... See
my post over on the home assistant forum about the RS485 serial interface for Jandy systems. The HA tie-ins are all MQTT, so pretty simple....
Hello Dethpickle. Thanks for your support. I have seen your post an link about RS-485 integration with Jandy (
AquaLink RS | Jandy Pro Series Equipos ) systems in
sfeakes/AqualinkD
As you can see, I am not focus on any type on integration with industry-automation system but in replace them with basic DIY components.
About your sonnof relays... I have the same 4 channel pending to integrate in a two garage door.
About Home Assistant, I´m totally agree with you: no industry pool automation system can compete with the powerful integration of this kind of systems. I.e. things like integrate presence (persons) in the pool, integration with google calendar, cameras and microphones, etc. are almost impossible in professional branding systems.
About your monitoring comsumption, I agree with you about great information. Its remember me my actual gas boiler automation: its only a
xiaomi aqara smart socket (include real-time power consuption monitoring), that I can switch on an off remotely to start the heating some hours before, when I am outside for some days... and that I use to monitoring the heating time just seen watts:
- about 5-6 watts => boiler in stand-by
- 60-65 watts => boiler heating watter (i.e. showering)
- 120-125 watts => boiler heating system
... and this in Home Assistant it is so simple as create a custom template sensor (7 lines of yaml configuration)
I am thinking in include a sonoff pow that let me see power comsuption. It could show me if the pump is really working, but I suspect that indirectly I could get information about the the cleaner state of filters, becouse at fixed RPM, power comsuption depend on the charge inside the pipes... Aditionally, I could stop the pump if power comsuption is over some rate to act as safe-engine. I will integrate this item in my proposal system because I considere it as "basic" for this kind of automation, with very low increasing cost.