Generic thermostat does not work

Configuration
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climate:
  - platform: generic_thermostat
    name: Bedroom
    heater: switch.bedroom_heat
    target_sensor: sensor.bedroom_temp
    target_temp: 74
    min_temp: 70
    max_temp: 77    
    min_cycle_duration:
      seconds: 30

This thing does a whole lot of nothing. It sits at idle no matter what. It does not retain any changes I make with the UI as to the target temp. This thing seems useless.

2

Which version of Home Assistant are you using?

There is a bug in 0.57.0 and 0.57.1 where changing the target temperature does not do anything, or cause any errors.

This is fixed in version 0.57.2

3

That is likely it, I have 0.57.1

4

Now it sets the temp but still does not trigger the switch, does it not work with an input boolean?

5

Just in case anyone is wondering, the solution is to use a fake MQTT switch.

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Bedroom Heat"
    command_topic: "its/a/fake"
    qos: 1
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    retain: true
6

sorry, I don’t know tbh.
I have never used the generic thermostat
Reading through the documentation it looks like it should work with all switches though

7

Hi,

I can confirm generic_thermostat now works only with switch devices as heater switch, and not others. input_boolean also does not work for me. I make it work with Template Switch, any switch like MQTT is also option.

I am testing now code changes to make it work with any toggle type device.

8

I have that problem in 0.59.2.
The generic thermostat does not respond to temperature sensor changes.

9

do you mean that when you set a new target temperature in the GUI, this has no impact on the actual target temperature of the thermostat?

10

For those interested to use input_boolean, I used this code below when I wanted to test before I got an actual switch:

switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      demo_switch_1:
        value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.demo_heater_zone_1', 'on') }}"
        turn_on:
          service: input_boolean.turn_on
          data:
            entity_id: input_boolean.demo_heater_zone_1
        turn_off:
          service: input_boolean.turn_off
          data:
            entity_id: input_boolean.demo_heater_zone_1
input_boolean:
  demo_heater_zone_1:

This way you use the switch which stores it’s state in an input_boolean

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11

I have a problem with generic thermostat . The Climate panel is not displayed until the heat sensor detects a temperature change. This happens after restarting HA or plugging in, Raspberry PI. I use Hasbian with Raspberry PI and HA 0.62.1. In other versions I did not have such a problem.
Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
8:33 PM components/climate/generic_thermostat.py (ERROR)

12

Have a look at https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/12095 and see if it helps solve your problem

13

I’me facing the same issues:

2018-02-04 21:13:16 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.climate.generic_thermostat] Unable to update from sensor: C is not a recognized temperature unit.
2018-02-04 21:23:08 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.climate.generic_thermostat] Unable to update from sensor: None is not a recognized temperature unit.

Sensor

sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "tele/dual_cv/SENSOR"
    name: "dual_cv_sensor_bme680_temperature"
    #unit_of_measurement: "C"

Thermostat

climate:
  - platform: generic_thermostat
    name: cv_heating
    heater: switch.basic_woonkamer_bank
    target_sensor: sensor.dual_cv_sensor_bme680_temperature
    min_temp: 18
    max_temp: 23
    ac_mode: False
    target_temp: 21.5
    cold_tolerance: 0.1
    hot_tolerance: 0.3
    min_cycle_duration:
      seconds: 60
    keep_alive:
      minutes: 3
    initial_operation_mode: "auto"
    away_temp: 18

Also missing the dual function for Heating and Cooling with my heatpump.

14

@pascalsaul If you want to have AUTO (healing/cooling) you can try the version in this PR: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/11472 If you find any problems, just write a comment on the PR.