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# DaikinMadoka

This extension implements communication with Daikin Madoka BRC1H thermostat over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication protocol. The device uses an UART over BLE serial communication protocol over BLE WriteWithoutResponse and Notify characteristics.

BRC1H on Daikin website (FR) (opens new window)

BRC1H on Daikin website (EN) (opens new window)

# Supported Things

Thing Type ID	Description
brc1h	BRC1H BLE Thermostat

# Discovery

As a pairing of the Thermostat is necessary (Bluetooth), no automatic discovery is implemented.

# Thing Configuration

address: The Bluetooth MAC Address of the BRC1H controller

Example with a DBusBlueZ Bluetooth Bridge:


Bridge bluetooth:dbusbluez:hci0 [ address="00:1A:7D:DA:71:13" ]

Thing bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon (bluetooth:dbusbluez:hci0)     [ address="00:CC:3F:B2:80:CA" ]

# Channels

Here you should provide information about available channel types, what their meaning is and how they can be used.

Note that it is planned to generate some part of this based on the XML files within src/main/resources/ESH-INF/thing of your binding.

Channel Type ID	Item Type	Access Mode	Description
onOffStatus	Switch	R/W	Switches On or Off the unit
indoorTemperature	Number:Temperature	R	Indoor temperature from the Thermostat
outdoorTemperature	Number:Temperature	R	Outdoor temperature from the external unit. Not always supported/reported.
commCtrlVersion	String	R	Communication Controller Firmware Version
remoteCtrlVersion	String	R	Remote Controller Firmware Version
operationMode	String	R/W	The operation mode of the AC unit. Currently supported values: HEAT, COOL.
fanSpeed	Number	R/W	This is a "virtual channel" : its value is calculated depending on current operation mode. It is the channel to be used to change the fan speed, whatever the current mode is. Fan speed are from 1 to 5. On BRC1H, the device supports 3 speeds: LOW (1), MEDIUM (2-4), MAX (5).
setpoint	Number:Temperature	R/W	This is a "virtual channel" : its value is calculated depending on current operation mode. It is the channel to be used to change the setpoint, whatever the current mode is.
homekitCurrentHeatingCoolingMode	String	R	This channel is a "virtual channel" to be used with the HomeKit add-on to implement Thermostat thing. Values supported are the HomeKit addon ones: Off, CoolOn, HeatOn, Auto.
homekitTargetHeatingCoolingMode	String	R/W	This channel is a "virtual channel" to be used with the HomeKit add-on to implement Thermostat thing. Values supported are the HomeKit addon ones: Off, CoolOn, HeatOn, Auto.

# Full Example

# daikinmadoka.things:


Bridge bluetooth:dbusbluez:hci0 [ address="00:1A:7D:DA:71:13" ]

Thing bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon (bluetooth:dbusbluez:hci0)     [ address="00:CC:3F:B2:80:CA" ]

# daikinmadoka.items:


Group g_climSalon "Salon" [ "Thermostat" ]

Switch climSalon_onOff "Climatisation Salon"                   (g_climSalon) { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:onOffStatus" }
Number climSalon_indoorTemperature "Température Intérieure"    (g_climSalon) [ "CurrentTemperature" ] { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:indoorTemperature" }
Number climSalon_outdoorTemperature "Température Extérieure"   (g_climSalon) { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:outdoorTemperature" }

String climSalon_commCtrlVersion                               (g_climSalon) { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:commCtrlVersion" }
String climSalon_remoteCtrlVersion                             (g_climSalon) { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:remoteCtrlVersion" }

Number climSalon_fanSpeed                                      (g_climSalon) { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:fanSpeed" }

Number climSalon_setpoint                                      (g_climSalon) [ "homekit:TargetTemperature" ] { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:setpoint" }

String climSalon_operationMode                                 (g_climSalon) { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:operationMode" }

String climSalon_CurrentHeatingCoolingMode                     (g_climSalon) [ "homekit:CurrentHeatingCoolingMode" ] { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:homekitCurrentHeatingCoolingMode" }
String climSalon_TargetHeatingCoolingMode                      (g_climSalon) [ "homekit:TargetHeatingCoolingMode" ] { channel="bluetooth:brc1h:hci0:salon:homekitTargetHeatingCoolingMode" }

# Pairing the BRC1H

The Daikin Madoka BRC1H Thermostat requires Bluetooth Pairing before it can be used. This pairing process can be a bit challenging, as it seems the timing is very important for it success.

We suggest that the Bluetooth adapter is not being used by another component during the pairing phase. As such, if you have other Bluetooth Things in your OpenHAB, it is suggested to stop the openHAB service before doing the pairing.

Ensure that your BRC1H has Bluetooth enabled in the menu
Open bluetoothctl on your openHAB server - preferably as root
start scanning by typing scan on
After few seconds, stop scanning scan off
Start the pairing process by typing pair <mac address of your brc1h>
On the BRC1H, confirm the pairing request, and quickly confirm as well on your server by typing yes

A successful pairing ends with pairing successful.

For more information on pairing a device in command line on Linux, refer to official documentation (opens new window).

Caught a mistake or want to contribute to the documentation? Edit this page on GitHub (opens new window)

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