Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 6/9/2023 - eviltoast

Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
    1·
    1 year ago

    Oh boy, getting something and then flashing different software onto it! This sounds exciting. I’m also really keen for local only where possible.

    Anything I should know before I order one of those Aubess ones?

    • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, pretty cool stuff to cut them from the cloud. However, beware, it’s another rabbit hole. Took me quite some time to get my head around it. I started with a simple ESP32 board and a height sensor for my standing desk to understand ESPHome.

      The Aubess one works on the cloud as well.

      To install ESPHome you need to do:

      • Install LibreTiny on your RPI, this is a fork of ESPHome that allows for Tuya based devices. See: https://docs.libretiny.eu/
      • Get a Linux environment. I installed dual boot on my PC with Ubuntu. I tried on my RPI but ran into a zillion issues. It could work on a VPC on Windows.
      • Install Tuya Cloudcutter on Linux. It comes with ESPHome / LibreTiny kickstarter images. https://docs.libretiny.eu/docs/flashing/tools/cloudcutter/
      • Use ltchiptool to generate a YAML for your specific device.

      There’s a very handy Discord channel for any questions. So far I’ve flashed a relay, a Brilliant smart plug from Bunnings, and that Aubess IR controller.

      For the IR controller you’ll have to learn all commands manually by pressing the button, reading the ESPHome log which displays the command string received by the IR receiver, and then make that a service in your ESPHome yaml.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
        2·
        1 year ago

        Haha oh boy it sounds like a lot of work. I will order one and give it a go, but be prepared for questions (in a month or two when it arrives)!

          • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
            1·
            1 year ago

            I decided to order both kinds. We have two heat pumps, and this way one will be working while I spend months trying to get the other working 😆

            • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
              2·
              1 year ago

              Good idea! Have a look at the smartir integration, which has all the codes for some heat pumps. Not mine, so had to create the JSON manually with all commands, which is quite a bit of work. Smartir integration allows you to use it as a thermostat in HA.