Hive Heating Entity - switch.hive_heating_heat_on_demand

Ok so i’m using hive heating, however I want to set an automation to detect when I return home to set the switch switch.hive_heating_heat_on_demand to ON

This is a radiator valve function which kicks the thermostat into boost mode whenever one of the TRV’s in the house is below temperature.
Its a bit like the “boost” function but I need to use this if possible for my automation.

I could use some help with this as I can’t figure it out.

I cannot work out how I can specify an “Entity” name and change the status.

Since its a switch entity, could you try calling the switch.turn_on service to switch it on in your automation ? You can try it out in developer tools before trying it in an automation.

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Unfortunately it seems that whilst this entity is exposed to HA it can only be used as a Status Indication, if you change the state of the switch then it gets changed by the Hive server a few seconds later.
I am now exploring how other “states” such as TRV or Thermostat may influence this.