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Double check your vacuum model. I transformed my vacuum into a neat (well, not really) pile of parts in about an hour only to find mine isn't supported. Apparen

by 05 1y ago

Double check your vacuum model. I transformed my vacuum into a neat (well, not really) pile of parts in about an hour only to find mine isn't supported. Apparently S7 MaxV Ultra is a completely different PCB and SoC than the supported S7 variants (S7/S7 Pro Ultra). At least I cleaned it while disassembling, so it wasn't a total loss :) I briefly considered connecting an ESPHome module to the 'start' button so that I could at least start cleaning from Home Assistant, but since it still won't give me errors if there are any, that seems like a half assed thing to do..

a2dam 1y ago
I think there's an actual Roborock integration for HA. I forget if it's official or on HACS, but I've used it and it worked well at the time. It requires cloud, which obviously isn't ideal, but better than nothing IMO.
- gh02t 1y ago
  It's integrated into HA now as a core component, and it's not cloud it's a local (polling) integration. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/roborock/ https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/roborock/
  - erinnh 1y ago
    But according to the FAQ, the vacuums still dont work when they are offline, as they will turn reset their wifi until they are online again. > When the vacuum is disconnected from the internet, it will attempt to disconnect itself from Wi-Fi and reconnect itself until it can reach the Roborock servers.
    - 05 1y ago
      Yeah, that’s exactly what happens if I don’t add an exception for it to my iot vlan - it keeps reconnecting to WiFi. Scheduled cleaning doesn’t work without internet either.. I guess I’m not buying the next vacuum until I’m 100% sure it works offline and supports Matter or something..
      - erinnh 1y ago
        Personally, Im currently looking at the switchbot vacuums. They recently started working with Home Assistant with their "Works with" program. Not 100% sure what the status of each robot is though.
    - gh02t 1y ago
      Yep it's an important distinction -- the vacuum itself depends on the cloud, but the integration in Home Assistant does not.

by 05 1y ago

a2dam 1y ago

I think there's an actual Roborock integration for HA. I forget if it's official or on HACS, but I've used it and it worked well at the time. It requires cloud, which obviously isn't ideal, but better than nothing IMO.

gh02t 1y ago
It's integrated into HA now as a core component, and it's not cloud it's a local (polling) integration. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/roborock/ https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/roborock/
- erinnh 1y ago
  But according to the FAQ, the vacuums still dont work when they are offline, as they will turn reset their wifi until they are online again. > When the vacuum is disconnected from the internet, it will attempt to disconnect itself from Wi-Fi and reconnect itself until it can reach the Roborock servers.
  - 05 1y ago
    Yeah, that’s exactly what happens if I don’t add an exception for it to my iot vlan - it keeps reconnecting to WiFi. Scheduled cleaning doesn’t work without internet either.. I guess I’m not buying the next vacuum until I’m 100% sure it works offline and supports Matter or something..
    - erinnh 1y ago
      Personally, Im currently looking at the switchbot vacuums. They recently started working with Home Assistant with their "Works with" program. Not 100% sure what the status of each robot is though.
  - gh02t 1y ago
    Yep it's an important distinction -- the vacuum itself depends on the cloud, but the integration in Home Assistant does not.