ESPHome Climate PID temperature presets

ESPHome
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Hi, I just bought a DIYLESS OpenTherm thermostat and I flashed it with ESPHome.
I got everything working and then I found out there is an option in Home assistant to select climate presets like home, away, comfort, eco etc.
I want to add it to my thermostat but I’m unable to find a way to configure the presets.
The presets with configurable temperatures seems so usefull.

Can someone help me with this?

This is my climate pid config in ESPHome:

climate:
  - platform: pid
    id: ch_climate
    name: "Heating Climate"
    heat_output: t_set
    default_target_temperature: 20°C
    sensor: thermostat_temp
    visual:
      min_temperature: 4°C
      max_temperature: 35°C
      temperature_step:
        target_temperature: 0.5°C
        current_temperature: 0.1°C
    control_parameters: 
      kp: 4.585496559670449
      ki: 0.0003293586854220727
      kd: 15.960394874514796
      derivative_averaging_samples: 10  # smooth the derivative value over 10 samples
      starting_integral_term: 0.0
    deadband_parameters:
      threshold_high: 0.5°C
      threshold_low: -0.5°C
      kp_multiplier: 0.5
      ki_multiplier: 0.5 
      kd_multiplier: 1.0
      deadband_output_averaging_samples: 5   # average the output over 5 samples within the deadband

Here is an example of the kind of presets that I’m looking to implement.

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Here is my thermostat entry in esphome.

climate:
  - platform: thermostat
    name: "${friendly_name} CH Thermostat"
    id: heating_thermostat
    sensor: house_temperature
    min_heating_off_time: 300s
    min_heating_run_time: 300s
    min_idle_time: 30s
    heat_overrun: 0
    heat_action:
      - switch.turn_on: heat
    idle_action:
      - switch.turn_off: heat
    default_preset: Home
    on_boot_restore_from: default_preset
    preset:
      - name: Away
        default_target_temperature_low: 10 °C
        mode: HEAT
      - name: Home
        default_target_temperature_low: 18 °C
        mode: HEAT 
      - name: Comfort
        default_target_temperature_low: 20 °C
        mode: HEAT

Hopefully this points you in the right direction.

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Thanks for the response, that is what I’m looking for but I think it doesn’t work with the Climate PID api.

I am getting the following errors when I add the preset part:

INFO ESPHome 2024.12.4
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/esphome-web-fff95c.yaml...
Failed config

climate.pid: [source /config/esphome/esphome-web-fff95c.yaml:121]
  platform: pid
  id: pid_kamer_stijn
  name: Kamer Stijn
  sensor: temperature_kamer_stijn
  humidity_sensor: humidity_kamer_stijn
  default_target_temperature: 21°C
  heat_output: heater_output_stijn
  visual: 
    min_temperature: 4
    max_temperature: 35
    temperature_step: 
      target_temperature: 0.5
      current_temperature: 0.1
  control_parameters: 
    kp: 0.23873
    ki: 0.00018
    kd: 8.85876
    min_integral: -10.0
    max_integral: 10.0
    starting_integral_term: 0.0
    output_averaging_samples: 15
    derivative_averaging_samples: 20
  deadband_parameters: 
    threshold_low: -0.5
    threshold_high: 0.5
    kp_multiplier: 1.0
    ki_multiplier: 1.0
    kd_multiplier: 1.0
    deadband_output_averaging_samples: 10
  
  [default_preset] is an invalid option for [climate.pid]. Please check the indentation.
  default_preset: Home
  
  [on_boot_restore_from] is an invalid option for [climate.pid]. Please check the indentation.
  on_boot_restore_from: default_preset
  
  [preset] is an invalid option for [climate.pid]. Please check the indentation.
  preset: 
    - name: Away
      default_target_temperature_low: 10 °C
4

Ahh sorry, didn’t spot it was the PID and it seems presets are not an option.

Any reason you need to use the PID and not the standard thermostat?

5

Mostly because I have the option to modulate the boiler temperature.
It also makes the temperature more stable if it is tuned right