Hi,
I see there is a built in integration for Roborock cleaner and there is also a integration in HASS for that.
Which one would be better?
The description of the HASS integration sounds better, but the development there seems to have come to an end.
Im curently using hacs integration.
It has rooms maps just out of the box, room setup etc.
Although my robots are not supported, as i last checked, everything is working out of the box.
I have q revo and q 7 max.
Honestly, the best option is Valetudo, but I understand not everyone wants to change the firmware of their robot cleaner.
It has no connection with Chinese servers (completely local), is discovered by MQTT, supports all the existing robot options and lots more. e.g. custom sounds and other plug-ins like a wifi mapper:
It is also supported by some nifty custom cards:
I would like to chage it but not sure will i brick the robot. And then i can trash it. And for me docking station is a must.
That looks super-duper amazingly cool, and I especially like the wifi mapper, too - but there’s no way I’m disassembling a $1600 vacuum/mop to root it. My wife would choke me in my sleep. Lol
In most cases no disassembly is required. Flasing can be done OTA.
I believe Roborock has patched something a while ago, and OTA is less common these days. Depends on the model (which one, @Mausbiber …?), most likely disassembling would be required these days.
Not sure. I’ve got older S5 units they could be OTA flashed.
There was something I read on that site that said just about everything manufactured after Q3 2020, OTA was not possible.
Regardless, I checked the compatibility list, and no s8 models are supported anyway, so I guess I get to survive another night. Lol
FYI you will eventually have to disassemble it to clean the fan filters. When you start getting the dreaded “Error 10” with a new clean bin filter. My afternoon fun:
I hope for your sake the new models are better thought out. 55 screws just to clean a fan. 
OMG I sure hope not. That doesn’t look like much fun! Lol
Not mine (I forgot to take a photo before I cleaned it) but it was pretty much exactly the same as this:
I noticed one thing with Q Revo. Someone unplugged docking station and forgot to plug it back in.
Robot went cleaning and stalled in one place. I couldn’t send it back to station. I thought something had to broke down or there is some error because robot was just spinning around.
Then I found out that docking station was unplugged. When I plugged in everything was back to normal.
So, In my opinion there is much to it when comes to flashing robot with custom firmware. Probably docking station must be flashed too.
I had the same thing happen with an q7 max, robot got lost effectively until I plugged the docking station back in.
Have you flashed your QRevo model? Can’t see it on the supported list for Valetudo.
No, I didn’t. I dont think that this is an easy task and probably would need to flash docking station also.
I recommend you read this till the end before deciding:
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No multi-floor/multi-map support
2024 Update
At this point, the whole topic is honestly just legacy content.
I’m getting the feeling that most of the time it is being brought up, it is being brought up not because people actually were looking for information on it, but instead because they read about it on this page.
and
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It is not possible to use Valetudo and the vendor app simultaneously.
Reverting to stock is impossible
Rooting and installing Valetudo is a permanent change. There is no way back.
My 2 criticisms:
1a. I have 2 floors and I want a solution. As simple as that. 1b. The concept of bricking the robot on purpose matters. Both info’s should go on top of page.
2. The tone on the page gets more and more aggressive towards the end. After reading it till the end, I will not give Valetudo a try for that reason alone. Maybe, I will join Taliban instead as they seem more open.
LOL. You think that’s bad, have a read of their reply to this issue: vacuum entity vacuum.valetudo_roborock_upstairs implements the battery feature which is deprecated. · Issue #2310 · Hypfer/Valetudo · GitHub
They keep coming back to the issue and opening it again like someone who keeps unblocking an ex to write “and another thing…”
Their attitude is well known in the dev community. Still a very good way to gain control over your device though.
As for the multi-floor thing, I have one robot for each floor. I had that for convenience before I decided to use Valetudo.
My 2-floor questions arises out of test articles not covering that thought (for whatever reason) - at least on heise.de for which I pay the monthly 10€ (I am German), which I find worthwile.
My plan (I have not bought nor integrated a robot in HA yet) is to take the guy, after it has got the servicing at the base, and just carry it upstairs - and leave it there.
Not sure if that will work.
Not sure, if the app and cloud connect allows for such manoevers.
Pretty sure that Valetudo would allow me to solve it.
Hence my interest.
