Hello everybody. I’ve got now the EKRS21 adapter cable and installed everything like Martin mentioned. I can confirm the BRP069B41 is working flawless in my Perfera FTXM25R with the daikin binding.
@JimT:
The newer Preferas like mine have the “C”-WLAN-Adapter built-in which are not working with the actual binding and are “cloud-only”. But the newer Preferas still have an S21 connector on the mainboard where you can add the optional older “B”-WLAN-Adapter which is supported with the Openhab Daikin binding.
I ordered a Perfera FTXM71R unit, which will be installed in a couple of weeks.
Did you manage to install the BRP069B41 unit together with the short EKRS21 inside the Perfera unit? Or did you use the cable included in the BRP069B42 package to install the wifi module outside?
Hi. I used both cables. The short ekrs21on the pcb side and in addition the long cable which is in the adapter package you ve ordered. I put the wlan adapters inside the cable tracks in parallel with the coolant in and out. So it’s not visible outside.
BRP069B41 is the wi-fi adapter itself. From 42 to 45 are different kits and therefore all include BRP069B41 in it. Some just have shorter cable for installation in the indoor unit, some have additional PCB for retrofitting small (20-25) units that don’t have S21 on their main board. In general all are BRP069B41, some have additional stuff included intended for specific models installation.
I just received my ftxm35 and it has a brp069c4x too.
But on this unit I cannot find a S21 connector to install a brp069b4x.
Seems like newer boards do not come with S21 connector anymore?
So for now the only option I have is to use IO broker and connect it from here to openhab?
Or is there a chance that there will be a new Binding in 2023?
I bought last month Floor Perferas still not installed but as per diagram I have S21 and also I opened one of the indoor units to double check - S21 connector is there.
Hi,
At this moment i’am working on a new addon so that Openhab can connect with Daikin Onecta.
Till now its possible to connect with Onecta and retrieve all connected Units getting basic data.
Its not ready but there is a start. For now 3 units are connected with BRP069C4x. But think that the wifi unit does not matter any more as long its connected to a Onecta account.
If unit comes equipped with C-series adapter and still has S21 port to connect in parallels B-series adapter there’s no need to keep both wi-fi adapters connected to Onecta account. I keep the C one to Onecta and B one not connected to Onecta. As B one is still in same LAN it can be integrated with whatever you need - OpenHAB, HA, Homebridge, etc.
I’m still using the legacy Daikin Binding supporting the local API, but it creates a lot of log entries as it updates very item value even it is unchanged. @JimT I think you know the binding, can this be prevented?
But this would globally disable the updates. Can this only be done for the Daikin binding, it’s the only one of my bindings which produces that many entries.