Did someone try to use this with the newer model S200202 ?

[danieldriessen]

Hello everyone.
I was using a Lay-Z-Spa Maldives for years and now switched to the newer version of it.
I am now having the Pump S200202. It seems to be great, and the SmartSpa App works (sadly no ioBroker or HomeAssistant integration available yet).
Has someone tried any board/setup with this pump model yet? And what were the results?
Thanks
Have a great day!

[wyliecoyoteuk]

I don't think it will work, I have that pump, and there is a homeassistant integration for it, which I use.
https://github.com/cdpuk/ha-bestway

[danieldriessen]

Hello, thank you for your reply.
I also found this HA integration. But this seems to require using the "Bestway Smart Hub" App. There seem to be two different Apps...
My Lay-Z-Spa came with a QR-Code on the pump. The manual states that if there is a QR-Code, you are supposed to use the "SmartSpa" app.
I tried to setup the spa with both. But I was only able to get it set up with the "SmartSpa" app. The other app always failed on a step called "Assigning Spa to your account" or something along those lines.

Which app are you using?
And are you sure you have this pump model?
Was there a QR-Code on your pump?

Thank you so much in advance!
Greetings

[wyliecoyoteuk]

I use the Bestway smart hub app. the Smartspa app seems to be a new version (still without a scheduler).
Maybe you can't use both with the same account.

[wyliecoyoteuk]

This thread seems to offer a solutions:
cdpuk/ha-bestway#88

[danieldriessen]

Thank you!

I did already find this thread as well. But the first time I read it, I misunderstood the way it is supposed to work. I was under the impression that the connection only works if you have a spare cell phone relaying the connection. But since you pointed me to the thread again, I read it again with more attention and realised that you only need the second cell phone for the setup process.
So after some playing around for an hour or so I managed to setup the HomeAssistant plugin. I did not test everything yet, but it seems to work quite well so far.
So thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

P.S.: For everyone looking for this as well...
I had some trouble during the setup process finding some of the values in "Charles Proxy" (by the way I was using the iOS App of "Charles Proxy" on the second cell phone directly. No need to install "Charles Proxy" on an an extra PC or something. This way you can also save some time with the Charles Proxy setup).
Anyway, the particular value I could not find was the "visitor_id". So for everyone trying to install this particular HomeAssistant plugin... here is the solution: Set the Bestway SmartSpa App (the one on the second cell phone) to location "UK". That way it uses the correct API endpoints and you will be able to find the "visitor_id". Hope that helps!

@wyliecoyoteuk thank you very much, again!