AirTouch 2+ integration — aramshaw fork

This is a fork of nathanvdh's AirTouch 2+ integration with connection-reliability fixes and extra features. It exists so the fixes can be run and soak-tested while they are contributed back upstream (PR #18). Once merged upstream, that's the place to be.

Active development happens on the feat/favourites-and-console-temp branch; master deliberately mirrors upstream. HACS installs from releases, which are cut from the feature branch.

What's different from upstream

• Connection-dropout fixes (the "becomes unavailable" problem):
  • ACKs the controller's undocumented status broadcasts (with the required 0xC0 address)
  • Keep-alive poll defeats the controller's ~16-minute idle timeout
  • Survives the controller dropping off WiFi mid-connection (auto-reconnects — no more dead-until-restart)
• Favourites — view and activate AirTouch favourites from HA
• Console temperature — the touchscreen's temperature as a sensor
• Entities go unavailable during outages and recover automatically
• The airtouch2 library (forked) is bundled — no separate install needed

This component will set up the following platforms.

Platform	Description
climate	Control temperature, mode, fan speed
fan	Zones (groups) as fan entities
select	Activate favourites
sensor	Console (touchscreen) temperature

Installation

This integration is not available in Home Assistant by default — install it via HACS (recommended):

1. In HACS, add https://github.com/aramshaw/homeassistant-airtouch2plus as a custom repository (type: Integration), then download it.
2. In the HA UI go to "Settings" → "Devices & Services" → "+ Add integration" and search for "airtouch2plus".
3. Enter the host address (IP) of your AirTouch 2+ system — and that's it.