AC Control not working

[thoutenbos]

Hello Rob,

I have two Gree AC that I would like to control with your integration. After configuration I can read all the settings, and they also update after changes to the AC. However I am unable to perform any control commands. Control works fine with https://github.com/tomikaa87/gree-remote using the same encryption key

My climate config:

  name: AC
  host: 10.0.0.13
  port: 7000
  mac: '50-2C-C6-D2-82-AB'
  target_temp_step: 1
  encryption_key: 'xxx'
  eightdegheat: 'input_boolean.ac_eightdegheat'

Here is the debug log:

2024-10-24 11:41:58.884 INFO (MainThread) [custom_components.gree.climate] hvac_modes(): [<HVACMode.AUTO: 'auto'>, <HVACMode.COOL: 'cool'>, <HVACMode.DRY: 'dry'>, <HVACMode.FAN_ONLY: 'fan_only'>, <HVACMode.HEAT: 'heat'>, <HVACMode.OFF: 'off'>]
2024-10-24 11:41:58.886 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] set_hvac_mode(): heat
2024-10-24 11:41:58.886 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] hvac_modes(): [<HVACMode.AUTO: 'auto'>, <HVACMode.COOL: 'cool'>, <HVACMode.DRY: 'dry'>, <HVACMode.FAN_ONLY: 'fan_only'>, <HVACMode.HEAT: 'heat'>, <HVACMode.OFF: 'off'>]
2024-10-24 11:41:58.886 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Starting SyncState
2024-10-24 11:41:58.886 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Fetching(10.0.0.13, 7000, 10, {"cid":"app","i":0,"pack":"zZ4Uq0+49m4/PVsfu9EBLtU0xV8ThISe+Rcmh1X4PwOUtVD0YhCUry3qgKCTEsRlVzvqFKev+sBkAzD2ZRVKqKphZGKRzmWD36L0olyikKcv+IWt3ZbP66WLVjbtBU2uV/EM+usOj+q0HO86ecxNyKBUPzlypKKQUVSVGwqtrTOUSfrMFMypZx81x/tDmoVpX2qI+kgnBQp7gsWYNpc4dMCO44b46/tow8oy9gwAai5B4IqOUaEyh5VXdHjbGvir5s6BWIeHzZi1jKc13oagsEgxPUoks4LrPCMwHKY0ctgGw9l+izxxsM+7MxyAtquO","t":"pack","tcid":"50-2c-c6-d2-82-ab","uid":0})
2024-10-24 11:41:58.889 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] 3
2024-10-24 11:41:59.013 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting acOptions with retrieved HVAC values
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Pow: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Mod: 4
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting SetTem: 21
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting WdSpd: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Air: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Blo: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Health: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting SwhSlp: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Lig: 1
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting SwingLfRig: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting SwUpDn: 2
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Quiet: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting Tur: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting StHt: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.014 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting TemUn: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting HeatCoolType: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting TemRec: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting SvSt: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting SlpMod: 0
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Setting TemSen: 53
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Done setting acOptions
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Overwriting acOptions with new settings
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Overwriting Pow: 1
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Overwriting Mod: 4
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Done overwriting acOptions
2024-10-24 11:41:59.015 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] Fetching(10.0.0.13, 7000, 10, {"cid":"app","i":0,"pack":"1LoKaHQ7UJSO28YBU3lTsWMGJX9MepMa3SmC+tX7i2u4e6svYVTU+fL0N2pFiONb/l+6wkmx4s5i9jyqQDs2ESsfhMEVVEe2zvka4CSCgGqyc9BwaTs1jfTBGLYghm5F2SQVNna79lWOwUQzUAY3kxTdlG2S11OQhT2wwJnFtutwHMfC2KNgjwvbH1Wu8+EtLyGCU6BU6yc4DGxMWGQUhIiUnRdDhNdqo3T31IwiLnT3hp/oQcjMylH4SMJujdxYGtIvZTOFMhgj0CXZFv3kukJ+GZDIV8bU6l9mvLc59xY=","t":"pack","tcid":"50-2c-c6-d2-82-ab","uid":0})
2024-10-24 11:41:59.016 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [custom_components.gree.climate] 3
2024-10-24 11:42:09.027 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection] [140124095295648] Unexpected exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py", line 245, in handle_call_service
    response = await hass.services.async_call(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2761, in async_call
    response_data = await coro
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2804, in _execute_service
    return await target(service_call)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 996, in entity_service_call
    single_response = await _handle_entity_call(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 1068, in _handle_entity_call
    result = await task
             ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/climate/__init__.py", line 772, in async_handle_set_hvac_mode_service
    await self.async_set_hvac_mode(hvac_mode)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/climate/__init__.py", line 780, in async_set_hvac_mode
    await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self.set_hvac_mode, hvac_mode)
TimeoutError: timed out

Do you have any tips to get this working?

Gr, Thijs

[RobHofmann]

You are getting a timeout. This means home assistant is not getting a timely response for some reason.

Can you try removing these lines from your config and see if that helps?:

encryption_key: 'xxx'
  eightdegheat: 'input_boolean.ac_eightdegheat'

[thoutenbos]

Unfortunately it is unable to retrieve the encryption key then If I only remove the 8deg then the error is the same (reading works but writing=timeout)

[RobHofmann]

Hmm im not sure why its getting a timeout then. Are you sure HASS can reach the HVAC? and that the IP & port are correct?

[thoutenbos]

Yes absolutely Also because reading out the current status does work And I see the packets being sent and received with a packet dump

I'll try to do a diff between the (working) gree-remote packet and the HomeAssistant-GreeClimateComponent packet. Maybe my AC has some specific differences that we could implement

[RobHofmann]

Yes thats the only way forward I think. From my side its pretty much impossible to debug this exact situation.

[thoutenbos]

Got it working now!

In the traces I noticed gree-remote was using the MAC in a different format. Removing all the dashes fixed it!

So instead of mac: '50-2C-C6-D2-82-AB'

I had to configure it like mac: '502cc6d282ab'

[RobHofmann]

Thanks for posting back. Interesting. Never seen it having to be registered this way. I'll make sure to put it in the docs :).