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This is very interesting, I've been increasingly frustrated with Daikin's approach to mobile control and the incredibly poor execution of the original wifi modu
by hn8726 1y ago
This is very interesting, I've been increasingly frustrated with Daikin's approach to mobile control and the incredibly poor execution of the original wifi module/automation:
- the wifi module and temperature sensor are right next to each other, which was causing the unit to read temperature 2-3 celcius higher than actual due to wifi sensor heat (measured by another temperature sensor on the other side of the unit). This was fixed in a software update, but seems like poor design
- it looks like the original wifi module uses a lot of power, at least according to the app readings. Didn't verify this one, but it tracks with how much it heats up even if the unit is completely off
- no way to connect an external temperature sensor, so even with a software fix to the temperature sensor reading, my room is consistently 2-3 degree celcius colder than the set temperature
- there are no release notes for the official firmware updates so you never know what can break if you update (but an update did fix the wifi module heating issue)
- the (new) app had power usage data for the past couple of years. Now they decided to only store a year? Or maybe just deleted the old data. Either way, now it's lost without any notice or way to archive it
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That said, how likely is it that Faikin causes a hardware failure in an indoor or outdoor unit in case of a software bug? I'll definitely try it but I'm a bit uneasy with an open source software designed for what seems like a massive range of devices, and no way for the maintainers to accurately test against each one