Switch on heater with generic thermostat with simple on/off switch

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Hi all,

I started using the generic thermostat integration to control the temperature of my greenhouse. It really looks easy to setup (I’m not that experienced with HA yet).For the heater the documentation states I need a toggle device to switch the heater on/off. I have a simple on/off switch (so no toggle device). Can I use this and if so how to cofigure this?
I would be very thankfull if somebody can help me out with this.

Regards,
Herman

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It’s badly worded. By ‘toggle’ they mean anything with an on or off state that can be controlled. Just follow the example at the end of the docs, it uses a switch.

climate:
  - platform: generic_thermostat
    name: Study
    heater: switch.study_heater
...etc
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@tom_l - Thank you for clarifying. I’ve read a few posts now and can’t see to follow what or how the switch.study_heater is implemented.

In my case I have a climate.honeywell_t6_thermostat entity that I’m wanting to control with the Generic Thermostat.

This is what I have and I’m not sure if it’s right. Can you please throw some light?

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