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tomikaa87
Possibility to stop home talking
Hello, I have programmed a dummy server to which the devices can connect, so you can block internet traffic in your firewall. There is also a Config Tool to set the new remote host in the Device. https://github.com/emtek-at/GreeAC-DummyServer https://github.com/emtek-at/GreeAC-ConfigTool
Thanks! This is a great hack! I assume the only drawback is that you can't remote control the devices via cloud when using DummyServer.
Here are the working (clickable) URLs: https://github.com/emtek-at/GreeAC-DummyServer https://github.com/emtek-at/GreeAC-ConfigTool
You're right, the original apps do not work anymore, but if you connect the devices to a smart home control like OpenHab, you can use their online service or a vpn tunnel.
A few weeks ago I simply tried adding the IP address - that the units use to send the heartbeat to - to my firewall and block all traffic. It works fine and the units remained responsive, no issues so far.
Hello @tomikaa87 and @emtek-at, Does the AC still sending the data to the default server (over the internet) after changing the remote host? I want to figure out if it mandatory to manually blocks traffic via firewall or it's just to be on the safe side... Thanks in advance!
@tomikaa87 maybe you have an other firmware which is more fault tollerant then mine. My devices stop responding. @VeeM if you change the remote host, all traffic will be directed to this location. So it's not necessary to block traffic via firewall, but you can if you want to.
~~@sm4rk0 I've linked your DummyServer into the documentation: https://github.com/tomikaa87/gree-remote/commit/294c0cd7432e848ee26c1e1dd9ee45f2f0fae761~~
Sorry, I've realized that it's actually made by @emtek-at, I just saw the links in your comment. I've fixed the ReadMe: https://github.com/tomikaa87/gree-remote/commit/5fbacf9582e409c379142c49b30ff13be00216cc