Home Assistant - Dual Mode Generic Thermostat

Special thanks to shandoosheri for getting this to work on older versions of Home Assistant, which gave me an easy blueprint to follow. And thanks @kevinvincent for writing a nice custom_component readme for me to fork.

This component is a straightfoward fork of the mainline generic_thermostat.

Installation (HACS) - Recommended

0. Have HACS installed, this will allow you to easily update
1. Add https://github.com/zacs/ha-dualmodegeneric as a custom repository as Type: Integration
2. Click install under "Dual Mode Generic Thermostat", restart your instance.

Installation (Manual)

1. Download this repository as a ZIP (green button, top right) and unzip the archive
2. Copy /custom_components/dualmode_generic to your <config_dir>/custom_components/ directory
   • You will need to create the custom_components folder if it does not exist
   • On Hassio the final location will be /config/custom_components/dualmode_generic
   • On Hassbian the final location will be /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/dualmode_generic

Configuration

Add the following to your configuration file

climate:
  - platform: dualmode_generic
    name: My Thermostat
    heater: switch.heater
    cooler: switch.fan
    target_sensor: sensor.my_temp_sensor
    reverse_cycle: true

The component shares the same configuration variables as the standard generic_thermostat, with three exceptions:

• A cooler variable has been added where you can specify the entity_id of your switch for a cooling unit (AC, fan, etc).
• If the cooling and heating unit are the same device (e.g. a reverse cycle air conditioner) setting reverse_cycle to true will ensure the device isn't switched off entirely when switching modes
• The ac_mode variable has been removed, since it makes no sense for this use case.

Refer to the Generic Thermostat documentation for details on the rest of the variables. This component doesn't change their functionality.

Behavior

• The thermostat will follow standard mode-based behavior: if set to "cool," the only switch which can be activated is the cooler. This means if the target temperature is higher than the actual temperateure, the heater will not start. Vice versa is also true.

• Keepalive logic has been updated to be aware of the mode in current use, so should function as expected.

• By default, the component will restore the last state of the thermostat prior to a restart.

• While heater/cooler are documented to be switches, they can also be input_booleans if necessary.

Reporting an Issue

1. Setup your logger to print debug messages for this component using:

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    custom_components.dualmode_generic: debug

2. Restart HA
3. Verify you're still having the issue
4. File an issue in this Github Repository containing your HA log (Developer section > Info > Load Full Home Assistant Log)
   • You can paste your log file at pastebin https://pastebin.com/ and submit a link.
   • Please include details about your setup (Pi, NUC, etc, docker?, HASSOS?)
   • The log file can also be found at /<config_dir>/home-assistant.log