Homekit Broker for Gree Air Conditioner

Link Homekit to your Gree air conditioner(YB0F2) using Raspberry Pi.

Features

Work with Apple Homekit to control Gree air conditioner through IR.
Turn on air conditioner when changing the target temperature(cooling mode in this case by default).
Fan speed 1-3 means the real fan speed; 0 means auto speed.

Setup

Configure your Raspberry Pi:
- Connect IR transmitter to Rpi 17(in BCM).
- Add dtoverlay=lirc-rpi,gpio_in_pin=18,gpio_out_pin=17 to /boot/config.txt.
- Install Lirc and configure it.
Configure Lircd service:
- Put generated config file air.lircd.conf into /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d folder (make sure the file name is with suffix .conf).
- Restart lirc with sudo systemctl restart lircd.service.
Boot the program:
- Put ac.conf into /etc/supervisor/conf.d if you use supervisor.
- Connect accessory to Homekit with default pin 23333333.

Customize

Regenerate lircd configure file: Use config-gen.py.
Specify pin or storage folder using AirRC --pin=23333333 --storage=config.

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