I just realized what exactly the follow me is supposed to do, and realized I have something similar. Basically if I understand it right there’s a temp sensor in the remote, and it replaces the temp sensor in the heat pump.
Instead of the remote though, I’m using an ESP8266 with a Dallas temp sensor. The basic idea is when the dallas sensor gets a new value, connect to the heatpump esp chip and set a template number to have that value. Then in an automation treat the template number as a thermometer and handle it like you like.
Here’s an example:
In the heatpump ESP chip yaml add this:
globals:
- id: auto_mode
type: bool
restore_value: false
initial_value: 'false'
switch:
- platform: template
name: ${friendly_node_name} Auto Mode
id: ${node_id}_auto_mode
icon: mdi:car-turbocharger
optimistic: true
lambda: return id(auto_mode);
turn_on_action:
- lambda: |-
id(auto_mode) = true;
id(${node_id}_automation_lambda).press();
turn_off_action:
- lambda: |-
id(auto_mode) = false;
button:
- platform: template
internal: true
id: ${node_id}_automation_lambda
on_press:
- lambda: |-
if (id(auto_mode)) {
float tempDifference = id(${node_id}_my_climate).target_temperature - id(${node_id}_room_temperature_c).state;
ESP_LOGW(
"climate_temp", "difference: %f°F, target: %f°F, room: %f°F",
(tempDifference * 1.8),
(id(${node_id}_my_climate).target_temperature * 1.8 + 32),
(id(${node_id}_room_temperature_c).state * 1.8 + 32)
);
if(tempDifference > $heat_on_below_set_temp) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_mode", "Mode: [%s]","heat");
if (ClimateMode::CLIMATE_MODE_HEAT != id(${node_id}_my_climate).mode) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_mode", "Mode: [%s]","setting mode heat");
id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call().set_mode(ClimateMode::CLIMATE_MODE_HEAT).perform();
}
delay(2000);
if(tempDifference > $heat_turbo_on_below_set_temp) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", "boost");
if (ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_BOOST != id(${node_id}_my_climate).preset.value()) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", " setting boost heat");
id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call().set_preset(ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_BOOST).perform();
} else if (tempDifference < -$heat_turbo_off_above_set_temp) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", "none");
if (ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_NONE != id(${node_id}_my_climate).preset.value()) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", " setting none heat");
id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call().set_preset(ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_NONE).perform();
}
}
}
} else if(tempDifference < -$cool_on_above_set_temp) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_mode", "Mode: [%s]", "cool");
if (ClimateMode::CLIMATE_MODE_COOL != id(${node_id}_my_climate).mode) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_mode", "Mode: [%s]", "setting mode cool");
id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call().set_mode(ClimateMode::CLIMATE_MODE_COOL).perform();
}
delay(2000);
if (tempDifference < -$cool_turbo_on_above_set_temp) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", "boost");
if (ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_BOOST != id(${node_id}_my_climate).preset.value()) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", " setting boost cool");
id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call().set_preset(ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_BOOST).perform();
} else if (tempDifference > $cool_turbo_off_below_set_temp) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", "none");
if (ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_NONE != id(${node_id}_my_climate).preset.value()) {
ESP_LOGW("climate_preset", "Preset: [%s]", " setting none cool");
id(${node_id}_my_climate).make_call().set_preset(ClimatePreset::CLIMATE_PRESET_NONE).perform();
}
}
}
}
}
number:
- platform: template
name: ${friendly_node_name} Room Temperature °C
id: ${node_id}_room_temperature_c
optimistic: true
min_value: -40
max_value: 100
restore_value: true
step: 0.1
on_value:
then:
- lambda: |-
id(${node_id}_automation_lambda).press();
in the Dallas Esp chip yaml have it include this:
http_request:
id: http_request_data
useragent: esphome/device
timeout: 10s
esp8266_disable_ssl_support: true
dallas:
- pin: ${dallas_pin}
id: ${device_name}_pin
update_interval: ${dallas_update}
sensor:
- platform: dallas
address: ${dallas_address}
name: ${friendly_name}
id: ${device_name}
dallas_id: ${device_name}_pin
on_value:
then:
- http_request.post: !lambda |-
return "http://some-heatpump.lan/number/some_heatpump_room_tempreture_c/set?value=" + std::to_string(x);
Net result is a pure wifi and ESP replacement for follow me.
On the rpi I have a small python script that I wrote that reads all the registers and uploads that info into MQTT, where Home Assistant reads it from.
Those, as I learned later, are the modbus connectors to link to other heat pump units. So you should really have the H1 and H2 on the display, which on our unit is in the front panel of the internal unit
