DIY Smart Air Conditioner Using an ESP8266, ESPHome and HomeAssistant | Step-by-Step Guide

[@joeking5211]

Super helpful for the nightmare I've had for the past 5 years getting any of my Tasmota switches seen in HA, but the ESPHome part was still really useful. Thks & Rgds. PS. @ 1:02:56 I think that the backward operation is due to your if statement try .state == 'on'. Just a thought - i think this yaml may follow the C/C++ lang condition where == means IS equal to and != means NOT equal to.

[@projecttimetech7022]

Yep, you are exactly right. I didn't catch that until way after this video aired. Thanks for the tip, and thanks for watching!

[@jasonm17]

This is the exact video I was looking for. Looking to do something very similar with an esp32 and some rf components. Thank you

[@projecttimetech7022]

Glad to help!

[@mrfixitpa]

I am also not a coder or programmer but your video is very inspirational. I have a floor unit air conditioner that i would love to do something like this with. Thanks for the great video.

[@projecttimetech7022]

Thanks, I can manage to stumble through light coding. Nothing major, though.

[@gsmivo3285]

congrats on making a very nice video!

[@projecttimetech7022]

Thank you!

[@ellercompservices]

In your color templating != means not equal, you should have == if you want it to be equal. ! in programming 9.9 times out of 10 will mean "not". So your solution that worked in the end was basically if the sensor is not off then return green. :)

[@projecttimetech7022]

Wow, I completely miss that. Appreciate your pointing that out I'm still an absolute novice when it comes to anything other than very light scripting. That helped a lot.

[@BlindGuyNAR]

@@projecttimetech7022 Recently a new subscriber. LoL i was trying to tell you this through the video, but you weren't listening to me. I kept thinking, "he's gonna catch that this any second now!". You'll make that mistake once or twice then almost never again. Very informative video. The temp sensor addition somewhat solves not having feedback on the temp up/down commands. I was wondering how you planned to know if the temp controls were successful or not. I'm wondering if you'll notice the sensor value getting skew'd from being so close to the air output. I suspect you might not have ability to know the AC control temp is 68 or 70 etc, if you were going to try to be aware of that. Sometimes the unit itself will respond and transmit back a code for confirmation of a command. Not all units do though, but you might see if your flipper-zero will pick anything up after transmit. Then again that might just lead to an over complication of an otherwise simplified control process. Pretty fun little project and i enjoyed your elation upon successful completion. That to me is the fun part of automating actually. Happy Automating and i'm looking forward to your future project.

[@projecttimetech7022]

@@BlindGuyNAR Thanks for subscribing! My ability to overlook the obvious amazes even me.... I also wonder about the temp sensor's placement too, but I guess time will tell.

[@AlmightyEye]

Excellent tutorial!! I have Homebridge installed and have always wanted to tinker with HomeAssistant but the coding part scares me away cause although I'm not afraid of compiling and playing around with Linux at all, the stability of my Smart Home is something I don't want to tinker with and break things. 😅

[@projecttimetech7022]

HomeAssistant has turned out to be an AWESOME thing in my world. As far as coding goes, there's really not much needed for mainstream stuff.

[@BloodAsp]

This, right here is the best video I have seen on how operate the IR side of ESPHome, thank you very much! Presently my ky-005 infrared transmitter module is a bit weak and I have to have it right up against the device. Any suggestions on how to make it more of a whole room IR blaster?

[@projecttimetech7022]

First off, thank you so much! As for the transmitter, you may look into an IR blaster.

[@johncraig406]

wow! First one to catch you this morning....

[@projecttimetech7022]

Morning!

[@Soda-Papi]

Thank you so much for this. I have been trying to find a project to push me into writing custom yaml configs and this is just the thing. I really like your style, keep up the great work.

[@projecttimetech7022]

Thanks!

[@Pro100tv9]

Hi, thank you for making this video! I plan to start similar project soon and the thinking process you presented here was a huge help!

[@projecttimetech7022]

Glad to help!

[@vibhor1234567890123]

Amazing content

[@projecttimetech7022]

Thank you!

[@solarmandave]

I can't wait to try this. Thanks

[@projecttimetech7022]

It was a fun project. It's also been really useful so far.

[@Tntdruid]

i'm always using a sht40 for temp, gets better data.

[@projecttimetech7022]

I'll order up a few of those to keep in my stash. Thanks.

[@davidmorton8170]

I like the BME280 ... temp, humidity, pressure.

[@ruraltechlife]

Way to go. i would have used generic thermostat and made power a switch with state based on the sensor you have. however the colors and animations would disappear

[@projecttimetech7022]

That's also a solid idea!

[@PetervanHofwegen]

in esphome config use: climate: - platform: thermostat (and for storing the fan setting) select: - platform: template and you'll have it all set. with some presets and a presence sensor toggling between them you won't have to touch it ever

[@projecttimetech7022]

Awesome, thanks for this!

[@solarmandave]

This is the best!!!

[@projecttimetech7022]

Thank you!

[@johncraig406]

the fonts on the screen are so Tiny I cannot read them with my 17" laptop screen.

[@projecttimetech7022]

Thanks for letting me know that. I'll see what I can do.