HeishaMon communication PCB

Name: HeishaMon communication PCB
SKU: 19762
Price: 20.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.85 (25 reviews)

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HeishaMon communication print with onboard ESP8266ex for communication with Panasonic Aquarea H-series and J-series heatpumps

Designed by TheHogNL in Netherlands

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HeishaMon PCB version*

Get the opentherm version if you want to connect to an opentherm thermostat

Optional 3d printed case

This 3d printed case fits the HeishaMon PCB which is shown in the 3rd photo. Now also available for Opentherm version PCB for same option price.

Optional cable to connect to heatpump

This cable is needed to connect to the heatpump. The cable from the shop can be used normal and for parallel/listen-only together with CZ-TAW1. If you plan to replace CZ-TAW1 then you don't need the this cable as you can use the cable from CZ-TAW1 then.

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HeishaMon communication print with onboard ESP8266ex for communication with Panasonic Aquarea H-series and J-series heatpumps

The Heishamon software on this PCB allows your smarthome to communicate with the Panasonic Aquarea H-series and J-series heatpump replacing the original internet module. It provides MQTT messages, JSON data and API commands for all known values and also provides 1wire DS18b20 and kWh S0 port power metering to provide a complete solution to monitoring the performance of the heatpump. The software also supports to emulate the heatpump optional pcb for two-zone/buffer/swimming pool configurations. You only need to add IOT controlable devices to start waterpumps or open/close valves at (MQTT) requests of the software to use this emulated optional pcb. Send me a message if you need more information dabout this emulation feature.

!! Panasonic is now producing new models (K & L series). It is until now not known if Heishamon also works for these models. If you are the owner of such a model, please contact me so I can test Heishamon with your model. !!

The Heishamon software, available from github, can be installed on every ESP8266 board but the communication to and from the heatpump requires some levelshifting. On this PCB the levelshifting is provided and also the connection for 1wire and S0 metering is on the PCB making this HeishaMon board a quick solution to control your heatpump yourself.

The PCB has an onboard ESP-12f module. The PCB will be delivered as shown on the photo and the latest HeishaMon software will be installed for you. You only need to hook it on to your Panasonic heatpump using the optional cable (see below), configure it using the temporary open wifi hotspot and you can collect the MQTT data it transmits.

A simple 3d printable case has been created for this HeishaMon board (for both normal and opentherm version). You can download the STL file from github. You can also order this 3d printed case as an option.

HeishaMon opentherm version

You can now order the special opentherm version of the HeishaMon PCB (last image) if you select the opentherm version in the available options. This new PCB design will add opentherm support to the HeishaMon which allows the HeishaMon software to communicate to a opentherm thermostat. In future software releases this will allow you to control basic functions of your heatpump using the thermostat or display some basic values on the thermostat depending on the thermostat capability. The new opentherm PCB fully supports non-opentherm function also, so you can also order this if you are not planning to use opentherm for now. If you are reading this but you already have the normal HeishaMon PCB, you can upgrade it to opentherm using this HAT.

Connecting to heatpump

You need a cable to connect the HeishaMon to the heatpump for power and communication. If you replace your CZ-TAW1 with HeishaMon you can use the original CZ-TAW1 cable. I now only sell the CN-NMODE cable as it can be used for just HeishaMon or for dual-connection together with CZ-TAW1. If you ordered HeishaMon before and forgot to order a cable, you can order a seperate cable using this shop item.

CZ-TAW1 and HeishaMon together

If you want to keep using your CZ-TAW1 for main monitoring and controlling you can only connect HeishaMon in 'Listen/Monitor only' mode so it doesn't interfere with the CZ-TAW1 communication. You need the cable from the shop (with CN-NMODE connector) for that to work. The CZ-TAW1 still connects with the original cable to the CN-CNT port. HeishaMon will then connect with the cable from the shop to the CN-NMODE connector.

Cable length

Different lengths are available which allow you to place the heishamon where you like. The heishamon board needs a wifi connection so make sure to buy a cable long enough to reach decent wifi connection or extend your wifi with a wifi access point near to heishamon. If you need a longer cable their are multiple solutions:

Create own cable

On the HeishaMon github page you can find the connection types if you want to create a cable yourself. You can also cut a pre-made cable and insert a longer cable in between (with proper connection, like soldering). Make sure you use at least AWG24 (the thicker the better) cable and add some ferrite beads to your custom cable for any high (more than 5m) length cable. With these (and the pre-made) cables heishamon takes 5v power from the heatpump itself.

Longer cable

However longer distance cables can prevent HeishaMon to receive enough power due to resistance in the cable. If you notice data receive errors or HeishaMon isn't powering up, remove the 5v connection from the cable (only tx/rx and gnd connected) and power the HeishaMon with an external 5v power source using the marked connections for 5v/gnd on the pcb (for example the external connectors on the bottom or the dallas input side). Cables up to 25 meters are tested to work in this configuration.

TTL-to-RS485 option

If you need even more distance you can insert TTL-to-RS485 modules (XY-017 module is tested) in between and use only 2-twisted pair cables for the long distance. For the wiring see attached picture. In this configuration the HeishaMon needs a external 5v usb power also.

Further information

Recent firmwares will be publish on the github page. If you ever need to recover due to a bad upgrade, you can use a normal TTL cable to connect using the 2x5pin header to the 5v,tx,rx and gnd. Then switch to firmware upload mode by pressing and keep holding the 'flash' button while pressing the 'reset' button. Then release the 'flash' button. From then (until next reset) the board is in flash recover mode. Use any esp8266 programmer to reflash the board with a working firmware. The 2x5 pin header can not be used for communcation to the heatpump. The tx and rx are only for programming. Other pins include a TTL serial debug receive line and future upgrades (like the opentherm HAT).

Disclaimer

I will not take any responsability for any damage to your heatpump. If handled incorrectly while installating Heishamon you can damage the heatpump, just like installing any other accessoiry on the heatpump control PCB. And HeishaMon is not a replacement for the original CZ-TAW1 internet module provided by Panasonic. Heishamon itself does not provide access to your heatpump from your phone over the internet as the CZ-TAW1 does and it does not provide control or historical monitoring from the Heishamon itself. It will only provide a gateway for other software to reach this goal. The CZ-TAW1 is an excellent module for anyone who wants to control the heatpump using the app and portal provided bij Panasonic.

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.68)

Shipping: (4.84)

Communication: (4.88)

Beny | April 20, 2023

Amazing product to digitalize your Aquarea

Amazing product amazing communication, with nearly 0 background in home automation was able to connect the heishamon to the unit and was instantly able to get the data. Home assistant part was a little bit more challenging you need to set up MQTT and connect it to it but I was able to finish everything in 30 minutes and now able to see all my data and do inputs from my home assistant, let's hope that it's stable and continues to work like this.

Tamás | Feb. 23, 2023

I was looking for this and finally found!!!

I wanted to integrate my Panasonic heat-pump with Fibaro Home Center3 and was looking for an easy solution. Well, this PCB is the perfect solution for that job. It was shipped relatively fast and based on detailed instructions on Tindie and GitHub I could connect in few minutes and set it up right away. It just simple works. Great product, exactly what I was looking for!!!

Piotr | Feb. 2, 2023

Great product

I'm using this board for some time, its 100% stable and works perfectly as expected.
Documentation is well written and complete. Shipping to Poland was quite fast.

Patric | Feb. 2, 2023

Great product

I installed it yesterday together with my heatpump and it worked instantly and flawlessly.
Installation of a mqtt broker and homeassistant on my raspi was far more difficult.
But now everything works together and I am able to check and configure my panasonic with my mobile phone.

Ulrich | Jan. 12, 2023

Works Like a Charm!

First I thought, this would be a nice addition to the "official" device offered by Panasonic ONLY for the Panasonic owned cloud, which eventually will disapper in 10 years, though....
BUT it is a complete nicely made now for almost two month working alternative, if you love mqtt and try to avoid cloud solutions when they don't make sense at all!

Thanks a lot for your work!

Cheers

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P.S.: The case could be printed a bit nicer without warping, but ... who really cares? :-)

Response from TheHogNL | Jan. 12, 2023

The warping is a feature ;-) But thanks for your feedback!

Jordi | Dec. 13, 2022

Outstanding work Heishamon team!

On september 28 I bought Heishamon PCB.
Just wanted to "emulate" optional PCB on my Aquarea J to support a buffer tank.
Now the HP works like a charm. When buffer tank temp reached... it stops.
Last year the internal pump was always running to "test" water temp... with Heishamon and the availability to "emulate" optional PCB this is needed no more.
I'm so satisfied with this product, that I'm buying right now a backup PCB.

Martin | Sept. 10, 2022

A must have for Panasonic home automation integration!

I am using Heishamon opentherm with a series h T-CAP Ultra Quite. I have connected it to the CZ-NS4P add on board using the CN-NMODE plug, in parallel to the Panasonic cloud module CZ-TAW1. It worked right away. I use the MQTT data to monitor the heat pump in openhab 2.5.

Jörg | Aug. 30, 2022

Super Arbeit, funktioniert bestens...

Ein klasse Teil, ich betreibe es parallel zum originalen Internetmodul um die Daten der Wärmepumpe mit iobroker zu loggen.
Alles funktionierte sofort nach Einbau und ohne Probleme.

Vor dem Kauf war ich noch unsicher, was den parallelen Anschluss zum TAW1 betrifft, aber dank des netten Mail Kontaktes mit Igor konnte alles geklärt werden.
Vielen Dank dafür, auch für den schnellen Versand!
Gruß Jörg

Rolf | Aug. 2, 2022

Over and over again

Bought it a long time ago, but the Jeisha has only just been delivered. Crazy times!
The Jeisha is installed, test run successfully completed and of course: Heishamon also ran right away.

Many thanks for the great work and greetings from France.

Petar | June 30, 2022

Perfect product. Very good job.

Perfect product. Very good job. Very easy setup. Detailed information from the pump. Works well with Domoticz.

Mat | April 1, 2022

Even more amazing than I thought it would be!

I had quite a hard time figuring out wether my heatpump would be compatible with heishamon. But once I figured out that HeishaMon was supposed to replace the CZ-TAW1 Module, I was able to figure out that I needed the CN-CNT connector. But this is where the issues stopped. Four days after my order it arrived well packaged on my doorstep. Physical installation took 10 minutes and the software setup was a breeze. I was pleased to find a template for Home Assistant integration which had me up and running in no time.
This is what open source hard/software should be!

Jakob | Jan. 4, 2022

Great product

Works perfect, just like description.
I use it on panasonic j gen 7kw split system and pass the data to home assistant.
I use it in read only mode in parallel with the CZ-TAW1

Tim | Nov. 4, 2021

Does the job perfectly

Device connected as plug-in replacement for CZ-TAW1. Came straight up with web interface for commissioning, connected to local wireless and reported parameters on its web page. Hadn't used MQTT before, so took a while to work out how to pass data to Home Assistant, but now working solidly. Just what I needed.

Dirk | Oct. 24, 2021

Geniales Projekt / ingenieus apparaat

Die Hardware ist klasse - einfach eingesteckt und über den internen Hotspot konfiguriert, sofort danach werden alle Parameter der Wärmepumpe per MQTT übermittelt und können weiterverarbeitet werden, z.B. über InfluxDB/Grafana oder NodeRed. Einfache Einstellungen via HTTP-API oder MQTT sind out-of-the-box möglich. Schnelle Lieferung und sehr freundlicher Kontakt - sorry Igor, dass ich noch nicht zurückgeschrieben habe, Rückmeldung kommt in Kürze.
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De hardware is ingenieus - gewoon aangesloten en geconfigureerd via de interne hotspot, daarna worden alle parameters van de warmtepomp verzonden via MQTT. Makkelijke instellingen via HTTP-API of MQTT out-of-the-box. Snelle levering en heel vriendelijk contact - sorry Igor, dat ik nog niet heb teruggeschreven.

Miguel | May 29, 2021

Great product. Extremely simple to setup and works perfectly

I order the PCB to control my heat pump. The setup process is extremely simple even if you have no electronics experience. It took me less than 5 minutes to get it to work and I can now control my heat pump via mqtt, which is fast and flexible unlike the default cloud service provided by the heat pump.

Theo | April 15, 2021

TOP Platine und Software

Hallo, rund rum ein gelungenes Produkt. Bei Problemen mit dem Verbindungskabel wurde mir sofort unbürokratisch geholfen. Das Ersatzkabel kam innerhalb 3 Tagen bei mir an.
Vielen Dank für alles,
Gruß Theo

Allard | March 18, 2021

Awesome product. Very fast shipping. Worked out-of-the-box.

My order was shipped the same day. I attached the PCB with the supplied cable to my heat-pump and connected the HeishaMon to my Wi-Fi network. Everything went very smooth. There is good documentation on the HeishaMon Github project pages. Would definitely buy again.

Dario | Feb. 16, 2021

Surprised how good it is

The board is easy to setup also for limited experience user. I was surprised by all the good that is included in the SW too.

Roman | Jan. 23, 2021

very help-ful developer

The heishamon developer and pcb seller is an exceptional kind and help-full person. both software and hardware are developed very nicely and now features are still added. thanks a lot!

Erik | Jan. 12, 2021

Great product

Works great, but first a little difficult for me to install but that is more because i do not know a lot off mqtt and routing at all.

Thomas | Jan. 1, 2021

Great product!

Beautifully simple product, setup and working within a few minutes. It really is a no-brainer in you need mqtt from your heatpump.

Paul | Nov. 21, 2020

Great product

Best solution for controlling a H or J series heat pump built by Panasonic.
No matter what you choose, Domoticz, Home Assistant or anny other platform of your choice.

Bas | Oct. 18, 2020

5*

Very good support from Igor. I had some problems during the first usage, but he was helping constantly. Eventually changing the heishamon for free!! Many stores/web shops can learn from Igor. Hopefully my coffee tasted well 😉

Gediminas | Sept. 10, 2020

Works out of box

Professional built quality for low price, quick response. Works out of box, just connect and configure wifi.

Olli | Aug. 31, 2020

The remote connectivity module you need for your Aquarea H/J

I bought the manufacturer's WiFi adapter CZ-TAW1 thinking that I can get a lot of information from the system and can remote control it fluently. Unfortunately that was not the case. I have a HomeAssistant based system for monitoring my home and use Grafana together with MQTT as well. HeishaMon does everything that I want. This PCB was a super easy way for me to start using HeishaMon: Just unplug the CZ-TAW1 and plug in the same cable to this PCB. Simple configuration and all was working. Thanks a lot!

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