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@derek-m - thanks again for a very clear explanation. I can see how left shifting binary numbers might be easier than multiplying, but that surely onl...
Part 2: Thinking about setup and hardware Time for an update. I've been working on the other thread, Connecting to Midea MSmartHome using a PC...
This is a real concern. Using this method rather than independent sensors is totally dependent on Midea getting their sensor data right, and furthermo...
@derek-m - giving the old grey cells a work out is part of the reason why I do this stuff! I will try changing some values in the wired controller a...
@derek - It looks like my post got blocked because it had python code in it, even though it was harmless code. Here is the post without the code, whic...
I certainly got this far, and to the end. What you have written is an exemplary description of the basics of computing. No need to google it, you have...
@batalto - I have now got total energy produced as well as consumed into HA, and it looks like this, first image is a card, second is from the History...
@thylacine333 - I got caught by this one, at least my guess is it's the same problem. It's another user unfriendly gotcha. Going into For Serviceman a...
@batalto - I agree with your observations, my level of understanding of code gets me that far, eg the len property/function. But why does it need to u...
Here's another cryptic bit of code for anyone to have a go at decrypting. It's from the Air Conditioning section of the code, but it is retrieving som...
Exactly. The whole heat pump installation thing is but a small boy pissing in the wind against a hurricane of fossil fuel boiler installations. Let's ...
This is pretty much a fact of life with ASHPs, a direct consequence of their efficiency declining as outside temperatures fall, this then being furthe...
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