FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools

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334 points Medusalix | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 13:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source

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any1 ◴[17 Nov 25 16:22 UTC] No.45955056[source]▶

This reminds me of my own troubles with my AEG washing machine.

Probably, the most important lesson (for someone who wants to fix their washing machine ASAP) that I learned from that was that there are non-userserviceable error codes and you need to perform an undocumented procedure on your machine to get those codes. I wrote about it in more detail here: https://andri.yngvason.is/repairing-the-washing-machine.html

I would have loved to have an open source diagnostics dongle for my AEG. Maybe next time I'll try and make one. :)

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inferiorhuman ◴[17 Nov 25 22:19 UTC] No.45959036[source]▶

>>45955056 #

How new is your washing machine? Mine (US market, Electrolux branded) displays fault codes through the main 8 segment LCD and makes component tests available from that same diagnostic menu. Service literature was available directly from Electrolux — from a paid service with a free trial, although there are plenty of youtube videos covering the same information.

It's either the current or previous generation.

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1. any1 ◴[18 Nov 25 13:03 UTC] No.45965159[source]▶

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The blog post that I linked to answers your question.

I was able to get at the diagnostics menu (also explained in the blog), but I had to interrogate a service tech in order to learn how to trigger it (also mentioned in the blog).

The manual did not contain this information and I could not find it via Google.

Where did you sign up for the "paid service with a free trial"?

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