Control Daikin AC From Anywhere With Beautiful UI and Losant Using Atmega • Tech Projects

In this instructable we will learn how to control Daikin air-conditioner from any point in the world using Losant IoT Enterprise Platform and their amazing UI dashboard

The ESP8266 is a low-cost Wi-Fi chip with full TCP/IP stack and MCU (microcontroller unit)

Step 1: How It Works

The microcontroller (ESP8266) connects Losant IoT platform and waits for input (user changes something in the dashboard) then the IR sensor sends information to the Daikin air-conditioner

Make sure the IR transmitter is as close as possible to the AC

Step 2: Required Parts and Components

Step 3: Assembling the B0X

Drill 2 holes with screwdriver or drill or whatever is easy for you
Hot glue the transmitter to one of the holes (the one which will point to the AC)
Connect ESP8266 to the IR Transmitter
Connect the USB cable to the ESP8266
Run the USB cable through the other hole
Close the case with 4 screws
You are done 🙂

Wiring the IR Transmitter to the ESP8266

IR Transmitter – EPS8266

– (minus, GND) – GND

+ (plus, VCC) – VIN

S (DAT) – D2

Step 4: Setting Up the Device in Losant

Device in Losant

Create a device called IR Transmitter
Add 5 device attributes

Data type – Boolean with Name status
Data type – Boolean with Name quiet
Data type – Boolean with Name powerful
Data type – Number with Name temperature
Data type – Number with Name fan

Here a full tutorial on how to get started by Losant

Step 5: Making the Dashboard

Dashboard

Create a dashboard called AC DASHBOARD and Input Controls Block

Add 6 Controls

Toggle Input with Label = Status, Template-ID = toggle-0, Dynamic Value, Device IDs/Tags = IR Transmitter, Attribute = status, Default value = false
Toggle Input with Label = Quiet, Template-ID = toggle-1, Dynamic Value, Device IDs/Tags = IR Transmitter, Attribute = quiet, Default value = false
Toggle Input with Label = Powerful, Template-ID = toggle-0, Dynamic Value, Device IDs/Tags = IR Transmitter, Attribute = powerful, Default value = false
Range Input with Label = Temperature, Template-ID = range-0, Min = 18, Max = 32, Device IDs/Tags = IR Transmitter, Attribute = temperature, Default value = 18
Range Input with Label = Fan, Template-ID = range-1, Min = 0, Max = 5, Device IDs/Tags = IR Transmitter, Attribute = fan, Default value = 0
Button trigger with Label = Send, On Click = Send Device Command, Device IDs/Tags = IR Transmitter, Command name = command, Payload = check below

Payload:

{
"status" : {{toggle-0}},
"quite" : {{toggle-1}},
"powerful" : {{toggle-2}},
"temperature" : {{range-0}},
"fan" : {{range-1}}
}

Step 6: Upload the Code to the ESP8266

You need to add the Losant library

Upload it to the ESP8266

Congratulations you can now control your AC from anywhere