On this post they used a Lovelace (dashboard) thermostat card called simple-thermostat for the dashboard. I think it works well so let’s install it using HACS
Now let’s make some helpers. http://homeassistant.local:8123/config/helpers Note the type of helper is shown in the EntityID
Name: Smoker Target Temperature
Icon mdi:thermometer
Unit of Measurement: °F
Display Precision: 0
EntityID: sensor.smoker_target_temperature
Template: {{ states('number.set_temp') | round(0, default=0) }}
Unit of Measurement: °F
Device Class: temperature
State Class: Measurement
Name: Smoker Probe-A Target
Icon mdi:thermometer
EntityID: input_number.smoker_probe_a_target
Min Value: 0
Max value: 250
Step size: 5
Unit of Measurement: °F
Name: Smoker Probe-B Target
Icon mdi:thermometer
EntityID: input_number.smoker_probe_b_target
Min Value: 0
Max value: 250
Step size: 5
Unit of Measurement: °F
Name: Smoker Probe-A Status
Icon mdi:food-steak
EntityID: sensor.smoker_probe_a_status
Template:
{% if states('sensor.smoker_probe_a_temperature') != unavailable %}
{% set target = states('input_number.smoker_probe_a_target')|int %}
{% set actual = states('sensor.probe_a')|int %}
{% set offset = actual - target %}
{% if offset > 5 %}Over Temp!
{% elif offset > -5 %}At Target
{% elif offset > -15 %}Approaching...
{% else %}Not Cooked Enough{% endif %}
{%- endif %}
Name: Smoker Probe-B Status
Icon mdi:food-steak
EntityID: sensor.smoker_probe_b_status
Template:
{% if states('sensor.smoker_probe_b_temperature') != unavailable %}
{% set target = states('input_number.smoker_probe_b_target')|int %}
{% set actual = states('sensor.probe_b')|int %}
{% set offset = actual - target %}
{% if offset > 5 %}Over Temp!
{% elif offset > -5 %}At Target
{% elif offset > -15 %}Approaching...
{% else %}Not Cooked Enough{% endif %}
{%- endif %}
Name: Probe-A Percent
Icon mdi:food-steak
Display Precision: 0
EntityID: sensor.probe_a_percent
Template:
{% if states('sensor.smoker_probe_a_temperature') != unavailable %}
{% set target = states('input_number.smoker_probe_a_target')|float %}
{% set actual = states('sensor.probe_a')|float %}
{% set percent = (actual / target) * 100 %}
{{percent}}
{%- endif %}
Unit of Measurement: %
State Class: Measurement
Name: Probe-B Percent
Icon mdi:food-steak
Display Precision: 0
EntityID: sensor.probe_b_percent
Template:
{% if states('sensor.smoker_probe_b_temperature') != unavailable %}
{% set target = states('input_number.smoker_probe_b_target')|float %}
{% set actual = states('sensor.probe_b')|float %}
{% set percent = (actual / target) * 100 %}
{{percent}}
{%- endif %}
Unit of Measurement: %
State Class: Measurement
We need to set some limits to the climate controller. Apparently this has to be done in the raw config yaml files. I happen to have Studio Code Server installed which makes that super easy to do.
Lovelace Thermostat Card Fix
This is required because the LocalTuya configuration for the entity will not take free-text values and none of the DPS parameters from the smoker itself provide the max/min. We are going to hard-code these. I assume you’ve never configured a customization before below. If you have, you know where to start
- Create a new
customize.yamlfile in the root of the config folder. I use the Visual Code Studio host add-on so this is very easy from within HA.- Include the following in the new
customize.yamlfile, replacing theclimate.smoker_temperaturewith the appropriate entity ID:climate.smoker: max_temp: 500 min_temp: 180
- Save the file.
- Open the
configuration.yamlfile and locate a line that stateshomeassistant:; if this does not exist, add it on a new line at the bottom.- Indent two spaces, and add
customize: !include customize.yamland save the file. The added text should be:homeassistant: customize: !include customize.yamlRestart HA
OK, that was a lot. Let’s make a dashboard. I used a lot of the details (again) from this post
But the setup is different in Home Assistant now and I couldn’t just copy/paste it, so I got to do “New dashboard from scratch.” Once that is made, you can choose to either use the following information to make the dashboard using the GUI (like I did), or you can try pasting it into the “{}raw configuration editor” and see if it works:
views:
- title: Smoker
sections:
- type: grid
cards:
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'off'
card:
type: glance
entities:
- entity: switch.smoker_on_off
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
card:
type: custom:simple-thermostat
entity: climate.smoker_set_temp
decimals: 0
step_size: 5
hide:
state: true
header:
toggle:
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
layout:
step: row
mode:
headings: false
icons: false
names: false
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_a
above: 0
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_b
below: 1
card:
type: history-graph
entities:
- entity: sensor.probe_a
name: Probe-A
- entity: sensor.smoker_target_temperature
name: Target
- entity: sensor.actual_temperature
name: Actual
hours_to_show: 8
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_a
above: 1
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_b
below: 0
card:
type: history-graph
entities:
- entity: sensor.probe_b
name: Probe-B
- entity: sensor.smoker_target_temperature
name: Target
- entity: sensor.actual_temperature
name: Actual
hours_to_show: 8
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- entity: sensor.probe_a
state: unavailable
- entity: sensor.probe_b
state: unavailable
card:
type: history-graph
entities:
- entity: sensor.smoker_target_temperature
name: Target
- entity: sensor.actual_temperature
name: Actual
hours_to_show: 8
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_a
above: 0
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_b
above: 0
card:
type: history-graph
entities:
- entity: sensor.probe_a
name: Probe-A
- entity: sensor.probe_b
name: Probe-B
- entity: sensor.smoker_target_temperature
name: Target
- entity: sensor.actual_temperature
name: Actual
hours_to_show: 8
- type: grid
cards:
- type: picture
image: >-
https://support.recteq.com/hc/theming_assets/01HZPQW9TJCNCSY7DCNFCGC2BX
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_a
above: 0
card:
type: glance
entities:
- entity: sensor.probe_a
name: Probe-A
- entity: input_number.smoker_probe_a_target
name: Target
- entity: sensor.smoker_probe_a_status
name: Status
- entity: sensor.probe_a_percent
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_a
above: 0
card:
type: gauge
entity: sensor.probe_a_percent
severity:
green: 60
yellow: 80
red: 90
needle: true
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_b
above: 0
card:
type: glance
entities:
- entity: sensor.probe_b
name: Probe-B
- entity: input_number.smoker_probe_b_target
name: Target
- entity: sensor.smoker_probe_b_status
name: Status
- entity: sensor.probe_b_percent
- type: conditional
conditions:
- condition: state
entity: switch.smoker_on_off
state: 'on'
- condition: numeric_state
entity: sensor.probe_b
above: 0
card:
type: gauge
entity: sensor.probe_b_percent
severity:
green: 60
yellow: 80
red: 90
needle: true
type: sections
max_columns: 2
icon: mdi:grill
cards: []
You’ll notice that a lot of the entries show and hide based on what the smoker is doing. If the smoker is off, it only shows the main switch, then it shows different graphs and such depending on if the probe is plugged in or not.
So… that’s it so far as I can remember =)