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@william1066 - all very interesting and useful, thank you. I don't think you mentioned the RS-485 to USB box you are using? The cheapo type or the mor...
At last, I may have made some progress! Yikes! Here is a Home Assistant dashboard (for those not familiar with HA, think dashboard on your car) showin...
@william1066 - that's very interesting. This is what I currently have, using the midea_ac_lan module (<=link) as modified by wasilukum (<=link) ...
I'm still very interested in this too, would be very grateful for more details on what both of you have done. Different heat pump (Midea) but it also ...
I don't think you are being in the least bit curmudgeonly. These are very real concerns. This is why so far I have told by electricity supplier the on...
@hughf - from what I have read, it appears Freedom charge a lot - around £100? - to provide this. I don't see them taking kindly to us depriving them ...
I agree, the protocol is open and the register map is available from Midea, it is even in the Operation Manual for the wired controller, along with a ...
Now that is an interesting idea. Not sure about the legality - my view (and I am defo not a lawyer) is that in 2023 it is absurd to suggest anything o...
I gave this new condition a diagnosis a while back, it's called HPDHD, Heat Pump Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. You all know the symptoms because you...
From @mmiuse's description it sounds very like the setup I have been investigating, right down to the two wires into the wired controller. If so, the ...
@derek-m - about half of the values/settings behind the tradesman's entrance are either blank or fathomless numbers meaningless to man, at least to or...
At 1.84, either something is seriously wrong, if the number is right, or the number is wrong. The black box problem I referred to earlier... Here's ...
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