i have an IR blaster, is it possible to be able to mimic the "follow me room temp" were i guess the remote occasionally sends out the "temp" of the room at the remote to the AC unit. does anyone have any experience with that?
#IR blaster update room temp
plush fulcrum
proper trellis
I’m guessing the receiver would have codes for the temp digits so you’d key, say, 2 then 5 then Go for 25C? If so you could do that. Would need a script which translated a temperature as a number and turned it into the IR codes, with suitable pauses. Sounds difficult but far from impossible.
plush fulcrum
I’m guessing the receiver would have codes for the temp digits so you’d key, say...
i was hoping that maybe i could set the IR blaster to learn and then leave the remove until it sends out the temp signal to read that. does that sound like it would work?
proper trellis
Would have to know what buttons you have on the remote. But sure you can record the codes then send them back. I do this with a BroadLink product with HA. TV, Xbox, that kind of thing. Works great though I’ve only ever done a single code at a time.
plush fulcrum
yea i was figuring i can first record the "follow me" button and then set it to learn and just leave it until it picks up the code from the remote of the temp
proper trellis
And it’s the remote that sends the temperatures? It’s not just a mode selection thing? How does it know what to send? Bear in mind I know nothing about AC. Don’t tend to have that in houses in the UK. Have you got a pic of the remote?
plush fulcrum
yea its called "follow me" its not on all AC units but its something on the remote that when you choose it, it periodically sends the temp of where you are sitting (at the remote) rather than at the AC unit.
limpid lotus
fwiw, people have figured out how to do this for units made by midea (quite a few other brands rebrand midea hardware). Code for that is in esphome: https://esphome.io/components/climate/midea.html#additional-control-options-using-ir-commands and I recall someone has figured out how to send the codes using a different type of ir blaster, but I haven't been able to find that offhand.
