How I smart-i-fied my old heat pump and connected it to Home Assistant.
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I got tired of having to use a terrible infrared remote control for my Fujitsu ASU9RLS2 heat pump and decided to take matters into my own hands. So I went looking for answers. I found these devices:
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00:00 - Intro
00:14 - I've become one of "those" guys
00:56 - Sponsored by Brilliant
02:11 - The Challenge We Face
03:57 - Step 1: Set up IR blaster
04:35 - Step 2: Set up Broadlink Integration in Home Assistant
04:43 - Step 3: Install SmartIR component
05:26 - Step 4: Find compatible IR codes for my heatpump
05:51 - Step 5: Set device_code in configuration.yaml
05:59 - Step 6: Restart HA container
06:01 - Step 7: Use SmartIR widget to test if codes are working
06:06 - Step 8: If it didn't work, repeat steps 4-7
06:08 - Fujitsu ASU9RLS2 SmartIR code
06:35 - Limitations and room for improvement
07:42 - subscribe prompt
07:55 - Complaints and gotchas
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# What are your machines specs?
Office Rig:
* AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
* MSI Pro Series X370 SLI PLUS
* AMD RX VEGA 64
* GSkill Ripjaw V DDR4 8GB x4 (32 GB)
* Fractal Design Define R9 Case
* Manjaro GNOME
Living Room Gaming Rig:
* ASUS X99-E-10G WS
* Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.2GHz
* NVidia Titan X (Pascal)
* DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB x8 (64GB)
Backup Rig
* System76 Thelio Minor
* AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
* DDR4 16GB RAM
* Zotac Nvidia GTX 970 4GB
Home Server:
* ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
* AMD FX 6300 at 3.5 GHz
* Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
* DDR3 20 GB RAM
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Old title: I gave my old heat pump a new brain and now I can control it from anywhere in the world.
How I gave my old heat pump a NEW BRAIN
#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #Upgrade