pyscript VS echonetlite_homeassistant

3) Again, already there. ESPHome is a first class citizen in HA.

I feel like you've not read the HA docs [1,] or took the time to understand the architecture [2]. And, for someone who has more than enough self-proclaimed skills, this should be a very understandable system.

[0] https://github.com/custom-components/pyscript

I see someone else mentioned AppDaemon. I would try out pyscript first ( https://github.com/custom-components/pyscript ). It is just a some HACS install, and then you are good to go.

I highly recommend using this instead of the pretty awful built-in Python thing. Pyscript is just a TON better.

Sure! I use pyscript for the automation; here's the wiki page I made.

Sounds like you might enjoy using Pyscript to write your automations. I also found Node-Red to be frustrating when I was starting off; Pyscript let's you write Python for everything and is super easy to follow IMO.

I enabled echonet lite and use https://github.com/scottyphillips/echonetlite_homeassistant It’s great, and local too. You might have to build automations for some of the features you’re talking about but it can control every feature of my units.

If your aircon is HEMS/echonet lite compatible you could control it directly through home assistant. My aircon does, so I'm controlling it locally using this custom component (also got my solar system and hot water system working through it!).

Depending on how deep you are going with smart home stuff, any Japanese aircon that is listed as "HEMS" compatible, will also be echonet lite certified. If you are using a smart home hub like Home Assistant, you can install this custom component, enter your aircon's IP address, and it should just work (at least it did for my Toshiba aircon). It's all done locally, so if there is an outage with amazon aws or whatever servers the company use, it doesn't affect you, and you can set up home assistant to be accessible from anywhere and can use an ios or android app to access it. It also allows you to actually make a smart home, not just a remote controlled home.