web server; start internal webserver so it can be used stand-alone
web_server:
port: 80
# Binary Sensors.
binary_sensor:
- platform: status
name: ${friendly_node_name} Connection Status
id: ${node_id}_connection_status
# Sensors.
sensor:
- platform: uptime
name: Uptime Sensor
id: ${node_id}_uptime_sensor
icon: mdi:clock-start
update_interval: 60s
- platform: wifi_signal
name: ${friendly_node_name} WiFi Signal
id: ${node_id}_wifi_signal
update_interval: 60s
time:
- platform: sntp
id: sntp_time
servers:
- "lan.lan"
# Text Sensors.
text_sensor:
- platform: version
name: ${friendly_node_name} ESPHome Version
id: ${node_id}_esphome_version
- platform: wifi_info
ip_address:
name: ${friendly_node_name} IP Address
id: ${node_id}_ip_address
icon: mdi:ip-network
switch:
- platform: template
name: ${friendly_node_name} Beeper
id: ${node_id}_beeper
icon: mdi:volume-source
optimistic: true
turn_on_action:
midea_ac.beeper_on:
turn_off_action:
midea_ac.beeper_off:
- platform: template
name: ${friendly_node_name} Boost
id: ${node_id}_boost
icon: mdi:car-turbocharger
optimistic: true
lambda: return (id(${node_id}_my_climate).preset == ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_BOOST);
turn_on_action:
- lambda: |-
auto call = id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call();
call.set_preset(ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_BOOST);
call.perform();
turn_off_action:
- lambda: |-
auto call = id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call();
call.set_preset(ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_NONE);
call.perform();
button:
- platform: restart
id: restart_button
name: "Restart"
uart:
tx_pin: GPIO1
rx_pin: GPIO3
baud_rate: 9600
climate:
- platform: midea
id: ${node_id}_my_climate # Use a unique id
name: ${friendly_node_name} # Use a unique name
autoconf: true
outdoor_temperature:
id: ${node_id}_outside_temperature # Use a unique id
name: ${friendly_node_name} Outside Temperature
It’s mostly the OPs with some stuff removed and this part changed:
uart:
tx_pin: GPIO1
rx_pin: GPIO3
baud_rate: 9600
I don’t know if that’s what made it work but it’s my best guess. Couldn’t get it to communicate with the heatpump otherwise
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Hello again and sorry for bugging…
To use a free pin on the esp01 board…i looked and we are only using rx/tx, power and gnd on your project here, right?
Would that mean that IO02 os free to use for the follow me command?
Or is the esp01 used in this project booked out and i def need a different esp module with more pins exposed?
Should be available, the only pins used are 1 and 3 as far as i know😉
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Did anyone have success getting the Follow Me to function? It seems that these AC units rely on turning this ON via the remote to correctly show the room temperature…
I have the SLWF-01pro as it was supplied, but would love to get it managed in HA via ESPhome, can it be flashed via OTA or something and then added that way? Thanks
The ‘follow me’ functionality works only through IR, that is why a IO pin of the esp is connected to the IR (can be wired or with IR transmitter).
PS: it using it myself, so can’t be of much help
I have some other Midea clone heat pump with these connectors.
So which ones will be be the Modbus? AB? H1H2?
(PQ are already connected to outdoor unit)
Will test with my setup and your here provided esp32 setup…in case it works, i will share…
Just looked at all the stuff again and hopefully i am not frying my ac haha
By the way…i looked at the code and i am not quiet sure if it needs to be triggered or how to activate the follow me.
remote_transmitter:
pin: 2 # For iot-uni-stick.
carrier_duty_percent: 100% # 50% for IR LED, 100% for direct connect to TSOP IR receiver output.
sensor:
- platform: homeassistant
entity_id: sensor.room_sensor # Sensor from HASS
internal: true
filters:
- throttle: 10s
- heartbeat: 2min # Maximum interval between updates.
- debounce: 1s
on_value:
midea_ac.follow_me:
temperature: !lambda "return x;"
beeper: false