If anyone is using one I’d love to ask you a few questions! - (The smart wifi models that are supported by smartthings)
i am in the market for either central ducted or a split system (ideally multi). Would you recommend these units for use with smartthings? how does it go with the smart apps i.e thermostat director? or similar?
Can you disable the beeps/tones on the unit when it’s controlled via smartthings?
Do you know if there are any multi head units available or going to come out?
I’m in AU as well. I have a ST v2 hub and a Samsung Smart WiFi AC unit and they do not talk to each other at this stage. The device can only be controlled via the app available on the Play store that is specific to controlling Samsung AC units. There is a guide here for adding some of these smart Room ACs from different regions to the Samsung Smart Home app first, before adding it to ST. This does not work with the unit I have. It does say it only works in specific regions and the model I have isn’t on the list of compatible UK and US models. I was hoping it would work as I understand it to be essentially the same tech…
Here is the guide i was referring to:
I am waiting for this integration eagerly as well. I’d hate to have to spend another ~$200 on a Sensibo or a similar device given how much this unit cost me to begin with. It’s really frustrating that they can’t integrate the AU units (or release ST hub in AU!), given that they’ve shown it works with essentially identical models in different regions…But hey, cant really complain much - the ST hub hasn’t been released here yet.
Thanks mate. I am yet to integrate anything using IFTTT, but I think I’ve been putting it off long enough. This looks like might be a good reason to dive in!
Spot on Joel. Looks like a pre-requisite to get the AC working with IFTTT is to have it added to the Samsung Smart Home account - which would make it work with ST directly (going by what that guide I liked to earlier).
The page suggests that the unit is controlled via the Samsung Smart Home app, which would indicate that yes, it can work with ST.
That being said, in my experience, the Samsung Smart Home App has been far from perfect and a very poor implementation - reading the reviews on the play store would indicate the same. I bit the bullet and bought a Sensibo kit, and I can not be happier with my decision. In my humble opinion, the Sensibo systems in one of the best implemented automation devices I’ve had an opportunity to play with, in its own right, and works well with ST. It was easier to set up and works faster & more reliably with my Samsung Smart AC, than it’s own native Samsung app.
Hate to be that guy, and sorry in advance for digging up this year and a half old thread, but did anyone get anywhere with this?
I bought the samsung “smart” mini split knowing Id get into HA one day and I’d already read up on ST and thought this the way to go. Now I have my ST hub and lots of attached devices around my home, but the one Samsung device I have which is smart will not connect!
I have it working with the PoS Smart Air Conditioner app from the play store, but using samsung connect app, it never detects the indoor unit when its in AP mode. I believe this is the missing link to get it working.
If this is not possible, is there no way of swapping out the wifi card from to a compatible unit?
what was the name of the SSID created by the units your paired? Mine is SMARTAIRCON and the app sits there and never moves on after putting it the unit in AP mode, and even forcing connection to the ACs AP.
After a few weeks, I was also able to get the A/Cs into the homebridge but I only could only put them on or off. If you have more controls, please share what you have done for port 2878 A/Cs.
On HA, there was another solution, but this wasn’t viable for more then 1 A/C : https://github.com/SebuZet/samsungrac/issues/14
Now looking into the following without success though as I couldn’t get the docker to work : https://github.com/gsasha/hvac_ip_mqtt_bridge
Hi Jon,
These are older machines like mine (typically on port 2878). You can’t get them into smartthings without some custom build from someone. The only app that exists is the smart airconditioning app from samsung which basically doesn’t integrate with anything and takes up to 20 seconds to access an A/C.
Did you manage to get full functionality, but it wasn’t suitable for your use case as you have numerous units? I only have the one Samsung so this might work for me. I switched to TCL units for the other rooms after I saw how unsmart the Samsung App was!
Yes i got full functionality but it brought my HA down after 6 ACs so looking for another solution.
If you have the token, it’s quite straightforward I would say. Do you have this already ?
