Open janmashat opened 3 years ago
I haven't seen/considered this, nor do I have the devices to test this with. But feel free to implement support for this and make a PR 👍 .
Regarding your offtopic: Correct. Climate control is made to set to a certain temperature and get & stay at that temperature by itself.
When you say you don't have any devices to test this with, do you mean that you don't have a TEMP button on your physical remote (to let you see the current temp on the digital display)? Because otherwise (if you are able to see the current temp) it may be necessary to downgrade the firmware in order to get the TemSen
property to return proper data: https://github.com/inwaar/gree-hvac-client/pull/11#issuecomment-652371700
I haven't yet attempted the firmware downgrade myself as I still have a couple sonoffs that include temp sensors.
Regarding the offtopic: I guess you mean that your component is only able to set a target temperature but it is the AC unit's job to maintain that temperature. So basically, if only your component is used, it's best to set the fan mode to Auto. Otherwise, setting a different fan mode over a longer duration remains efficient only if another thermostat component is added to maintain the temperature (by turning your component on/off).
Ah, I dont want to do any downgrading or fiddling on those devices. They work fine right now as they do exactly what I want.
And yes, its the unit's job to maintain a certain temperature. Getting the room to a certain temperature takes a significant amount of energy, but keeping it at that temperature does not (or at least its more efficient). So on extreme hot or cold days I automatically turn the AC's on when we are home and let them run until the heat/cold period is gone or we leave the house.
This might different for each type of unit, but I always set my units to low fan speed. It will get colder/warmer anyway :).
First off, great job on this project!
I've noticed this in your README:
However I found:
Have you considered adding support for this?
OFF-TOPIC: I needed to add another generic_thermostat (actually dualmode_generic in my case) to switch your component on/off because your thermostat doesn't seem to turn off the AC after reaching the desired temperature - but I guess that's because you designed your thermostat to work in the same manner as the official remote (which doesn't turn the unit on/off automatically) - and that's fine.