Case study

Pool Comfort / Galaxywind: a local heat-pump client from Android and UDP analysis

Pool Comfort / Galaxywind implements a local Python client and Home Assistant component for pool heat pumps using UDP behavior recovered from the vendor Android app and LAN captures. It documents discovery on port 8818, sessions on port 1194, login, state attributes and control commands.

Targets: App · Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-08-22
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

Copy as Markdown View JSON Cite

Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a compatible Pool Comfort, Galaxywind or GWCD heat pump on the local network and its device password.
Prerequisites: The library requires Python 3.11 or newer; the Home Assistant component can be installed through HACS.
Testing evidence: The author reports testing one Pool Comfort unit; other OEM models need further captures.
License: MIT License.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{poolcomfort-galaxywind-case,
  title = {{Pool Comfort / Galaxywind: a local heat-pump client from Android and UDP analysis}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind}},
  url = {https://github.com/corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/poolcomfort-galaxywind-case/}}
}

Plain text

Pool Comfort / Galaxywind: a local heat-pump client from Android and UDP analysis. https://github.com/corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/poolcomfort-galaxywind-case/

Useful? Star Awesome REA on GitHub2.4k

About this entry

The description was reviewed against primary sources.

Report an outdated entry Suggest a translation fix

Primary sources

README.md GitHub · corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind · Revision 6055d4e
docs/protocol.md GitHub · corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind · Revision 6055d4e