Problem with HeaterCooler

[chrispi68]

Today I tried the new HeaterCooler service but I have a problem:

When I change the temperature or the Mode(s)/State, everything works fine. But changes are not reflected in the Apple Home App. For example, the temperature is always 0. I checked the MQTT topic and the values but everything seems fine.

Before HeaterCooler I used a Thermostat to control my AirCondition. This is still working without any problems (like > 40 other devices I use via HomeKit2Mqtt).

Any help or hint is appreciated.

Viele Grüße Christoph

[hobbyquaker]

Just a first guess... could you try to delete line 44 in services/HeaterCooler.js https://github.com/hobbyquaker/homekit2mqtt/blob/master/services/HeaterCooler.js#L44 and restart homekit2mqtt to see if it works then?

[chrispi68]

I deleted the line and did a complete restart. But unfortunately this did not help.

[hobbyquaker]

could you pls show the log output (-v debug) when publishing a message on the temperature topic?

[chrispi68]

I found out that the temperature topic is not in the log file.

This ist my config:

 "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2":
  {
    "id": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2",
    "name": "EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2",
    "manufacturer": "HCS",
    "model": "EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2",
    "services":
    [
      {
        "service": "HeaterCooler",
        "name": "EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2",
        "topic":
        {
          "setActive": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/setActive",
          "setTargetHeaterCoolerState": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/setTargetHeaterCoolerState",
          "setCoolingThresholdTemperature": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/setCoolingThresholdTemperature",
          "setHeatingThresholdTemperature": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/setHeatingThresholdTemperature",
          "setRotationSpeed": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/setRotationSpeed",
          "setSwingMode": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/setSwingMode",
          "statusActive": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusActive",
          "statusCurrentTemperature": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusCurrentTemperature",
          "statusCurrentHeaterCoolerState": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusCurrentHeaterCoolerState",
          "statusTargetHeaterCoolerState": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusTargetHeaterCoolerState",
          "statusSwingMode": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusSwingMode",
          "statusRotationSpeed": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusRotationSpeed",
          "statusCoolingThresholdTemperature": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusCoolingThresholdTemperature",
          "statusHeatingThresholdTemperature": "Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusHeatingThresholdTemperature"
        },
        "payload":
        {
          "identify": "select"
        },
        "config":
        {
          "TemperatureDisplayUnits": 0
        }
      }
    ]
  },

The log:

0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.953 <debug> < mqtt Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusCoolingThresholdTemperature 23 23
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.954 <debug> > hap update EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2 CoolingThresholdTemperature 23
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.955 <debug> < mqtt Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusHeatingThresholdTemperature 23 23
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.955 <debug> > hap update EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2 HeatingThresholdTemperature 23
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.956 <debug> < mqtt Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusCurrentHeaterCoolerState 0 0
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.956 <debug> > hap update EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2 CurrentHeaterCoolerState 0
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.956 <debug> < mqtt Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusRotationSpeed 25 25
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.956 <debug> > hap update EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2 RotationSpeed 25
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.956 <debug> < mqtt Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusSwingMode 0 0
0|index    | 2018-08-13 21:41:19.957 <debug> > hap update EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2 SwingMode 0

I checked the topic publication with MQTTBox and it looks ok:

26
qos : 0, retain : false, cmd : publish, dup : false, topic : Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusCurrentTemperature, messageId : , length : 75, Raw payload : 5054

Thanks, Christoph

[hobbyquaker]

Ok, found the error. Will fix it asap.

[chrispi68]

Thank you very much! It's working now!

Christoph

[chrispi68]

Hmm, it looks like changes to the CurrentHeaterCoolerState is not update in the Home App. It shows up in the log with the value 3 (Cooling) but the Home app shows "Aus". Also, TargetHeaterCoolerState is 2 (Cool).

0|index    | 2018-08-17 23:32:11.105 <debug> < mqtt Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusCurrentHeaterCoolerState 3 3
0|index    | 2018-08-17 23:32:11.105 <debug> > hap update EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2 CurrentHeaterCoolerState 3
0|index    | 2018-08-17 23:32:11.106 <debug> < mqtt Hcs/Programs/EwWohnzimmer/HomeKit/Klimaanlage2/statusTargetHeaterCoolerState 2 2
0|index    | 2018-08-17 23:32:11.106 <debug> > hap update EwWohnzimmer/Klimaanlage2 TargetHeaterCoolerState 2

[chrispi68]

I tried the Eve app. But changes to the CurrentHeaterCoolerState are also not reflected. So the behavior is the same as in the Apple Home App.