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Homebridge Plug-In for Frigidaire Dehumidifier
An Homebridge plug-in to integrate the Frigidaire's connected dehumidifier with HomeKit. It monitors and control devices via the Frigidaire unofficial cloud API. Thanks to the Frigidaire Python API https://github.com/bm1549/frigidaire developers and https://github.com/karlg100/frigidaire , this module uses logic and code gain from reviewing those works. Frigidaire updated their API to v3 in June 2023 and deprecated v2 in February 2024, meaning the plug-in engine had to be re-written. Upgrade to version 2+ may impact previous automation or setting. This is a one time event to support Frigidaire v3 API.
Limitation:
- This module will poll for the status of the various components based frequency provided in the configuration file. No realtime notification is provided.
- This is known to work with model FGAC5045W1 and FHDD5033W1.
Configuration options
| Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
| username | Frigidaire username. This is a required value. |
| password | Frigidaire password. This is a required value. |
| deviceRefresh | Polling interval to obtain status of Frigidaire appliance, provided in seconds. Default to 90 seconds, this is an optional value. Please note: Small values may cause account lock or frequent API errors. |
| dehumidifierMode | Homekit only has two mode dehumidifying modes "Auto" and "Dehumidifying". When "Dehumidifying" is selected in Homekit the selection is map to a specific Frigidaire appliance mode: "Quiet", "Dry" or "Continuous". Valid string values are the following: The default mode for is Frigidaire "Dry" mode. This an optional value. |
| enableAirPurifier | Create additional accessory for Air purifier/Ionizer functionality. Only available in limited models. Default to true, this is an optional value. |
| enablePumpSwitch | Create additional accessory to control water pump. Only available in limited models. Default to true, this is an optional value. |
| excludedDevices | Devices IDs to suppress from HomeKit. The device IDs can be obtain from Homebridge logs at startup of this plug-in. This is an optional value. |
💧 Note: Dehumidifier Relative Humidity
There is a difference between Frigidaire App and Homebridge/HomeKit for relative humidity.
HomeKit Relative Humidity work between 0%-100% (By design). Here is translation between Frigidaire and Homekit.
| Frigidaire | HomeKit |
|---|---|
| 35% | 0% |
| 40% | 10% |
| 45% | 20% |
| 50% | 30% |
| 55% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% |
| 65% | 60% |
| 70% | 70% |
| 75% | 80% |
| 80% | 90% |
| 85% | 100% |
Example configuration is below, with Frigidaire dehumidifier mode set to Quiet mode for dehumidifying and Air purifier/Ionizer set to display in Homekit.
`javascript
...
"platforms": [ { "name": "FrigidaireAppliance", "auth": { "username": "<username>", "password": "<password>" }, "deviceRefresh": 90, "dehumidifierMode": "Quiet", "enableAirPurifier": true, "platform": "FrigidaireAppliance" } ...]