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999LV / SmartVirtualThermostat

Smart Virtual Thermostat python plugin for Domoticz home automation system
MIT License
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Give more insight on the internals of the thermostat #48

Closed rrozema closed 3 years ago

rrozema commented 3 years ago

I wanted to know what the thermostat was doing, so I added a 'Power'-device, showing the % applied by the thermostat. This way I can log the % into my influx db.

Will be in my pul request.

999LV commented 3 years ago

I understand the rationale of this, but in my humble view this does not belong to the master branch... am always keen to minimize additional devices and avoid clutter in Domoticz.

rrozema commented 3 years ago

Yes, if it was working perfectly, I would agree. But it doesn't for most people in my experience. Having a power indicator let's people see wat the thermostat is doing. Domoticz is not a main stream product, current users are all 'tinkerers' that want to see what's going on. I think most of the current Domoticz users will appreciate more insight in what's going on. This is why they chose to do it themselves and not buy a Nest thermostat.

Plus, if you want to, make the power device only available in debug mode. But I'm pretty sure you'll get multiple requests to enable it always if you do...