Windows Phone 8 application to control split-unit heat pumps through the Internet, by using an Arduino board as the server to send the infrared commands.
The supported heat pumps at the moment are:
- Panasonic E9/E12-CKP and E9/E12-DKE (Panasonic remote control P/N A75C2295 and P/N A75C2616)
- Midea MSR1-12HRN1-QC2 + MOA1-12HN1-QC2, sold as Ultimate Pro Plus Basic 13FP in Finland (Midea remote control P/N RG51M1/E)
Also, at the moment I only have Finnish text on the UI of the application. Perhaps you would like to contribute?
For the Arduino server, see https://github.com/ToniA/arduino-wp-heatpump-controller
You need
- A 'developer unlocked' Windows Phone 8 device
- Visual Studio 2012 Express (free, but requires registration)
The solution does not include NuGet packages 'SSH.NET' and 'WPtoolkit'. To restore these on the first build:
- Right-click the solution on the Solution Explorer, and select 'Enable Nuget Package Restore'
- Restore the packages on Tools -> Library Package Manager -> Package Manager Console. It should say 'Some NuGet package are missing...'. Click 'Restore'
- You should now be able to build the solution
- Connect your Arduino into your home network
- See the instructions on the arduino-wp-heatpump-controller repository
- Connect your Windows Phone into your home network
- Start the application, it should automatically find your Arduino controller
- Each controller is identified by its MAC address
- Give a name and a heatpump type to the controller
- Use the app to send commands to the heatpump
The application supports remote control over the Internet, using the SSH protocol. You must first find and configure your controllers in your home network, though.
- In the settings page, you need to configure the 'standard' SSH settings. You can use either a password or a key
- For sending commands over the Internet:
- Using a Dynamic DNS provider will easy up your life :)
- You need to have a way to connect to a machine running the sshd (firewall hole etc)
- You need to have a way to command the machine to send a UDP broadcast message in your home network
- I'm using 'socat' directly on my Linksys WRT-54GL with the DD-WRT firmware, that's the stock example on the settings