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  1. Die Multisplit-#Klimaanlage, die auch heizen kann, wurde gestern montiert. Jetzt geht es ans Ausprobieren.

    Die Geräte von #Mitsubishi Electric funktionieren bislang einwandfrei. Leider gibt es keinen direkten Weg, die Geräte von #HomeAssistant steuern zu lassen.

    Die Einbindung der Geräte ins Netz war ein totaler Krampf, und außerdem stellt MEl seit ein paar Wochen seine Cloud (#MelCloud-Home) um, was es nicht besser macht, denn dafür gibt es bislang keine HA-Integration.

    #Energiewende

  2. #MELCloud & #Mitsubishi shenenigans (read: enshittification level 2).
    Today they sent a new TOS for usage of their cloud services (remote control of heatpumps etc.). With this new TOS they are practically limiting remote access to their apps/webpage and rejecting others (e. g. via #homeassistant)
    TOS is 20 pages long.
    The most important sentence is:
    ...
    3.7 You will:
    (a) only use the System and the Services via the Application or the Website;
    ...
    <insert 'most i can do' meme>

    (1/)

  3. Yess, I finally got around to convert my #homeassistant Core to Supervised and thus got #esphome. The final trigger was the recent #melcloud fiasco. It was really easy to install a Wemos D1 Mini with a ready made pigtail into my #mitsubishi MSZ-RW25 #heatpump, I didn't even had to remove the Melcloud dongle so now I have local control AND Melcloud (when it works). Also ready for when Mitsubishi starts charging for the cloud service.

    A Wemos D1 Mini costs 12 € for three.

  4. Yes, it is the DNS.

    Today is the fourth day of the Mitsubishi's MELCloud outage. This means their heatpumps and AC units all over the EU can not be controlled remotely. Their communication about the issue is a shame, again.

    The quick temporary workaround is to add the following entry to your local DNS (router or Pi-hole or similar):

    production.receiver.melcloud.com 52.49.107.93

    It is high time to legislate local access to 'smart' devices.

    #mitsubishielectric #melcloud #homeassistant

  5. So my #Melcloud account is now blocked :/ Probably by too many API-calls from my #HomeAssistant.