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Add ability to control lights on Midea AC

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Description

Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like

The ability to control the on/off state of the display on Midea AC units

Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:

The cloud control for Midea AC has the ability to turn off the display, but this is lost when control is swapped out for ESP

Additional context

Mac Zhou has this implemented on his msmart control for Midea units.

@property
def screen_display(self):
return self.data[0x14] & 0x10 > 0

@screen_display.setter
def screen_display(self, screen_display_enabled: bool):
    # the LED lights on the AC. these display temperature and are often too bright during nights
    if screen_display_enabled:
        self.data[0x14] |= 0x10
    else:
        self.data[0x14] &= (~0x10)

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Research direction

Start by comparing the ESP implementation with Mac Zhou’s msmart control, especially the screen_display property and byte 0x14 bit 0x10. Trace where Midea AC command data is assembled; done means exposing display on/off control for ESP while preserving the requested state.

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Assessment

Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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