Airzone Control says three of the air conditioner controllers in its Aidoo product line can now be integrated with the Samsung SmartThings smart home ecosystem, allowing homeowners with popular inverter and VRF (variable refrigerant flow) air conditioners from the likes of Daiken, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, and many other brands—including older models—to be converted into smart appliances.
This part is a big deal:
Where some competing devices control the HVAC unit via RF commands, each of Airzone’s products connects directly to the HVAC unit—i.e., it is hardwired—to provide bi-directional communication.
That means that if everything works as described, the status in the SmartThings app would stay up-to-date, even if someone used a separate manual remote, the hvac unit’s control panel, or voice control to change the settings.
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@jkp saw that, it just came out. There used to be an intergration with the old version of that wireless adapter & when smartthings got off the cloud…well pretty much that intergration was done. Many of the users went over to hubitat because it got potrted over there. Whats so funny is i just got the new adpater & asked over in the daikin posting if anybody had any success or if one of the developers would write something & all i got was crickets…lol. well im ready to uncork the champaign at my house. I just have to wait til monday for my plumber to hook it up for me.
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Possibly no one will answer because there is no easy way to make a smart app that integrates a manufacturer’s API into smartthings.
This adapter solution seems very expensive to me, to use one with each split. Also working in the cloud.
I use a local solution for 5 Splits, 2 daikin and 3 Panasonic:
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5 Moes zigbee remote controls, (€12x5=€60)
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5 sonoff SNZB02 temperature sensors (5*15€=75€)
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5 tuya contact sensors (5x4€=20€)
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With the Moes IR and the “zigbee IR remote controller” driver from @otivax , you can configure the power on at a temperature (1° below the target), hot or cold mode and a power off keys.
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With the temperature sensors and the “zigbee Temp sensor with thermostat Mc” driver, you can make a thermostat for each split or use one of them with the average temperature of the 5 sensors to control all the splits with a single thermostat, programming the desired temperature for each period of the day and night.
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With the 5 contact sensors placed on the grille of each Split you have feedback on whether or not the Split is working as the routines commanded.
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By carrying out the necessary local routines to turn the splits on and off with the orders of the master thermostat or each individual thermostat, you achieve local control for everyone.
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If you also have a photovoltaic installation, you can install a local energy meter to measure the surpluses power in real time and only have the AA work with solar surpluses during the day. I use an aeotec gen5 zwave, configured to report surpluses power every 2 minutes and control the AA and DHW production.
So far, for a month installed it works perfectly, automatically and locally
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