Very basic input select with thermostat states

Configuration
1

Hi,
I’ve tried many things so far and I can’t get to do this:

Input select
-Home
-Away
-Reset

# in configuration.yaml
input_select:
  thermostat_mode:
    name: Thermostat Mode
    options:
      - "away"
      - "home"
      - "Reset"
    icon: mdi:target

and then in

# in automation.yaml
  - alias: set the heat
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: input_select.thermostat_mode
    action:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        entity_id: climate.home
        preset_mode: "{{ trigger.to_state.state }}"

in the official doc, there is even this specific case used as an example. But I can’t find anywhere in that doc where to link my entidy_ID.

The platform I’m using for heat is Honnywell EvoHome. Thersmostats etc work fine in my dashboards.

Thanks

2

Your action block is incorrect if you’re trying to change the climate mode. See here. Try something like this for the action:

  action:
    - service: climate.set_preset_mode
      data_template:
        entity_id: climate.home
        preset_mode: "{{ trigger.to_state.state }}"

This is also assuming those options are valid preset modes for your thermostat integration.

3

Thanks for helping. I can load it, but it doesn’t trigger anything. The logs shows
Error rendering data template: UndefinedError: ‘trigger’ is undefined

Tue Nov 12 2019 18:48:44 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)
Error rendering data template: UndefinedError: 'trigger' is undefined

My input values are the same as in the state of the element

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4

I’d check the capitalization on home and away to see if those need to be capitalized. Also, did you try changing the input_select when it gave you that error? Manually triggering the automation by pressing the trigger button in the UI will give you that error since there was no actual trigger.

5

Hi,

I’ve checked both versions of the capitalization. Something gets to my system because I can see something flashing on the Honnywell app as if it received a directive. But it’s not acting on it.

6

Working solution:
I ditched the approach to use input_select directly to my thermostat (I was fedup of failing).
I used IFTTT instead and it works

Instructions if anybody need:

# in configuration.yaml
input_select:
  thermostat_mode:
    name: Thermostat Mode
    options:
      - "Zet Uit (off)"
      - "Reset"
      - "Woonkamer Opwarmen"
      - "Tijdelijk Weg"
    icon: mdi:target

#This will use webhooks from IFTTT.  
#You need to generate a webhook read the doc here: 
#https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ifttt/
ifttt:
  key:  [replace with your api key from webhook]

Then in my automation:

#in automation.yaml
  - alias: set the heat
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: input_select.thermostat_mode
    action:
      service: ifttt.trigger
      data_template:
        event: >
          {% if is_state("input_select.thermostat_mode", "Zet Uit (off)") %}
            ha_evo_off
          {% elif is_state("input_select.thermostat_mode", "Reset") %}
            ha_evo_reset
          {% elif is_state("input_select.thermostat_mode", "Woonkamer Opwarmen") %}
            ha_evo_warmup
          {% elif is_state("input_select.thermostat_mode", "Tijdelijk Weg") %}
            ha_evo_away
          {% else %}
            ha_evo_reset
          {% endif %}

Honnywell - Evohome (my thermostats) have apps avalable in IFTTT. It was a simple matter of:
In IFTTT:
If :“webhooks” event = ha_evo_off,
then
That: “evohome” set status to whatever
(it’s all in the app - I needed to also configure access from evohome to IFTTT)

Finally, my widget styled in HADashboard

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and its code:

huis:
    widget_type: input_select
    entity: input_select.thermostat_mode
    title: Radiatoren van het hele Huis
    title2: Welke stand?
    title_style: "color: lightblue; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"
    title2_style: "color: lightblue; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; position: relative; top: 20px;color: #FFAA01"
    select_style: "position: relative; top: 0px;"
    widget_style: "background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(22,123,191,1) 0%,rgba(0,57,132,1) 100%);"