Any way to turning on/off the display of an AC

[mcastillof]

Hello, I'm new here. I just managed to install connectlife-ha in my HA setup. I have an AC and it's working great.

In the physical remote control (infra red) there is a button labeled "dimmer", which turns on/off the display of the AC unit.

I was wondering if there is a way to toggle this setting from HA.

[oyvindwe]

Have you done a device dump and checked the properties?

[mcastillof]

no, I need to learn how to do the device dump. I'm wondering if there is a guide to do that.

[oyvindwe]

From https://github.com/oyvindwe/connectlife-ha/tree/main/custom_components/connectlife/data_dictionaries#mapping-tips-and-tricks

pip install connectlife
python -m connectlife.dump --username <username> --password <password> --format dd

[mcastillof]

Thanks @oyvindwe.

This is a split air conditioner brand KHÖNE, model KSMI-18BC3.

cat 009-104.json

{
  "bindTime": 1739751199137,
  "createTime": 0,
  "deviceFeatureCode": "104",
  "deviceFeatureName": "104\u51b7\u6696\u8282\u80fd\u65e0\u529f\u7387",
  "deviceId": "<redacted>",
  "deviceNickName": "KhoneAC",
  "deviceTypeCode": "009",
  "deviceTypeName": "",
  "isShow": 1,
  "offlineState": 1,
  "puid": "<redacted>",
  "role": 1,
  "roomId": 7378971,
  "roomName": "Sala",
  "seq": 0,
  "statusList": {
    "daily_energy_kwh": 0,
    "f_e_arkgrille": "0",
    "f_e_incoiltemp": "0",
    "f_e_incom": "0",
    "f_e_indisplay": "0",
    "f_e_ineeprom": "0",
    "f_e_inele": "0",
    "f_e_infanmotor": "0",
    "f_e_inhumidity": "0",
    "f_e_inkeys": "0",
    "f_e_intemp": "0",
    "f_e_invzero": "0",
    "f_e_inwifi": "0",
    "f_e_outcoiltemp": "0",
    "f_e_outeeprom": "0",
    "f_e_outgastemp": "0",
    "f_e_outtemp": "0",
    "f_e_push": "0",
    "f_temp_in": "27",
    "t_eco": "0",
    "t_fan_mute": "0",
    "t_fan_speed": "0",
    "t_fan_speed_s": "0",
    "t_power": "0",
    "t_sleep": "0",
    "t_super": "0",
    "t_temp": "16",
    "t_temp_type": "0",
    "t_up_down": "0",
    "t_work_mode": "2"
  },
  "useTime": 1739751199116,
  "wifiId": "<redacted>"

cat 009-104.yaml

properties:
- property: daily_energy_kwh
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_arkgrille
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_incoiltemp
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_incom
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_indisplay
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_ineeprom
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_inele
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_infanmotor
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_inhumidity
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_inkeys
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_intemp
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_invzero
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_inwifi
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_outcoiltemp
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_outeeprom
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_outgastemp
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_outtemp
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_e_push
  # Sample value: 0
- property: f_temp_in
  # Sample value: 27
- property: t_eco
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_fan_mute
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_fan_speed
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_fan_speed_s
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_power
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_sleep
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_super
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_temp
  # Sample value: 16
- property: t_temp_type
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_up_down
  # Sample value: 0
- property: t_work_mode
  # Sample value: 2

I see the property f_e_indisplay, could this be to turn on/off the display of the AC?

[oyvindwe]

I see the property f_e_indisplay, could this be to turn on/off the display of the AC?

In my experience, the f_e_ properties are read-only in the API, only the t_ properties can be set using the ConnectLife API.

But you can try to observe the values while turning on/off with the remote, and try to set the value using the set_value action/service.