As best as I can tell, Sensibo and Cielo do not know the current state of your mini-splits.

If you have a schedule to set the units on/off and someone in your house inadvertently uses the remote to toggle the on/off state, all your subsequent schedule triggers will be off — for instance an “off” action you create in the Cielo app will turn ON a mini-split that’s already off, because it’s only a basic, binary toggle.

Obviously this is annoying, so I’ve been researching for controls that are smarter. I have no experience with Kumo but I think I’d switch if I knew it had this functionality. Does anyone have any recommendations?

  • SnowdensOfYesteryear@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I solved this issue by hiding the controllers and forcing people to use Home app on iOS.

    IR blaster + Home Assistant has been stable enough for me. The IR blaster uses different codes for On vs Off. And I have a temperature sensor near the unit for me to guess if it’s running.

    • PsychologicalGold734@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      But I’ve found that the Cielo app doesn’t even remember the state of a manual app trigger.

      12p - schedule on 6p - schedule off

      If you turn OFF the unit via the Cielo app at 3p because you’re heading out early to dinner, the units will still turn on at 6p. Fail.

    • PsychologicalGold734@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      But I’ve found that the Cielo app doesn’t even remember the state of a manual trigger.

      12p - schedule on 6p - schedule off

      If you turn OFF the unit via the Cielo app at 3p because you’re heading out early to dinner, the units will still turn on at 6p. Fail.