Rest Sensor receiving JSON - Astralpool - connectmypool.com.au

Configuration
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Oh, and this is an automation to change the light colour via input_select calling the rest command

alias: InputSelect-Pool Lights Colour - Ocean
description: Pool Lights Ocean
mode: single
triggers:
  - entity_id: input_select.pool_light_colour
    to: Ocean
    trigger: state
conditions: []
actions:
  - data:
      action_code: 7
      device_number: 0
      value: 17
    action: rest_command.poolaction
  - delay: 2
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Hello - Iā€™ve recently been diving into HomeAssistant and hooked up the Connect 10 Internet Gateway on the back of the instructions here via connectmypool. However, as noted itā€™s painfully slow - I press the button and 5-15 seconds later the action will actually happen.

As a learning project (dusting off my old electrical skills) Iā€™ve been working on an ESP32 project that can read the wire protocol for the Connect 10. It can currently read all the key properties such as temperature, channel state and publishes it to MQTT for smoother integration with Home assistant. It updates the states almost instantly which is nice.

Key question is are there any people on this thread who would in interested in collaborating on this?

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Very interesting! Yep, having to rely on the cloud solution (which appears to be a windows server under a desk somewhere) is, as they say, sub optimal. Happy to be included and help where I can. :slight_smile:

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I should have something shareable in the coming weeks @zagnuts so will let you know when I do.

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Also interested @antiqueyak as likely about to get a connect 10.

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Iā€™d be interested in collaborating on the project

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@timd.au @RebelMagpie @zagnuts - have made some progress on this - and now have a PCB that can read and write to the control bus, and have decoded enough of the protocol to be useful.

Sharing in a new thread - so as not to take this one off topic. Connect 10 pool controller - fully local control

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Its been some time since my initial post, but thought it would be fun to ask Claude to create a HACS implementation for astralpool connecymypool.

Based on initial tests it appears to work

Any issues, report them under ā€˜Issuesā€™ in this repo

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I havenā€™t been able to connect to connectmypool.com.au for the past couple of days. Not through HA, not through the app, not by going to the website directly. Anyone else had the same issue?

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Strange, it looks like www.connectmypool.com.au is down

Best guess it may have been up for renewal and something happened

The domain belongs to Fluidra (formerly Zodiac), but itā€™s currently blocked from renewal ā€” possibly because the eligibility name on file still says ā€œZodiacā€ while the company has since rebranded to ā€œFluidra,ā€ creating a mismatch with ASIC records.

Status: serverRenewProhibited
Status Reason: Not Currently Eligible For Renewal
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I hope they fix it soon as I have no way of controlling the pool other than going into the equipment shed!

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Looks like it might be back up for nowā€¦

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So, bit of an issue here at zagnuts mansion. It would appear that my Viron 10 has died - the controller screen is blank, have tried powering everything off and waiting 30 mins before powering everything back on, but no change. Canā€™t talk to it via the app, canā€™t change anything via the RF remote. Can put it into maintenance mode and manually switch on the pump but thatā€™s about it - so dumb relays are fine, but brain has gone awol. Have checked fuses and they are good.

I now need to decide if I gamble that it is the main board so just get one and put it in myself, or do I get someone in from the pool mob to diagnose & fix. Or, do I say to heck with it and build my own controller and replace the lot. Temptingā€¦

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Ouch - thatā€™s annoying - have you managed to get it fixed yet?

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No - will do after the Easter break. Had hoped it might fix itself if I left it alone, but didnā€™t happen. Sigh.

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Yes! With help from a facebook group was able to trace the issue to two problems. There was some corrosion on the socket the touch panel cable plugged into in the Viron 10 controller, and there is some sort of short happening with the gas heater. Cleaned the connector for the controller, and unplugged the gas heater, and everything (expect for the gas heater of course) is working now after a cold boot. Could also be an issue with the socket the gas heater plugs into, or some other issue with that cable, but for now I can live without the gas heater - we also have an electric heater and a lot of solar panels. :slight_smile: