Z-Wave JS not defining all available entities for GC-TBZ48I

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I’m new to Home Assistant and have just started to migrate my z-wave network from Homeseer to Home Assistant. When I add my GoControl GC-TBZ48 thermostat, z-Wave JS only builds 4 entities. They are,

sensor.first_floor_thermostat_air_temperature_2
sensor.first_floor_thermostat_battery_level_2
binary_sensor.first_floor_thermostat_low_battery_level_2
climate.first_floor_thermostat_thermostat_mode_2

I do not get any entities created for Heat Setpoint or Cool Setpoint. What am I missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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The climate entity is the entity that manages the setpoints, and setting the climate’s hvac mode and temperatures modifies the setpoints. They are not exposed externally.

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So the climate entity’s will need to be called in either a custom automation or in a script. So if I use this in my automation.yaml file it will work.

Set First Floor temperature to 63 in heat mode for the Evening

  • id: “1613082972666”
    trigger:
    platform: time
    at: “09:45:00”
    action:
    • service: climate.set_temperature
      data:
      entity_id: climate.first_floor_thermostat_thermostat_mode2
      temperature: 63
      hvac_mode: heat

Set Second Floor temperature to 63 in heat mode for the Evening

  • id: “1613082972667”
    trigger:
    platform: time
    at: “09:45:00”
    action:
    • service: climate.set_temperature
      data:
      entity_id: climate.second_floor_thermostat_thermostat_mode
      temperature: 63
      hvac_mode: heat

Is is okay to “make up” my own “id” numbers?

Thanks for your help as I work my way through this.

Judd

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Looks reasonable, although the automation is not formatted so not sure if there are any syntax errors.

The service API is a little weird with zwave thermostats. If the thermostat is OFF, you might need to turn it on first with a call to service climate.set_hvac_mode and set to heat before setting temperature. You’ll have to experiment yourself to see if that’s true or not.

AFAIK, the ids are only used by the UI.

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Thanks again. The formatting was due to my copy and paste. I do appreciate the help as I’m in the process of converting my automation from Homeseer to Home Assistant.