Can't connect to Argo Ulisse DCI 13 Eco Wifi

[shan-vosseller]

Version of the custom_component

1.1.2 (latest)

Configuration

# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:

# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
  themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes

# Text-to-speech
tts:
  - platform: google_translate

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
fan:
  - platform: xiaomi_miio_fan
    name: Living Room Fan
    host: -----
    token: --------
logger:
  default: critical
  logs:
    custom_components.argoclima: debug

Describe the bug

attempting to connect to the AC's IP address fails with error "Could not reach host or host is not a supported device."

Debug log

all I see is the usual warning about custom component that I see for several of mine
perhaps there's something I'm missing in getting logging to work but I see nothing other than that for argoclima

[nyffchanium]

Make sure nothing else is accessing the AC's API (e.g. the WebUI) while you try to add it. Otherwise the requests might get dropped.

Check if you get an answer from this URL when you enter it into a browser:
http://{IP_OF_THE_AC}:1001/?HMI=N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N&UPD=0
The response should be something like 200,236,1,1,6,7,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,0,4,0,0,0,0,N,75,1416,0,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N.