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AlexanderBabel / homebridge-broadlink-rm

[This fork supports TV accessories] Broadlink RM Mini and Pro plugin for homebridge: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge
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Airco that gets switched on, then left alone #94

Closed chrisremie closed 4 years ago

chrisremie commented 4 years ago

Hi,

thanks for making this!

I guess I'm not completely understanding the air-conditioner concept. I would like to send the airco something like 'cool to 24', and then leave it alone, meaning, the airco will switch itself on/off according to the temperature it itself is measuring. Why is homebridge-broadlink-rm constantly requesting the temperature from the airco?

[7/19/2020, 16:48:10] [Broadlink RM] Daikin addTemperatureCallbackToQueue (requested temperature from device, waiting)

I'm sure I'm missing something, so how can I accomplish this?

I mean, it is working as far as I understand, but the temp requests do not seem necessary.

Thanks, Chris.

chrisremie commented 4 years ago

Actually, it is still doing it: [7/20/2020, 04:27:37] [Broadlink RM] Daikin addTemperatureCallbackToQueue (requested temperature from device, waiting) [7/20/2020, 04:27:38] [Broadlink RM] [INFO] Reported temperature (0) is too low, setting to minTemperature (10).

This is in the config file: "platform": "BroadlinkRM", "name": "Broadlink RM", "hideScanFrequencyButton": true, "hideLearnButton": false, "hideWelcomeMessage": true, "host": "xxx", "accessories": [ { "type": "air-conditioner", "name": "Daikin", "persistState": true, "temperatureUpdateFrequency": 1000, "minTemperature": 10, "maxTemperature": 28, "data": {

kiwi-cam commented 4 years ago

Hi @chrisremie

There are two things you should be aware of:

  1. The Air-conditioning accessory requires a temperature source so you need either:
    1. A Broadlink device that has a thermometer
    2. A file in the file system that holds the current temperature, as defined in temperatureFilePath
    3. A DS18B20 sensor attached to a raspberry pi, and setup as w1device
    4. A Pseudo temperature to prevent errors, as defined in pseudoDeviceTemperature
  2. HomeKit will request the temperature at times. The most common cause of frequent requests is just having the Home app open and refreshing.
chrisremie commented 4 years ago

Thanks for your reply Cameron @kiwi-cam!

I understand it better now. So HomeKit is requesting the temperature from the Airco, and homebridge-broadlink-rm-tv is just accommodating this. And HomeKit nor homebridge-broadlink-rm-tv is taking any automatic action on its own from this temperature.

As per your list of possibilities, I chose to use pseudoDeviceTemperature.

This seems to be working now how I was expecting.

Chris.