Air Con device state onoff

FatherOfSkynet — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:15:31 GMT

So how do you turn an AC off without being able to use OnOff.

I have a cooling only, "full state" remote controlled mini split.

I'm controlling it through a Broadlink RM4 Pro linked to Google Home.

I have a Nest Pro Thermostat connected to my HVAC existing system.

I am trying to turn the mini split on, in tandem, with the rest of the AC. The device type added to Google home from the broadlink app is an Air Conditioner with two states, on off. Yet I'm not allowed to use on off in automations for this type of device "for safety"? The guardrails are really getting out of control, Gemini is unusable other than to make phone calls or send texts. It's why I spent a pretty penny on 192gb vram and trained my own LLM and VLM

I'm trying to write an automation that goes a little like this:

IF thermostat is cooling and minisplit is off then

Minisplit on
Else If Thermostat is not cooling and minisplit is on Then

Minisplit off

End if

Here is the on logic I thought should work

- starters:

- type: device.state.TemperatureSetting
device: Entryway - Entryway
state: thermostatTemperatureAmbient
greaterThan: 72
condition:
all:
- type: device.state.TemperatureSetting
device: Entryway - Entryway
state: activeThermostatMode
is: cooling
- type: device.state.OnOff
device: Air conditioner - Penthouse
state: on
is: false # Only run if AC is currently OFF
actions:
- type: device.command.OnOff
on: true
devices:
- Air conditioner - Penthouse

Off logic

- starters:

- type: device.state.TemperatureSetting

device: Entryway - Entryway

state: thermostatTemperatureAmbient

lessThan: 71

condition:

type: device.state.OnOff

device: Air conditioner - Penthouse

state: on

is: true # Only run if AC is currently ON

actions:

- type: device.command.OnOff

on: false

devices:

- Air conditioner - Penthouse

Any help circumnavigating the guard rails would be appreciated.

topic Air Con device state onoff in Home Automation

Air Con device state onoff