Thermostat usage guide

The thermostats work like any other Home Assistant climate entity.

Preset Modes

There are three preset modes:

  • Home - The thermostat will follow a profile
  • Boost - The thermostat is set to 2 degrees higher for 30 minutes (The default duration and temperature boost can be configured using Configure on the hub entry)
  • Standby - The thermostat is in frost protection mode. The thermostat is not following a profile and will only call for heat if the temperature drops below the configured frost protection temperature.
  • Away - Same as Standby, but all thermostats and timers are set to Away

Helper Sensors/Entities

  • Hold Time Remaining - If a hold/override is active, displays the number of minutes left
  • Hold Temperature - Shows the hold temperature (only relevant if hold is active)
  • Current Temperature - optional sensor that holds the current temperature (can also be obtained as an attribute of the climate entity)
  • Floor Temperature - displays the floor temperature if a floor sensor is connected (can also be obtained as an attribute of the climate entity)
  • Active Profile - Can select a different profile for the thermostat.
    • PROFILE_0 is a special profile when the profile is managed directly on the thermostat rather than a shared profile managed in the hub
  • Profile Next Time - The next time there is a state change managed by the profile
  • Profile Current Temeperature - The profile’s current temperature
  • Profile Next Temeperature - The profile’s temperature at the next state change

  • Lock - Lock or unlock the keypad on a thermostat. Use the standard lock.lock service if you want to set a new pin number

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    NOTE: Profile entities are only relevant if the hub is not in non-programmable mode

Configuration Entities

  • Frost Temperature - The frost protection temperature when the device is on standby/away/holiday
  • Output Delay - delay before the thermostat can call for heat again after switching off
  • Optimum Start - maxiumu preheat period
  • Switching Differential - How far the temperature has to drop before heat is called for
  • Floor Limit Temperature - Thermostat will stop calling for heat if the floor reaches this temperature (only if a floor sensor is in use)
  • User Limit - if thermostat is locked, this the temperature change allowed without unlocking the thermostat.

Diagnostic Entities

  • Hold Active - shows if a hold is in place
  • Standby - if the device is in standby
  • Away - if the hub is away or on holiday
  • Device Temperature - NeoStats in TimeClock mode still have access to the temperature
  • Identify - A button to flash the screen of a NeoStat in TimeClock mode
  • Floor Limit Reached - shows if the output is off because the floor limit temperature has been reached

Configuration Options

You can edit a few options for thermostats by going into the settings for the hub entry: Configure From the options, choose Configure default settings for devices and you can configure the following:

  • Min and Max Temperature - The default range is 5 to 35 degrees C. You can modify this range, but note that increasing the range is not normally supported by the devices themselves.

    This setting applies to all thermostats. You can use a standard home assistant feature to reduce the range on a specific thermostat

    In your configuration.yaml add:

    homeassistant:
  customize: !include customize.yaml

    Then in a customize.yaml add an entry for the thermostat you want to adjust

    climate.landing:
  max_temp: 25
  min_temp: 10

  • Boost duration and boost temperature - When the profile is set to Boost, the default duration is 30 minutes and an increase in set temperature of 2 degrees. This can be configured here.

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