Generic thermostat access to internal variables

[luciandf (Lucian)]

Hello all,

I have been struggling with the generic thermostat feature for a few days now. I have another question that I asked about it but this is something different:

I have stumbled upon this answer in the forum that got me an idea how to solve some of my problems

Help to set automation trigger for thermostat

What exactly do you mean by “scheduled”? E.g., do you mean only allow the switch (i.e., heater) to be turned on during a certain period (5:30 - 21:30)? Do you mean change the target temperature at different times? Or something else? BTW, you’ve only described turning the switch on, but I would assume you also want it to turn off when the temperature rises above the target temperature. Is that right? And (depending on the answers to the questions above) maybe turn it off outside the specified ti…

but I still have some questions:

In the generic thermostat card, there are some constants (I don’t know how to call them) such as min_temp, max_temp, target_temp, cold_tolerance, hot_tolerance etc.

climate:
  - platform: generic_thermostat
    name: home
    heater: switch.heating
    target_sensor: sensor.average_house_temp
    min_temp: 22
    max_temp: 26
    ac_mode: false
    target_temp: 23.5
    cold_tolerance: 1.0
    hot_tolerance: 0.5
    min_cycle_duration:
      seconds: 5
    keep_alive:
      minutes: 3
    initial_hvac_mode: "off"
    away_temp: 20
    precision: 0.1

My question is: how can I access from an automation for example, and possibly change, the value: target_temp in the above card. Or any other variable in there. Is such a thing possible?

I have tried to access them from the developer tools section but these variables do not appear there (or I don’t know how to find them)

Thank you,

Lucian