An airconditioner web thing connector

This project provides a webthing API to Midea air conditioners

The airconditioner_webthing package exposes a http webthing endpoint which supports controlling the air conditioner via http. E.g.

# webthing has been started on host 192.168.0.23

curl http://192.168.0.23:7122/properties 

{
   "outdoor_temperature": 4,
   "indoor_temperature": 22,
   "target_temperature": 23,
   "operational_mode": "heat",
   "fan_speed": 102,
   "power": false,
   "run_util": ""
}

To install this software you may use PIP package manager such as shown below

sudo pip install airconditioner_webthing

After this installation you may start the webthing http endpoint inside your python code or via command line using

sudo aircon --command listen --port 7122 --ip 10.31.33.90 --id 957548654462565 

Here, the webthing API will be bound to the local port 7122. Additionally, the ip address of the air conditioner has to be set as well as the device id of the air conditioner. To discovery the device id you may use midea-msmart library as shon below

midea-discover -a YOUR_ACCOUNT -p YOUR_PASSWORD

Alternatively to the listen command, you can use the register command to register and start the webthing service as systemd unit. By doing this the webthing service will be started automatically on boot. Starting the server manually using the listen command is no longer necessary.

sudo aircon --command register --port 7122 --ip 10.31.33.90 --id 957548654462565