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Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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[-] 4am@lemm.ee 21 points 9 months ago

Some enterprising engineer should start selling replacement control boards for these units. Like, drop-in, solder-on clones with 100% open source control firmware, linked with an ESP32. Zigbee/Zwave/Wifi+MQTT. I don’t mind, I’ll buy their unit and throw out their shitty controller. They’re not gonna DRM the compressor, are they?

Hell, if someone does that I’d consider opening a shop where I flip “refurbished” units with the open source board in em.

[-] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

They're not gonna DRM the compressor, are they?

Please don't give them ideas.

[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's what was done for Panasonic ACs: https://www.espthings.io/index.php/2023/09/02/esphome-panasonic-climate-interface/

I'm sure somebody will take a really close look at Haier ACs now.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

There is no market for doing this at all, why would any company worth their salt do it?

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