Intesis AC Cloud - Direct Device Control Driver (Bypass AC Cloud)

[Lysdexia]

I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who would consider a driver that will direct control the Intesis AC Cloud modules directly bypassing AC Cloud entirely.

A quick network sniff shows that the modules listen for JSON POST calls to their IP so the driver would really only need to know the IP and possibly the password if it's changed from default.

Sending a JSON to the URL http://<ipaddress>/api.cgi with the authentication:

{"command":"login","data":{"username":"admin","password":"admin"}}

This returns the SessionID which is used for subsequent JSON POST calls.

{"success":true,"data":{"id":{"sessionID":"E1HIghdS6KfC2B9bp3Mu153sSFvk9NE"}}}

Using the sessionID in other JSON POST calls you can then operate the airconditioners.

{"command":"getavailabledatapoints","data":{"sessionID":" E1HIghdS6KfC2B9bp3Mu153sSFvk9NE "}}

Returns:

{"success":true,"data":{"dp":{"datapoints":[{"uid":1,"rw":"rw","type":1,"descr":{"numStates":2,"states":[0,1]}},{"uid":2,"rw":"rw","type":1,"descr":{"numStates":5,"states":[0,1,2,3,4]}},{"uid":4,"rw":"rw","type":1,"descr":{"numStates":4,"states":[1,2,3,4]}},{"uid":5,"rw":"rw","type":1,"descr":{"numStates":5,"states":[1,2,3,4,10]}},{"uid":9,"rw":"rw","type":2,"descr":{"maxValue":300,"minValue":180}},{"uid":10,"rw":"r","type":2,"descr":{"maxValue":500,"minValue":-100}},{"uid":12,"rw":"rw","type":1,"descr":{"numStates":2,"states":[0,1]}},{"uid":13,"rw":"rw","type":0,"descr":{}},{"uid":14,"rw":"r","type":1,"descr":{"numStates":2,"states":[0,1]}},{"uid":15,"rw":"r","type":3,"descr":{}},{"uid":35,"rw":"r","type":2,"descr":{"maxValue":300,"minValue":180}},{"uid":36,"rw":"r","type":2,"descr":{"maxValue":300,"minValue":180}},{"uid":37,"rw":"r","type":2,"descr":{"maxValue":430,"minValue":-250}},{"uid":181,"rw":"rw","type":0,"descr":{}},{"uid":182,"rw":"rw","type":0,"descr":{}},{"uid":183,"rw":"rw","type":0,"descr":{}},{"uid":184,"rw":"rw","type":0,"descr":{}}]}}}

{"command":"getdatapointvalue","data":{"sessionID":" E1HIghdS6KfC2B9bp3Mu153sSFvk9NE ","uid":"all"}}

Returns:

{"success":true,"data":{"dpval":[{"uid":1,"value":1,"status":0},{"uid":2,"value":4,"status":0},{"uid":4,"value":3,"status":0},{"uid":5,"value":10,"status":0},{"uid":9,"value":260,"status":0},{"uid":10,"value":270,"status":0},{"uid":12,"value":0,"status":0},{"uid":13,"value":502,"status":0},{"uid":14,"value":0,"status":0},{"uid":15,"value":0,"status":0},{"uid":35,"value":180,"status":0},{"uid":36,"value":300,"status":0},{"uid":37,"value":240,"status":0},{"uid":181,"value":0,"status":0},{"uid":182,"value":0,"status":0},{"uid":183,"value":0,"status":0},{"uid":184,"value":0,"status":0}]}}

And finally, you can change those values simply, for example:

AC On: {"command":"setdatapointvalue","data":{"sessionID":"E1HIghdS6KfC2B9bp3Mu153sSFvk9NE","uid":1,"value":1}}
AC Off: {"command":"setdatapointvalue","data":{"sessionID":"E1HIghdS6KfC2B9bp3Mu153sSFvk9NE","uid":1,"value":0}}

At face value, this appears to be a relatively simple driver to throw together for a talented driver developer.

 

[Andrew luecke]

From my understanding, there are 2 different gateway's, an AC Cloud one, and Home Automation One. 

The Home Automation Interface is the one you should be using and is officially supported for local control: https://chowmain.software/drivers/control4-intesisbox (they officially list Control4 and other systems on their site)

AC Cloud targets web based automation systems like Alexa instead. 

 

My recommendation would be to upgrade to the Intesis Units which target the HA environment, and guarantees a stable API.

It also helps reduce the need for an installer to fix things in the future again (if the API changes)

 

 

[Lysdexia]

Yes, there's the ASCII module which is designed to work with automation systems, but that's not the module I have, and to replace all of mine would be well over $3500.

At this stage, it's going to be easier for me to build my own restful controller and using something like Chowmain's generic TCP driver to make calls to it.