Hi Mate, Iâm seeing the same symptoms with a Kogan Portable Aircon. Iâve gout it configured in Tuya, it works perfectly in the App, But it seems the Modes reported to HA is just âoffâ
Also having exactly the same issue with a Kogan unit I just picked up Thermostat card works for temperature adjustment but having the issue with only âOffâ being available in states, and the climate.turn_on not working but climate.turn_off being a power toggle.
HA cannot see/control several features working in TuyaSmart; Current temp, target temp, aircon/fan/dehumidify/heat modes, timer and schedule. Iâm not particularly concerned about timer or schedule, but would really like to get the other features integrated with HA.
Now that you mention it, a week or two ago my aircon stopped responding to on/off commands, which had been fine before. Havenât had a chance to try re-pairing or other troubleshooting just yet due to analog life but I hope support isnât regressing T_T
I can turn off the heater with a smart plug⊠ok!
To turn on, i have the smart plug turning on⊠ok!
Then, i have 2 options and iâm testing the better solution but both works:
You can create a delay, until the heater refreshs the state in HA. Iâm using 10 minutes, but sometimes itâs not enough. But after the delay you can call the service to set hvac mode;
Or you cancreate an automation with a simple pattern time recurrent to check if the state of the Heater is already âoffâ. If the state is off, it means, that the plug is turned on and the heater already booted and is connected to HA. Then you just simple call the service. This automation is also triggered off and on with the smart plug connected to the heater!
I solved the issue with switching the climate control on/off by adding a second localtuya device as switch. I cannot control it from the control showing the temperature but as a secondary on/off button on the same device.