Connectlife API proxy / MQTT Home Assistant integration

The add-on utilizes the API acquired through reverse engineering from the Connectlife mobile app to control AC devices and integrates seamlessly with Home Assistant through MQTT, leveraging its discovery feature.

The reason for the add-on was the lack of official support for device integration.

I welcome pull requests, bug reports, and feature requests. Please feel free to submit them in the issues section.

Install in Home Assistant with Supervisor

1. Make sure your Connectlife appliances are online.
2. In Supervisor, navidate to the Add-on Store.
3. From the overflow menu, select "Repositories".
4. Add https://github.com/bilan/home-assistant-addons/.
5. Wait for Add-on to appear or click "Reload" in the same overflow menu.
6. Install / build thhe add-on.
7. Turn on the add-on watchdog - Connectlife API is not stable and sometimes times out.
8. In the Configuration section, fill in the necessary fields. If you leave the fields blank, the add-on will attempt to fetch MQTT credentials from the Supervisor API.

Run as independent docker container without HA/Supervisor

Build image

docker build . --build-arg='BUILD_FROM=alpine:3.20' -t ha-connectlife-addon

Run HTTP API and MQTT client both

docker run -it \
-p 8000:8000 \
-e CONNECTLIFE_LOGIN=connectlife-login-email \
-e CONNECTLIFE_PASSWORD=your-password \
-e LOG_LEVEL=info \
-e MQTT_HOST=host \
-e MQTT_USER=login  \
-e MQTT_PASSWORD=mqtt-pass  \
-e MQTT_PORT=1883 \
-e MQTT_SSL=false \
-e DEVICES_CONFIG='{"117":{"t_work_mode":["fan only","heat","cool","dry","auto"],"t_fan_speed":{"0":"auto","5":"super low","6":"low","7":"medium","8":"high","9":"super high"},"t_swing_direction":["straight","right","both sides","swing","left"],"t_swing_angle":{"0":"swing","2":"bottom 1\/6 ","3":"bottom 2\/6","4":"bottom 3\/6","5":"top 4\/6","6":"top 5\/6","7":"top 6\/6"}}}' \
ha-connectlife-addon /bin/ash -c '/usr/bin/supervisord -c /home/app/docker-files/supervisord.conf'

HTTP API only

docker run -it \
-p 8000:8000 \
-e CONNECTLIFE_LOGIN=connectlife-login-email \
-e CONNECTLIFE_PASSWORD=your-password \
-e LOG_LEVEL=info \
ha-connectlife-addon /bin/ash -c 'php artisan serve --port=8000 --host=0.0.0.0'

MQTT client only

docker run -it \
-e CONNECTLIFE_LOGIN=connectlife-login-email \
-e CONNECTLIFE_PASSWORD=your-password \
-e LOG_LEVEL=info \
-e MQTT_HOST=host \
-e MQTT_USER=login  \
-e MQTT_PASSWORD=mqtt-pass  \
-e MQTT_PORT=1883 \
-e MQTT_SSL=false \
-e DEVICES_CONFIG='{"117":{"t_work_mode":["fan only","heat","cool","dry","auto"],"t_fan_speed":{"0":"auto","5":"super low","6":"low","7":"medium","8":"high","9":"super high"},"t_swing_direction":["straight","right","both sides","swing","left"],"t_swing_angle":{"0":"swing","2":"bottom 1\/6 ","3":"bottom 2\/6","4":"bottom 3\/6","5":"top 4\/6","6":"top 5\/6","7":"top 6\/6"}}}' \
ha-connectlife-addon /bin/ash -c 'php artisan app:mqtt-loop'

API endpoints

• GET /api/devices

  example: curl -v http://0.0.0.0:8000/api/devices

• POST /api/devices/{DEVICE_ID}

  example: curl -v http://0.0.0.0:8000/api/devices/pu12345 -d '{"t_temp":32}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Air Conditioner properties

Values for my personal split air conditioner (deviceFeatureCode 117, deviceTypeCode 009)

Property	Description	Type	Example
t_power	on / off	uint	0 - off, 1 - on
t_temp	temperature	uint	21
t_beep	buzzer	uint	0, 1
t_work_mode	mode	uint	3
t_tms	?
t_swing_direction	horizontal swing
t_swing_angle	vertical swing
t_temp_type	temp unit	string	"0" - fahr, "1" - celsius
t_fan_speed	fan speed	uint	0
t_fan_mute	silence mode	uint	0, 1
t_super	fast mode	uint	0,1
t_eco	eco mode	uint	0,1

t_work_mode

• 0 - fan only
• 1 - heat
• 2 - cool
• 3 - dry
• 4 - auto

t_fan_speed

• 0 - auto
• 5 - super low
• 6 - low
• 7 - medium
• 8 - high
• 9 - super high

t_swing_direction

• 0 - straight
• 1 - right
• 2 - both sides
• 3 - swing
• 4 - left

t_swing_angle

• 0 - swing
• 2 -> 7 - from bottom to top

Useful links

• https://api.connectlife.io/swagger/index.html
• https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/add-ons/testing
• https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/#mqtt-discovery
• https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/climate.mqtt/