# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind/blob/6055d4e550e6119f46822f5ddcde9da321f6f1ca/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/poolcomfort-galaxywind-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/poolcomfort-galaxywind-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/poolcomfort-galaxywind-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind/blob/6055d4e550e6119f46822f5ddcde9da321f6f1ca/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/corekill/poolcomfort-galaxywind/blob/6055d4e550e6119f46822f5ddcde9da321f6f1ca/docs/protocol.md>

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