"ON" order

[rafacampoamor]

My AC needs a "ON" order before sending it the normal order whent it's off. This a feature Tado has but its hiden (you have to call them to activate it for you). I've seen homebridge runs ok but when the AC is OFF, it cannot get it on. ¿Can you help me? ¿Is there a line I can add to the config file to activate this?

Thank you

[nitaybz]

I will try to help but to do so you will have to record some calls from your computer to tado servers. Use the chrome inspect tool while you logged in to Tado's web UI to record the call when you are sending the ON command to the AC.

[rafacampoamor]

ok

[amirandap]

I beleive i have same issue, because the only command that works is turning off, temp changes, or turning on doesnt work.

setting : {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "ON", mode: "COOL", temperature: {celsius: 21, fahrenheit: 69.8},…} tadoMode : "HOME"

[nitaybz]

someone send me some some web calls and I will try to investigate

[rafacampoamor]

I think it might be this what you need...?

[nitaybz]

not really.... what I need you is to capture the request that changes the settings... like this:

**it doesn't have to be an overlay command... just look for the calls that your browser does while sending on command

[rafacampoamor]

Ok!

I think that's the order:

{tadoMode: "AWAY", geolocationOverride: false, geolocationOverrideDisableTime: null, preparation: null,…} activityDataPoints : {} geolocationOverride : false geolocationOverrideDisableTime : null link : {state: "ONLINE"} openWindow : null overlay : {type: "MANUAL",…} overlayType : "MANUAL" preparation : null sensorDataPoints : {,…} setting : {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "ON", mode: "COOL", temperature: {celsius: 20, fahrenheit: 68},…} tadoMode : "AWAY"

setting : {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "ON", mode: "COOL", temperature: {celsius: 20, fahrenheit: 68},…} fanSpeed : "AUTO" mode : "COOL" power : "ON" swing : "ON" temperature : {celsius: 20, fahrenheit: 68} celsius : 20 fahrenheit : 68 type : "AIR_CONDITIONING" tadoMode : "AWAY"

[nitaybz]

please send me pictures like I sent yours, I want to see if there is any other calls, or whats the address of the calls

[rafacampoamor]

Ok! There you go!

[nitaybz]

this is the state command... show me the overlay command please

[rafacampoamor]

This?

{type: "MANUAL",…}
setting
:
{type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "ON", mode: "COOL", temperature: {celsius: 20, fahrenheit: 68},…}
fanSpeed
:
"AUTO"
mode
:
"COOL"
power
:
"ON"
swing
:
"ON"
temperature
:
{celsius: 20, fahrenheit: 68}
celsius
:
20
fahrenheit
:
68
type
:
"AIR_CONDITIONING"
termination
:
{type: "MANUAL", projectedExpiry: null}
projectedExpiry
:
null
type
:
"MANUAL"
type
:
"MANUAL"

[nitaybz]

looks like a normal command.... lets try to find the desired call. turn off the AC, clear the network tav on console and than make the the ON command, then show me exactly how it looks at the bottom part of the call

[rafacampoamor]

{type: "MANUAL", setting: {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "OFF"},…} setting : {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "OFF"} power : "OFF" type : "AIR_CONDITIONING" termination : {type: "MANUAL", projectedExpiry: null} projectedExpiry : null type : "MANUAL" type : "MANUAL"

{type: "MANUAL", setting: {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "OFF"},…} setting : {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "OFF"} power : "OFF" type : "AIR_CONDITIONING" termination : {type: "MANUAL", projectedExpiry: null} projectedExpiry : null type : "MANUAL" type : "MANUAL"

{type: "MANUAL",…} setting : {type: "AIR_CONDITIONING", power: "ON", mode: "COOL", temperature: {celsius: 20, fahrenheit: 68},…} fanSpeed : "AUTO" mode : "COOL" power : "ON" swing : "ON" temperature : {celsius: 20, fahrenheit: 68} celsius : 20 fahrenheit : 68 type : "AIR_CONDITIONING" termination : {type: "MANUAL", projectedExpiry: null} projectedExpiry : null type : "MANUAL" type : "MANUAL"

and the last overlay:

[nitaybz]

remove tado plugin, and install from here: sudo npm install -g https://github.com/nitaybz/homebridge-tado-ac#patch1 let me know if it helps.

[rafacampoamor]

Ok, I’ll try it this evening when I get home and let you know.

Thanks!!!

[rafacampoamor]

I was unable to unistall the previous version so.. :/

I used this command: sudo npm uninstall homebridge-tado

Got this when starting homebridge:

[2017-06-13 22:32:44] Loading 3 accessories...
/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/api.js:57
      throw new Error("The requested accessory '" + name + "' has been registered multiple times. Please be more specific by writing one of: " + found.join(", "));
      ^

Error: The requested accessory 'TADO' has been registered multiple times. Please be more specific by writing one of: homebridge-tado.TADO, homebridge-tado-ac.TADO
    at API.accessory (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/api.js:57:13)
    at Server._loadAccessories (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:254:42)
    at Server.run (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:81:38)
    at module.exports (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/cli.js:40:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/bin/homebridge:17:22)
    at Module._compile (module.js:556:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:565:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)

[nitaybz]

looks like you did not uninstalled homebridge-tado how come you can't uninstall? did you update your npm recently? there is an issue that happens on npm version > 5 it's not just with this plugin, anything you'll try to install will act the same. please reinstall npm version 4.6, this version is more stable now... at least until they will figure this out

[amirandap]

@nitaybz give me your email so i can give you my tado credentials so you can check everything out

[nitaybz]

nitaybz@gmail.com, but you can check this solution first:

remove tado plugin, and install from here: sudo npm install -g https://github.com/nitaybz/homebridge-tado-ac#patch1 let me know if it helps.

[rafacampoamor]

Tried twice. Got errors... :/

pi@CampoaPi:~ $ sudo npm install -g https://github.com/nitaybz/homebridge-tado-ac#patch1
npm ERR! code 128
npm ERR! Command failed: /usr/bin/git clone --depth=1 -q -b patch1 https://github.com/nitaybz/homebridge-tado-ac.git /root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-7bdde771
npm ERR! fatal: could not create leading directories of '/root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-7bdde771': Permiso denegado
npm ERR! 

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2017-06-14T13_38_48_592Z-debug.log
pi@CampoaPi:~ $ npm install -g https://github.com/nitaybz/homebridge-tado-ac#patch1
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/mkdirp
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/q
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/node-persist
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/object-assign
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/mkdirp
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/mkdirp'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/mkdirp'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-tado-ac/node_modules/mkdirp' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2017-06-14T13_39_51_706Z-debug.log

[nitaybz]

this is npm version 5 and above error... reinstall npm with version 4.6 if you're not sure about your npm version, use this npm -v

[rafacampoamor]

I uptadted to 5.0.3 but i don't know gow to downgrade. What's the command/s i have to use?

[nitaybz]

sudo npm install -g npm@4.6.1

[rafacampoamor]

Now got this... :/

events.js:160
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::51826
    at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1036:11)
    at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1059:20)
    at Server._listen2 (net.js:1252:14)
    at listen (net.js:1288:10)
    at Server.listen (net.js:1384:5)
    at EventedHTTPServer.listen (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/util/eventedhttp.js:60:19)
    at HAPServer.listen (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/HAPServer.js:158:20)
    at Bridge.Accessory.publish (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/Accessory.js:496:16)
    at Server._publish (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:114:16)
    at Server.run (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:91:10)

[nitaybz]

@rafacampoamor I'm not sure it's a plugin error.... looks like a connection error. does it happen all the time?

[rafacampoamor]

It didn't happen the first time I run homebridge after downgrading, but then I restarted it and this happen all the time…

I found this, so when I get home I'll do some tests…

[nitaybz]

let me know how it goes... you maybe already running an instance of homebridge in the background, maybe try to reboot the device

[rafacampoamor]

So now I have it working again (exactly, it was just to reboot and re-register homebridge on iOS. That's the good news!

The bad ones: As now it tells the status over WLAN or 4G, no command works, neither the OFF command (the only one that worked on the start).

What can I do to help you with this?

[nitaybz]

try installing again with: sudo npm install -g https://github.com/nitaybz/homebridge-tado-ac#patch1

[rafacampoamor]

The same. No command operating. HomeKit marks it as the order was given but the AC doesn't beep like when I send the command through the Tado app

[nitaybz]

what do you see in Tado app after you sent the command? is it received there?

[nitaybz]

please show me your config

[rafacampoamor]

In Homekit, it changes the status, but the app remains the same, and as soon as Homekit refreshes it gets back on the real status.

This is my config:

 {
            "accessory": "TADO",
            "name": "Aire Acondicionado",
            "homeID": "xxxxxx",
            "username": "rafa@xxxxx",
            "password": "xxxxxxxx",
            "maxValue": 31,
            "minValue": 16,
            "zone": 1,
            "useFanSpeed": "AUTO",
            "useSwing": false,
            "tadoMode": "TADO_MODE",
            "useFahrenheit": false
                },

[nitaybz]

you can't control your ac because you set the "useSwing" to false... because your air conditioner supports swing you've gotta write it in the config, either "OFF" or "ON", and you can use the normal version from npm sudo npm install -g homebridge-tado-ac

[rafacampoamor]

Restarting… I'll keep you informed

[rafacampoamor]

It works!!!

Thank you very much!!! 🥇 😄

[nitaybz]

glad to hear :) enjoy

[KE55ARD]

Hi, I'm having the same issues and my AC also supports swing, but both "OFF" and "ON" seem to make no difference in the config (even after 'service homebridge restart') any advice?

[dgaust]

Setting is true or false not off/on

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Hi, I'm having the same issues and my AC also supports swing, but both "OFF" and "ON" seem to make no difference in the config (even after 'service homebridge restart') any advice?

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[KE55ARD]

I've tried "ON","OFF",true,false and none of them seem to allow anything other than turning the AC off.

[nitaybz]

please use this link: https://my.tado.com/api/v2/homes/homeID/zones/zoneNumber/capabilities?username=user@gmail.com&password=password replace the homeID, zoneNumber, username, password according to your own account details and show me the output.

[nitaybz]

and your config as well

[KE55ARD]

CONFIG: { "bridge": { "name": "Homebridge", "username": "CD:22:3D:E3:CE:30", "port": 51826, "pin": "031-45-154" },

"description": "Tado device in my bedroom", "accessories": [ { "accessory": "TADO", "name": "Tado", "homeID": "45964", "maxValue": 30, "minValue": 18, "zone": 1, "username": "james@kennard.me.uk", "password": "password", "useFanSpeed": "AUTO", "useSwing": true, "tadoMode": "MANUAL", "useFahrenheit": false } ] }

OUTPUT: {"type":"AIR_CONDITIONING","AUTO":{},"COOL":{"temperatures":{"celsius":{"min":18,"max":30,"step":1.0},"fahrenheit":{"min":64,"max":86,"step":1.0}},"fanSpeeds":["AUTO","HIGH","MIDDLE","LOW"]},"DRY":{},"FAN":{},"HEAT":{"temperatures":{"celsius":{"min":16,"max":30,"step":1.0},"fahrenheit":{"min":61,"max":86,"step":1.0}},"fanSpeeds":["AUTO","HIGH","MIDDLE","LOW"]}}

[nitaybz]

as you can see in the capabilities output, you don't have the swing option so please set it to false: "useSwing": false,

[KE55ARD]

ARG this is how I originally had it, but I think I had the wrong tado plugin at first, but tried to enable the swing setting (since my AC itself does actually support swing) then installed homebridge-tado-ac and didn't try swing:false again... Thanks!

[nitaybz]

you're welcome :) i have the same situation as my ac support swing but tado remote is not... the way to overcome it is to teach tado the ac commands, all of them! which is a bit frustrating but it will give you all the options.

[KE55ARD]

Aha, when I first setup my Tado I don't think it even had that option, it would only let me go through a ridiculously long and horrible process of trial and error for which set of instructions it would let me use, so may have to give this a try later, thanks :)