Not too long ago I got a new AC in my office, and attempted to do some automation (turn the temp up during the weekend, etc.) via an IR Blaster. At some point I ran out of patience and gave up trying.
After reading this article I am encouraged to see that I was _not even close_ to getting it working, ha!
Maybe I'll try again in the future, but gosh I just with these stupid units had another way to be controlled.
I looked into the blaster approach and decided "just no"; I ended up getting a Sensibo which is just an IR blaster that someone else has done all the hard work for, which seems well work paying for.
I have a rack with 6 1u servers in it (and some other A/V hardware and lots of disks). We have an AC unit for each floor of the house, the bottom floor is sized larger than the top floor. I keep the bottom floor set to 74 and the servers see an ambient temp of 76. I find this to be acceptable, but there are times when I don't need to maintain 74 for the entire floor of the house.. like when we are on vacation. One time we came back and our cleaning service raised the temp to 86(!!!) lets just say my servers were loud that day. So I'm looking into a mini-split unit to put in the server room.
A minisplit is better than a window unit or a standing unit because I don't have to cut a very large hole nor do i have to figure out drainage. The power consumption is the same as what the article is pulling (900W) and all of the noise is exported to the exterior of the house. If you do not have a high cooling requirement then a heatpump may be sufficient for your needs
After reading this article I am encouraged to see that I was _not even close_ to getting it working, ha!
Maybe I'll try again in the future, but gosh I just with these stupid units had another way to be controlled.