Sorry I feel like this is a really easy answer - but I just can’t find it.
I have 9-midnight free power at home, and want to use my HVAC system based off a helper dropdown.
I thought I’d just add a dropdown to a dashboard as an input. So someone at home can decide in advance what they think the weather will be like in the evening and choose the ‘free power’ mode.
So I want the value of this dropdown to insert into where I have;
hvac_mode: dry/heat/cool/auto
At some point I might also add a slider/dropdown with an acceptable range of temperatures, a set of tick boxes for the rooms to deliver the hvac mode to, and a drop down for low/med/high fan.
Put your input_select entity id where I put input_select.ac_mode.
Also, use the entity_id, not the device_id. If you ever have to replace a device you can change the entity_id in one place (new to match the old). You can not do this for device_ids, you have to find and replace them all.
Finally, this seems like something you could automate depending on the day/night maximum/minimum temperature rather than relying on someone to change an input_select.
Edit: one more thing. If you want to use capital letters in your input select options to make them look nicer, like Heat, Cool, Dry then change the template to this:
Works perfectly. Thanks very much for the information.
Yes I definitely agree with the automation based off actual temperatures part. I have sensors on the HVAC and Aqara sensors in every room. But I think it’ll be a war between my wife and I about ‘too hot’ ‘too cold’. I might try it again if this drop down isn’t used :).