In Home Assistant, I am currently using entities provided by AVM Fritz!SmartHome, such as sensor.bedroom_comfort_temperature, sensor.bedroom_eco_temperature, climate.bedroom, and binary_sensor.bedroom_window_alarm. These entities are integrated via the AVM Controller and forwarded to Home Assistant through AVM Fritz!SmartHome. Additionally, in Home Assistant, I have temperature/humidity sensors like sensor.bedroom_temp_humidity, which are integrated via Zigbee2MQTT.
Currently, for the thermostats in the Fritz!Box SmartHome interface, I have defined daily schedules for eco and comfort temperatures, heating periods, vacation settings, as well as routines and templates (e.g., for “Guests” and “Home Arrival”/“Leaving Home”), which switch to eco or comfort modes independently of the schedules.
I now want to transfer complete thermostat control to Home Assistant and am considering the “Better Thermostat” integration. I can delete the templates and routines in AVM Fritz!SmartHome without issue and replace them with automations in Home Assistant. However, how can I prevent the thermostat settings in AVM Fritz!SmartHome from being used further? Moving forward, Home Assistant should take over control. The Zigbee window sensors could be directly registered with Home Assistant and removed from the AVM Zigbee Controller. However, this is not possible with the thermostats, as they are connected to the Fritz!Box via DECT—meaning I still need to use AVM Fritz!SmartHome for them.
Ultimately, I want to achieve the following:
- Disabling the schedules in the Fritz!Box SmartHome configuration.
- Defining eco and comfort temperatures in Home Assistant instead of using the Fritz!Box SmartHome configuration.
- Creating daily schedules for the thermostats in each room within Home Assistant.
- Defining heating periods applicable to all thermostats in Home Assistant.
I have found now way to disable the thermostat controls in the Fritz!Box, so this might be my biggest problem. Any ideas?