I am trying to find out if I can use the Lovelace Thermostat card but substitute the climate settings for sensors.
For example, my Ecobee will be set at 22.5 which is stored in an input_number (I also store it in a sensor for a cleaner look on the front end). This number remains static unless changed on the front end. The set point of the Ecobee dynamically adjusts in the background based on temperature/occupancy of the rooms in the house. This number is hidden from the front end. I also have non-ecobee temperature sensors so I want to ignore the Ecobee current temp and use my average house temperature sensor instead.
What I’m wondering is if there is a way to change the climate current temperature and temperature setting to show custom sensors instead, and have the slider control an input_number?
I don’t want to use a custom card as they don’t work on Fully Kiosk on my Fire 7…
No, the thermostat card, is just a front end for the thermostat entity, it is simply passing the commands to the thermostat entity. You would need to customise the thermostat entity as you see fit.
A lot of the thermostat components support use an external sensor for temperature, but in this case looking at the Ecobee thermostat it does not support the functionality. You may have to approach the developer and see whether they would entertain putting that in.
Not fully understanding how the Ecobee works, that might not work; If the Ecobee is the smarts, and not HA, then I can’t see that working.
The input_number you would just need to setup an automation to sync the thermostat changes with the front end, and vice versa, sync the backend when you change the front end.