I’m finding it really difficult to tell whether a particular air conditioner is supported by Home Assistant, since all the ones I’ve seen in stores don’t seem compatible. I mean, I’m probably wrong in that, I’m sure that with enough work anything will work, but I didn’t see any integrations with Midea air conditioners, for example.

All my windows in my house slide sideways, so most of the in-wall air-conditioners won’t work, and I rent the place, so I can’t make large alterations. This pretty much limits me to portable ACs, which don’t tend to have much smart home functionality.

Any help would be appreciated, as I’m pretty new to using Home Assistant in general, and I’m still trying to figure out how things work. I only bought my Home Assistant Yellow last year, and I don’t yet have any smart appliances to connect it to.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m finding it really difficult to tell whether a particular air conditioner is supported by Home Assistant

    Home Assistant keeps a long list of officially supported products.

    I’m sure that with enough work anything will work

    Not necessarily. Lots of them will go out of their way to break any external functionality so you have to use their shitty app and they can charge you a monthly fee, push ads to sell you more products, and/or mine your data for profit.

  • phrogpilot73@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If the unit you buy has an IR remote, you could look into Sensibo as an add-on. I just installed a Mr. Cool mini split, and set up a Sensibo Air at the same time. The Sensibo integration is two parts - Homekit and API from their cloud service. Most of my automations use only the Homekit integration. Sensibo’s website will also let you check to see if the AC unit you’re thinking of works with Sensibo.

  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Doesn’t really apply to your setup, but I just got a u-shaped window AC from midea and it works well with home assistant. I didn’t expect it, but it also has an outside temp sensor I can read. I’ve been graphing outside temp all summer. Purple is the AC, blue is openweathermap. Ignore humidity, that is for a tropical/moss tank.

    They have an indoor unit with the same wifi capability, linky so that one might work.

    EDIT: you’re right, Midea compatibility isn’t standard in home assistant, nor advertised , but I added it with a custom integration. It’s been working great this summer.