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karloygard / xcomfortd

Eaton xComfort CKOZ-00/14 to MQTT gateway
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Implement xComfort into Home Assistant #4

Open Taigar2015 opened 7 years ago

Taigar2015 commented 7 years ago

Hi,

Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but also don't know how to ask otherwise. I used Google, but there are almost no results.

Is it possible to implement this into Home Assistant, and control xComfort actor from Home Assistant? If so, how can this be done?

I already started my Home Assistant installation, along with some other automation devices (LimitlessLed and Z-wave). But now I have the possibility to get some xComfort Actors really cheap. Can you help me with this, or should I just ignore the offer and continue using Z-wave and other supported devices?

Kind regards,

Erwin

karloygard commented 7 years ago

I am running this as a separate daemon in conjunction with Home Assistant, which communicates with this via MQTT. It could probably be integrated into Home Assistant natively, but I haven't really seen any need to so far, my current setup works well. There are no additional benefits to native support other than packaging.

However, I would be hesitant to purchase more xComfort devices (unless they were essentially free). They are completely proprietary and in my opinion are a dead end.

Taigar2015 commented 7 years ago

Thanks for your quick reply.

Actually, it is not for me, but for a friend of mine. For myself I have automated using mainly Z-wave, and he asked me to help with some easy automating at his home. I started with a Raspberry Pi 3, Hassbian, Limitlessled bridge and some Limitlessled Led strip controllers. It is working great.

Now I want to make it possible to dim some lights, and explained to him what kind of hardware was needed. He said he could get some xComfort devices from his job as electrician. If it is for free, I guess we could try and see how it works out.

Can you give me a little help about how to set this up? I have a Raspberry Pi, and I think I need a xComfort USB stick? There are 2 versions (13 &14)? What is the difference?

Can I just run your script along Home Assistant, and send commands to it? I don't know exactly how yet, but I think with a little help I could figure it out.

Thanks!