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cbrandlehner / homebridge-daikin-local

Supports Daikin Air Conditioners on HomeBridge
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Feature Request, Outside Temperature #83

Closed dagobertch closed 3 years ago

dagobertch commented 4 years ago

First of all, thanks for this Homebridge Plugin, ist works realy nice.

In the online Controller App, the outside Temperatur is Shown, therefore I wanted to ask, if ist is possible to get this Temperatur to homekit as a sensor?

Regards, Chris

cbrandlehner commented 4 years ago

Good idea. Can not work on it right now as I do not have any access to a Daikin device where I currently stay for the next weeks.

extric99 commented 4 years ago

I actually have the internal sensors defined as a seperate sensor using openhab + a homebridge plugin which I use to control my home. The issue i have with the external temp sensor is that it is not available unless the outdoor unit is turned on. In the daikin controller app it shows as - - C which reduces the usability of it dramatically . Do have a temp reading when the external unit is switched off?

Ziowebbo commented 4 years ago

Hi all, I was looking for the same feature and would like to know if is available and how to enable it. On my Daikin unit, the external temperature is always available, even when the unit is off/stand-by.

Would be great to have the external temperature like a stand alone temperature indicator.

Thanks!

Ziowebbo commented 4 years ago

good morning, any updates on this feature? Thanks

cbrandlehner commented 4 years ago

Which other homebridge module does offer temperature indication with automatic polling so it can be used for automation?

Before reinventing the wheel I want to review existing code.

Ziowebbo commented 4 years ago

Honestly I don't know :) But is not simplier to duplicate the existing sensor pointing to the other temperature information?

graanco commented 3 years ago

I love this idea!!! this would be really easy to add too... maybe make this into a platform instead of an accessory. That might make the coddling easier!

graanco commented 3 years ago

Not sure how active you are on this.. I am going to write the code with hap only and remove homebridge... I’ve seen homebridge not keep up with hap. Is that okay???..... maybe not HB got there stuff together and are current.

cbrandlehner commented 3 years ago

Hey @dagobertch This is what happened: First I added a temperature sensor to the daikin object. I used the current temperature, not the outside temperature.

When doing tests with outside temperature I found it a bad idea to add a temperature reading of outside temperature, added to a device in a room. HomeKit will also show two different temperatures for the same room.

So I decided to create a new plugin that only reads the outside temperature and can be placed in a room "Garden" or "Environment" which makes much more sense IMHO.

See this new plugin: https://github.com/cbrandlehner/homebridge-daikin-tempsensor-nocloud