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Daikin Infrared Control

Posted: Tuesday 10 November 2020 11:47
by gregoinc
Greetings,

I currently use a NodeMCU running ESPEasy to control my Daikin air conditioner via an infrared LED attached to the NodeMCU. The ESPEasy simulates sending infrared commands to the Daikin air conditioner as though the commands were coming from the Daikin infrared remote control.

I am migrating away from ESPEasy to a Raspberry Pi running Domoticz, and I was wondering if there is similar functionality in Domoticz to control an air conditioner via an infrared LED connected to a Raspberry Pi GPIO?

Have done a few searches but have only found chatter about controlling Daikin via HTTP control. Appreciate any advice.

Thanks, Mark

Re: Daikin Infrared Control

Posted: Tuesday 10 November 2020 13:00
by besix
Hello
I think it's a waste of time to play with esp and IR. One IR diode has a short range, it will serve one device.
My approach is
https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/32907686132.html
https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Plugins/BroadlinkRM2.html

Re: Daikin Infrared Control

Posted: Thursday 12 November 2020 10:19
by gregoinc
Hi There,

Thanks for the reply. I am only looking to control a single infrared air conditioner... so a $1 LED versus a $35 controller doesn't make a compelling argument. No doubt you are happy with the device, however I just cannot justify that cost to control a single air conditioner. Especially since at the moment the infrared LED on the NodeMCU works perfectly fine.

Thanks, Mark