Some AC units show up with 2 devices

[xeoMe015]

Hi,

First of all thanks for this amazing project i installed it yesterday and it works great i do have some questions though.
Is installing the devices into MELCloud or MELCloud Home required shouldn't we do this at all? Or it doesn't matter at all?

Also what are the different temperatures for example i see.
Climate entity:
Target = 20 degrees
Current = 23 degrees

Sensors:
Inside Temperature 1 = 21 degrees
Outside Temperature = 6 degrees

Diagnostic:
Inside Temperature 2 = 23 degrees

What is the difference between inside temperature 1 and 2?

[niobos]

Is installing the devices into MELCloud or MELCloud Home required shouldn't we do this at all? Or it doesn't matter at all?

It's not required. I don't think it matters.
Personally, I firewalled my modules from MELCloud, to avoid a future firmware upgrade blocking the direct access this project uses.

What is the difference between inside temperature 1 and 2?

We don't know. There are two fields reported by the units that look like they are the room temperature. These are similar, but not the same. Apparently, MELCloud reports "inside temperature 1" as being the room temperature.

[xeoMe015]

Is installing the devices into MELCloud or MELCloud Home required shouldn't we do this at all? Or it doesn't matter at all?

It's not required. I don't think it matters. Personally, I firewalled my modules from MELCloud, to avoid a future firmware upgrade blocking the direct access this project uses.

What is the difference between inside temperature 1 and 2?

We don't know. There are two fields reported by the units that look like they are the room temperature. These are similar, but not the same. Apparently, MELCloud reports "inside temperature 1" as being the room temperature.

Ok thanks as for the prevention of future firmware upgrades is blocking production.receiver.melcloud.com sufficient enough you think?

[niobos]

as for the prevention of future firmware upgrades is blocking production.receiver.melcloud.com sufficient enough you think?

Truth is, I don't know. Based on my observations, this is indeed the only domain I saw the unit connecting to, but I can't be sure.

[xeoMe015]

I have blocked the DNS entry production.receiver.melcloud.com and reset one of my multi split systems.
Reset the wifi adapters and added them to my local network.
Re-added them into Home Assistant via the integration and the extra device i had before is now gone maybe it was a leftover of my old CN105 project or something else.

My other multi split still has it but i will reset that full system as well shortly.

After the reset both the AC units now some similar Inside Temperature however the devices are not on yet so this might change.