As you mentioned Valetudo: I can highly recommend it! The HA integration is very beautiful too.
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Will the valetudo vacuum card/integration work with an un-valetudo-ed vacuum?
I would assume no since Valetudo has its own API.
I highly doubt it aswell, since valetudo api is running locally. The solutions from the manifacturers always connect to a cloud as far as I am informed. Anyways i never tried any of these "original" solutions as my vacuum was never activated before flashing valetudo. It's one of my fav open source projects since the documentation is sooo good and helpful. If you want to know how I made it or need help > hmu on matrix or here. Greets
I want to flash my vac with Valetudo - my goal is to run-only, no cloud. But I read through Valetudo's instructions and it's too scary for me. I don't think I have the skills to solder a board together and I barely understand all the steps. I can follow instructions, but there's one point where they say something like "do these few steps within 180 seconds or you may brick your vacuum" - that's too much risk for a ~$1000 vacuum. I didn't upgrade the firmware on my vac, so maybe someday the process will be slightly easier and I'll take the risk.
I specifically bought my vacuum as their recommendations say. I have flashed two Dreamee D9, it worked flawless. If you want i'll look into the manual for your's to state if the procediure is the same.
Edit: just looked it up. I did UART, not Fastboot method (which is required for yours)
Thanks for checking. So I'm still too scared at the moment. :)