MichDMar 19, 2023

New blog post: Integrated our air conditioners into #HomeAssistant with #ESPHome and a light bit of equipment hacking to integrate it tidily.

Details and good photos included.

https://michd.me/blog/integrating-our-air-conditioners-into-home-assisstant/

#esp32

Integrating our Air Conditioners into Home Assistant - MichD

I added Home Assistant control to our air conditioner units. It involved PCB design, some 3D printing, equipment modification, and ESPHome.

Show threadWelby McRobertsMar 19, 2023
@MichDdev Awesome to see. Reminds me a bit of @revk 's method of doing his Dakin units - https://www.revk.uk/2022/04/new-air-con-part-2.html
New air-con, part 2

Again, not actually blogging on the system as a whole - it is impressive, but not finished until next week. One aspect of the system is the ...

Show threadMichD
@welbymcroberts @revk Cheers! Oh yeah that looks quite similar. Seems like that Daikin "smart" stuff has exactly all the problems I wanted to avoid by cheaping out off the optional bits for the Fujitsu system. Cloud-required control is a big yikes.
Mar 19, 2023 at 11:25pmWeb
Show threadRevK Mar 20, 2023
@MichDdev @welbymcroberts Yeh, just adding HA config MQTT messages now.