Hey all,
i want to hack a portable AC. The devices communicates via UART between Mainboard and control unit (LCD and Buttons). As we still want to use the original controls, i had the idea to put an ESP32 in the middle of the communication (using UART2 for the mainboard and UART3 for the control board).
I don’t want to reverse engineer the whole protocol, only the relevant parts. So, i need a way to forward all messages in both directions, to make this work as it should.
Has anybody done such a thing already? Or has any tips how to do it.
I’m fluent in C++, so there is not barrier here, but i am new to the codebase of ESPHome
The ESP32 wroom has 3 uarts on Board.in theory, that should work.
Yeah, I thought about a custom component also.
At least for prototyping the best way. If it works, I may contribute a UART intercepting component later on.
Sounds good to go then. I would appreciate it if you let me know how it turns out