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Ah, got it, thanks. I have a mono rather than a split, but it looks like I have the same PCB with a USB port in the same place.
Like you, I don't know, but my guess is you are right. Midea use modbus to communicate between the outdoor heat pump and the wired controller. There i...
@schnetf — here are some photos from my 'How to' thread showing a bit more detail:
@schnetf — have a closer look at the arrowed connections, I think they are the modbus connection terminals (the photo is a bit blurred):
You are 90% of the way there. You can use the midea_ac_lan integration which 'snoops' on the app's wifi data, but it is a bit flaky and only gives acc...
I wrote an almost complete guide on how to do this here. The only thing missing is the final instalment with the python scripts, which is now part wri...
This is always a tricky one. Someone has to pay for the work and time. Personally I prefer the approach that the cost is absorbed into the overall cos...
Some orange if not red flags for me here. (1) a 'ceiling' cost sounds attractive but they give one without doing a full survey. Does that really ma...
I think it is one of those urban myths, 'cycling = bad', and as you say it is often not as people think, some heat pumps including Midea units use slo...
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