Ah, this aircon is so much quieter! And it's reversing, ie - has a heat mode! Heat mode only works down to 41 degrees F outdoor temp. So, I got an automation in #HomeAssistant that triggers when the outdoor temp is within 2 degrees of that cutoff AND if it's heat mode, that will read what I had it set to, copy it to the electric resistive heater, and then shut off the heat pump window unit.
It's Oregon. It doesn't stay that cold for all that long.
The rest of the time, it does full auto!
If you plan to use a Midea with #HomeAssistant, don't bother pairing Matter. Your heat mode will be missing, and BOY HOWDY do the two get mad at each other. Instead, get Midea AC LAN from HACS. Then set up the unit with the Midea SmartHome app, and use that to set up MIdea AC LAN in HA. Then just uninstall that app and forget the account exists cause HA has the keys and talks to it directly.
In HA, Swing, the beeper, and the LED display are switches! Turn them off, or even automate them! Yeah, have the LED display turn off at bed time!
Comfort Mode in HA makes CS show on the display, and I have no fucking idea what it does.
@hellomiakoda "comfortsense" uses the temperature sensor in the remote rather than the device (compatible remote required)
@noiob But if I enable it via the remote, it doesn't make it show CS. So... confused.