Smart Apartement Ventilation

Description

My apartment ventilation is not particularly smart. I can only use it to set the level of
ventilation and initiate shock ventilation (ventilate at the highest level for 30 minutes).

There has to be a smarter way.
I want to achieve the following:
- Ventilate when bad air
- ventilate automatically in the morning
- ventilate automatically before going to bed
- ventilate if it's too hot in summer
- must be removable
- must not be soldered

I do this as follows:
- ESP8266 which relay control which then press the buttons
- ESP8266 must be controllable via HTTP REST
- DC-DC StepDown converter (because 12V is present in the original controller)

Details

After some thought, it would be best if I had the following control
options:
- set level 1
- set level 2
- set level 3
- ventilate for 30 minutes

The ESP8266 runs with the ESPEasy firmware. With this, simple rules can be created to control the GPIO pins. You can find the rules for the ESPEasy in the "files" section from this project.

// NOTES

// PINS

6 gpio12 -> button +
7 gpio14 -> button -

/TEST RELAIS
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=GPIO,13,1
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=GPIO,13,1
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=GPIO,14,0

// COMMANDS
/SET STAGE
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=event,stage0
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=event,stage1
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=event,stage2
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=event,stage3

/VENTILATION FOR 30 min.
http://IP-ESP8266/control?cmd=event,ventilation

Files

VOC_housing_lid.stl

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 182.60 kB - 03/17/2022 at 21:12

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VOC_housing.stl

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 183.19 kB - 03/17/2022 at 21:12

Download

esp_easy_rules.txt

Rules for ESPEasy

plain - 2.60 kB - 03/11/2022 at 21:50

Download

Components

1 × Wemos D1 mini

1 × DC-DC Step Down module

Project Logs

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VOC Sensor
Nik Reitmann • 03/17/2022 at 21:12 • 0 comments

Today the Sensair S8 from Aliexpress arrived. I have now drawn a housing for the sensor with another ESP8266 (Wemos D1 mini). The sensor gives me the CO2 value in ppm, with this value I control my ventilation.
Housing:
Testing
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 22:30 • 0 comments
Write some code for the ESP
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 22:13 • 0 comments
Now I have to write some code. After some thought, it would be best if I had the following control
options:
- set level 1
- set level 2
- set level 3
- ventilate for 30 minutes

I noticed that 100ms is not enough to press the button. With a value of 500 ms, pressing the keys works stable.
The following is the ventilation level 2 code as an example:
```
// STAGE 2
On stage2 do

  // 4 X CLICK DOWN
  Pulse,14,1,500
  gpio,14,0
  Pulse,14,1,500
  gpio,14,0
  Pulse,14,1,500
  gpio,14,0
  Pulse,14,1,500
  gpio,14,0
  Pulse,14,1,500
  gpio,14,0

  // 2 X CLICK UP
  Pulse,12,1,500
  gpio,12,0
  Pulse,12,1,500
  gpio,12,0

  //RESETGPIO
  gpio,12,0
  gpio,13,0
  gpio,14,0

endon
```
Now I can integrate the whole thing into my smart home and control it as I like. Unfortunately, I
haven't received the VOC sensor from Aliexpress yet, so I have to wait with the VOC-controlled
ventilation.
Housing mounted and ESP8266 running
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 22:09 • 0 comments
Install and connect
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 22:08 • 0 comments
Building the PCB
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 22:07 • 0 comments

Now I build the PCP. Left: DC-DC StepDown converter, top right: ESP8266 (Wemos D1 mini), bottom
right: SSR relay
successfully found the flat cable
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 22:06 • 0 comments

Found, apparently the Renault Megane has installed the same cable for the airbag
measuring the front panel
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 22:03 • 0 comments

Now I take a closer look at the original device. The panel buttons are connected to this ribbon cable. I measure out which pin is for which button. Now I have to find the same ribbon cable with connector on aliexpres...
Power search
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 21:57 • 0 comments

Because I don't want to have an extra power supply, I check whether I already have direct current somewhere in the housing. I'm lucky, the original control is operated with 12V.

That means I also have to use a DC-DC StepDown converter so that the ESP8266 can be supplied with 5V.
Housing
Nik Reitmann • 03/11/2022 at 21:53 • 0 comments

First, I drew the original housing so that I could put my own housing above where I would then install

my PCP with the ESP8266.

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Discussions

apknike wrote 05/20/2022 at 23:54

Gute idee! I am working on something similar at my home, i take idea from https://apknike.com/gbwhatsapp-apk/

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theWookie wrote 03/15/2022 at 15:25

our of curiosity what program did you use to draft the housing?

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Nik Reitmann wrote 03/15/2022 at 15:57

I drew this with TinkerCAD "tinkercad.com". It's free and you can use it in your browser. It is a Constructive solid geometry (CSG) CAD. If you have a project with moving parts it's unusable, then I use FreeCAD.

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kc8kva wrote 03/14/2022 at 12:38

Gute idee! I am working on something similar for my lab in the basement. For me, it is repurposing some 12V computer fans with a PWM to control the speed. Sehr Interessant!

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Johannes Franke wrote 03/14/2022 at 10:47

I wondered about that, too. Any pass-through there? By the way, I think I have seen what could be two antenna wires on the inside of the front panel. If these devices are radio-controllable, you could find an even more invisible way of commanding them. But anyway, nice idea and well done! Please share the manufacturer and model, maybe we can find out how this works with RF control. Cheers, have a nice day!

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Nik Reitmann wrote 03/14/2022 at 10:57

Thank you, I saw the antennas too. But I don't have a remote control, and radio protocols are not my forte :-)

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Mihai Zaharie wrote 03/14/2022 at 10:22

How did you connect the ribbon cable to both the buttons and your controller?

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Nik Reitmann wrote 03/14/2022 at 10:58

I simply plugged the flat cable into the existing connector. A Y-splitter was not necessary (but originally intended)

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Johannes Franke wrote 03/14/2022 at 12:46

ah, so the buttons no longer work?

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Nik Reitmann wrote 03/14/2022 at 12:55

I put both cables, the original and mine, in the connector. The buttons can also be used.

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Smart Apartement Ventilation

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