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RE: Vaillant Arotherm yeild and COP readings

I do, but they either use different fuels (one still uses coal!) or heat their homes differently (different patterns and or warmth levels or main boil...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

Notify1 (elif self._message_type == MessageType.notify1 and self._body_type == 0x04: at bottom of C3\message.py) was in the original code from git hub...

3 years ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm yeild and COP readings

@bristoljoe - it is completely crazy, just doesn't make any sense. I have an old leaky high heat loss building, listed so not easy to improve this sid...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

@derek-m - it's OK, I've already done them, I recall sometime in the past I missed something out in one of the other files, didn't crash the code, but...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

@derek-m - thanks. I think the midea_devices.py and C3\device.py files will also need corresponding additions for the mods to work. Will add them and ...

3 years ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm yeild and COP readings

@bristoljoe - the old oil system and the new heat pump system both did and do the same work, heating and DHW. The heat pump has only about 1.5m of ext...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

@derek-m - still trying to make sense of that climate.py code. One observation: the DHW tank actual temperature isn't defined in that climate.py code,...

3 years ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm yeild and COP readings

This heat delivered by heat pumps thing is a bit of an enigma. I am off mains gas, and used to have oil CH. In a typical heating season, I might use 1...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

@filipe - although much of the 'how to' has ended up ad hoc in this thread, I am going to try and write it up in a more structured way in my Beginner'...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

@derek - I think it will be outdoor_temperature, the AC (air conditioning) Midea devices use this, and no reason to suppose C3 devices (heat pumps) ar...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

@derek-m - I've added the latest code changes. There was a typo you might like to correct in your version (self.outside_temperature = body[data_offset...

3 years ago
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RE: Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC

You posted while I was writing my last post, I will make the changes now. I meant to say earlier, I think the second byte is heating/DHW status. Se...

3 years ago
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