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New AC projet and your opinion using Onecta Integration #727
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Hi everyone, I am currently planning a 3-unit AC project for my house (2x FTXA20CW and 1x FTXA35CW – Daikin Stylish). My main use case: Automatically manage the units (power, temperature, modes) via Home Assistant to optimize my solar energy surplus. I really like the design and thinness of the Stylish units. However, I am quite concerned about relying on the Onecta Cloud. I’ve had frustrating experiences with cloud-based integrations in the past due to server unavailability or strict polling limits. I am aware of Faikin, but I’m not super enthusiastic about opening brand-new units, and it seems some users also face setup or stability issues with it. Before investing ~13k–15k CHF in a project that I want to automate smoothly, I’d love to get feedback from real-world users: Overall experience: Are you happy with the reliability of the Onecta integration for daily use? Rate limit: Is the 200 calls/day limit a real concern or bottleneck when building solar automation? (For context, I also considered Mitsubishi, which seems easier to integrate 100% locally, but the units are bulkier and noticeably more expensive). Any advice or feedback would be very helpful! Many thanks! |
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The Daikin AC and Altherma I have all work excellent. The Onecta app and their public API work, but the data they provide is limited, see #46. Also because it is polling there is always a delay and you can only make a limited amount of calls per day. I do hope that at some point we do get a local API again, that would make local control much easier, but until that happens (very unlikely) the public cloud API does work, but it has its limitations. |
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Many thanks @jwillemsen for your feedback. |
The Daikin AC and Altherma I have all work excellent. The Onecta app and their public API work, but the data they provide is limited, see #46. Also because it is polling there is always a delay and you can only make a limited amount of calls per day. I do hope that at some point we do get a local API again, that would make local control much easier, but until that happens (very unlikely) the public cloud API does work, but it has its limitations.