woeful zephyr
Hey there,
Trying to figure out the best way to handle the off seasons where you want to switch from heat to cool in the same day.
I THINK that's what the heat/cool setting is for in the climate controls, but I'm not seeing that as an option in my device's mode options... Any thoughts?
wide lantern
heat_cool in HA would be the same as Auto for the thermostat itself, or for the Z-Wave mode. What are you referring to by "option in my device's mode options"?
woeful zephyr
I'm taking about the options here
It's like there's no auto option here. I basically want to have the thing keep the house temp within a certain range during the spring and fall
woeful zephyr
Here's my current solution using node-red, and while it works for the most part, I was just curious if there was an easier way to go about it:
(I have two HVAC units) I'm planning on adding some window sensors to this to turn the whole system off when windows are open, but haven't gotten as far as actually installing them yet
wide lantern
What does the Dev Tools States page show for the attributes? You might need to re-interview it.
woeful zephyr
To be clear, I'm not sure that the actual unit has an auto mode, so that may be the answer
wide lantern
It's listed in the ZWA DB (certification database) as having an Auto mode, along with some eco presets
The presets are there
The DB is not always 100% accurate. But is there no Auto mode on the thermostat itself?
woeful zephyr
I don't think so, let me see if I can remember the unlock code. Locked it a while back because the kids kept messing with it
wide lantern
So there's 1/4 of the thermostats that don't show Auto. https://products.z-wavealliance.org/products/2893?selectedFrequencyId=-1
That one does support "Auto changeover", which the Z-Wave integration doesn't actually implement correctly (it maps it to heat_cool).
woeful zephyr
Where are you seeing that on those listings?
wide lantern
The "Features" link
woeful zephyr
oh
wide lantern
It's not always 100% accurate. Would seem strange that that one is the only revision missing it.
woeful zephyr
Yea, and I'm not sure which version these are, hang on
wide lantern
Do you have the TH6320ZW2003 or the 2007?
woeful zephyr
2003
wide lantern
None of their docs really tell you. I would Re-interview first, see if that updates it. You can post the device diagnostic file if you want, that will show whether it's even reporting an auto mode. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zwave_js/#network-devices
woeful zephyr
So I just checked, the device itself only has heat, cool, emHeat, and off
woeful zephyr
lol I had assumed that home assistant could naturally handle the auto-bits
Heat pump
wide lantern
Maybe that's why
Em Heat and Auto modes may not appear on the
thermostat screen, depending on your equipment
and how the thermostat was configured.
woeful zephyr
Yea, maybe. Constant switching isn't supposed to be great for them
ahhh
So node red/automations are really the only real way to do it then it sounds like
wide lantern
Seems like it
There's an Auto changeover option which seems to be disabled by default. But that would require you to go through the installer setup.
no clue if that requires some kind of hardware configuration too
woeful zephyr
Yeah sounds like just tweaking my current setup to work correctly is the way to go