And deal with breaking updates happening on HA and the thermostat software itself while simultaneously maintaining api keys and policy changes every 2-6 months.
Its hard work.
You’re better off making your own thermostat relay controller
Depends on what proprietary WiFi controller you purchased. The one I bought for my electric underfloor heating makes me manually request new api key every 6 months. So I’ve had to write ANOTHER script to automate requesting a new key via their website with selenium
Now theyve put a captcha in and ive since given up. I’m too old and busy for these games so I made my own janky looking ESP relay setup
Nah, just get one that can integrate with Home Assistant.
And deal with breaking updates happening on HA and the thermostat software itself while simultaneously maintaining api keys and policy changes every 2-6 months.
Its hard work.
You’re better off making your own thermostat relay controller
From my understanding, those days are in the past. I can’t speak to that from experience because I only recently got into HA.
Depends on what proprietary WiFi controller you purchased. The one I bought for my electric underfloor heating makes me manually request new api key every 6 months. So I’ve had to write ANOTHER script to automate requesting a new key via their website with selenium
Now theyve put a captcha in and ive since given up. I’m too old and busy for these games so I made my own janky looking ESP relay setup