Hi,
I am trying to set up a generic thermostat to control an air conditioner. The problem I am having is that when i change the operation mode to auto (either via a service call or with the web interface) the thermostat will not move from idle to heat or cool (I have tries with the generic thermostat with ac mode both enabled and disabled) and thus does not activate the switch to enable the aircon.
If I change the temperature in the thermostat it will then change the mode and activate the control switch, however if i turn the thermostat off and back to auto again the same problem re-occurs.
Any suggestions as to how to ensure when I turn on a generic thermostat it starts heating/cooling?
Yaml for the thermostat below.
- platform: generic_thermostat
name: AC_Cool
heater: switch.ac_compressor_mqtt
target_sensor: sensor.sensor_entry_temperature
min_cycle_duration:
minutes: 2
target_temp: 20
min_temp: 8
max_temp: 24
tolerance: 0.5
ac_mode: true
keep_alive:
minutes: 5
Thanks,
Nichol