Danfoss climate unknown info

Hi, sorry but didn’t know what to search for and could not find similar in forum so i have to ask.

I am using multiple Danfoss Connect Z heating controllers, all working fine but in HA is see

The “Unknown” should show Cool or something what i know. But my Danfoss devices do not support that or the current value i think. So i ask myself can i disable/remove the unneeded/ unsupported things from my climate components?

The empty current is not that big deal but the “unknown” in bold is an unwanted eye-catcher.

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I use Custom UI to change “Unknown” to “Heat” or “Idle”:

customize_glob:
  'climate.thermostat*':
    custom_ui_state_card: state-card-custom-ui
    templates:
      state: if (attributes.temperature > 8) return 'heat'; else return 'idle';

And for “Currently temp” I wrote a script Update current temperature for Z-Wave thermostats
And now I see this:
Przechwytywanie

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Thanks!
I got it working after figuring out how to set up this custom_ui stuff!

Sebastian

Hi,

Is this still working for you?
I think everything is correct but no matter what I type the climate sensor disappear when rebooting.
There’s no error in the log and the configuration is valid.
I’m running Hass.io 0.78.3

Thanks!

It works just fine here.

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Did you restart appdaemon?

Hmm, it seems that I have forgot something.
When reading on this page they say you have to create a .html page under /www/ folder, which I have not.
https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/frontend_creating_custom_ui.html

So, do you have a page under /www/ named state-card-custom-ui.html?
If so, what does it contain?

Thanks!

To use custom-ui you have to install custom-ui https://github.com/andrey-git/home-assistant-custom-ui

Or you can use python-script or AppDaemon app to change state of the climate entities.

Hi,

Thank you!
Totally missed that part but now it’s working as expected.

Hi again,

Just one question:
Do you know if it’s possible to change the text marked in the attached picture?
In this example it’s says “Aktuell” and in my language it says “För närvarande” but I want to change it to something shorter…
ha

Bieniu, I’m totally newbie at this. I have received some Popp Thermostats which have been included into HA. But I’m also seeing this “Unknown” state. If I download the python script, how do I implement it in my system in order to make it work? :innocent::innocent:

Python_script is a standard HA comonent https://www.home-assistant.io/components/python_script/

You have to use automation to run the script:


and

Thank you so much!
Regarding the L927 in your automation. What do that exactly do? My entities have the following name, and would work with the above?

  • sensor.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_temperature
  • sensor.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_temperature_2
  • climate.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_1
  • climate.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_2
service: climate.set_temperature
    entity_id: climate.thermostat_lazienka
    data:
      temperature: 23

This set target_temperature of climate.thermostat_lazienka to 23. This service works with all Danfoss thermostats.

I am aware of that, and that is working just fine for as well.

But it seem like if I copy your automations from above it won’t work for me? Is that because my entities must have the id “climate.thermostate_…”

Also I do have some external room temperature sensors which I would like the climate to take into account. I’ve tried your solution for this as well but without any luck… :sweat:

Try this one script https://pastebin.com/saKA93Gp
It’s change only state of the termostat entity. Start the script with this automations:

- id: heating_update_thermostats
  alias: 'Heating Update Thermostats'
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id:
      - climate.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_1
      - climate.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_2
  action:
    - service: python_script.heating_thermostat_update
      data:
        thermostat: trigger.entity_id

- id: heating_update_thermostats_state_at_start
  alias: 'Heating Update Thermostats State At Start'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: zwave.network_ready
  action:
    - service: python_script.heating_thermostat_update
      data:
        thermostat: climate.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_1
    - service: python_script.heating_thermostat_update
      data:
        thermostat: climate.danfoss_popp_radiator_thermostat_2

Perfect Bieniu, that worked! :smiley:
Next and final question. How do I set the target temperature to be the value from my external sensor (I’ve created an average temp based on my room temp. and the thermostat temp. I would like to use instead)?

Target temperature is what you set on the thermostat (manually or via HA). If you set the target temperature as a average of measurement from the sensors, the thermostat will not work properly.
Maybe you mean the current temperature?

Oh sorry. It is the current temperature.
I think in some cases the current temperature is not always reflecting the actual room temperature, so that is also why I want this.

In case the thermostat has a built-in temperature sensor it will be difficult to change the current_temperature value because the thermostat will overwrite it every few seconds or more often.

Okay… Thank you for the help though. I wasn’t aware of that. :sunglasses: