Mini-Split ACs are very strange beasts, each keypress on the remote control formats ends the whole state to the AC. For example a TV Remote volume up button sends a volume up command to the. On a mini split AC a temperature up command would send something linked “cool, fan turbo, temp 42, vanes full sweep etc.”
So this remote maps a series of buttons for each one of the functions.
I have 3 sets of buttons:
Off
Grey buttons - OFF and Dehumidify 66 F - 78 F, 2 degree intervals
Blue buttons - Cool 64F - 78F, 2 degree intervals
Red buttons - Hot 64F - 78F, 2 degree intervals
This follows pretty much the same lines as my previous TV remote for Broadlink devices. Dumb and brute force - but gets the job done, with minimal coding.
Follow the instructions for Broadlink and general setup from here:
I have a mini 3 that I would like to integrate with Smartthings.
I’m not an android guy (iphone user) so I don’t fully understand the concept of the Android Bridge that I have seen mentioned here and elsewhere.
Having said that, I do have an Android emulator on my PC so that I can run Android versions of a couple smartphone apps (smartthings for one), on my PC.
May be a dumb question, but…
Does having the emulator get me any closer to ST integration of the mini 3?
Could I use the emulator to set up the bridge?
If you want to play with funky Chinese tech, you need to get with the programming and drop inhibitions. May be head to the closest target or walmart and drop a 20 on a android pay as you go phone, and never activate. Or get a amazon firestick, learn to side-load. If you can’t or don’t want do that, may be this is not for you.,a nd you should get another solution. There are a couple of well supported remote relay type things, similar to broadlink, that are supported out of the box.
Don’t know - try it and let others know if it works
