Improving the thermostat setpoint to get a general setpoint (for temperature, humidity, length, watt, volt, ...) Topic is solved

[psubiaco]

I believe it will be great if "thermostat" setpoint will be improved so it's possible to define:
1) the unit of measure (°C, %, cm, V, and anything else)
2) the min and max values
3) increment value
4) icon

For example, it can be useful to set
1) temperature setpoit (as actually does)
2) humidity setpoint
3) percentage of charge for the electric vehicle battery
4) temperature offset for overheating and overcooling
5) voltage, current, power, frequency...
6) min water level in cm for the rainwater tank
....

It will be useful to have a vertical slide widget to regulate the setpoint between min and max.
Thanks a lot.
Paolo

[aleph0]

I back up this request. It would be very nice to extend the thermostat widget into a custom setpoint widget

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[greenwitch]

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[waltervl]

Implemented in Latest beta 2023.2 dd18/9/2023 thanks to @gizmocuz.

Every thermostat is converted into a general setpoint device.with the following options:

- user defined Unit (Like Amp/RPM/Watt/C/F)
- step size
- minimum value
- maximum value

Default is temperature C, min/max 200 and step 0.5

For python plugins you can use options to set the values on device create. Example

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Options={'ValueStep':'0.5';' ValueMin':'-200';'ValueMax':'200';'ValueUnit':'°C';} 

[psubiaco]

Thanks Walter.
How can I test it? I've updated to the latest beta, and if I go on Dummy hardware and create a virtual device, I still see the thermostat setpoint (not generic setpoint) without any ability to set min, max, inc values and unity of measure from the UI.
Also, the old installed thermostat have stopped working properly (icon has been removed and I cannot see current temperature and can't update it).
Check the highlighted device in the picture....

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Thanks a lot!

[heggink]

Which beta number is that? I already implemented the setpoint for setting the power for my home battery and it works fine. I am on 15555.

[psubiaco]

Hi have the 15531 that I got running ./updatebeta
If I check for updates, domoticz says there are no updates.
Version: 2023.2 (build 15531)
Build Hash: e62ff5697
Compile Date: 2023-09-08 09:32:30
dzVents Version: 3.1.8
Python Version: 3.9.2 (default, Mar 12 2021, 04:06:34) [GCC 10.2.1 20210110]

Maybe I have to wait few days to get the latest beta release?

[waltervl]

According https://www.domoticz.com/downloads/ latest beta should be build 15555 from the 18th

I have it running on Linux x86.

[psubiaco]

You're right: this morning the browser shows me the right version and right setpoint device behaviour. Yeasterday I HAD TO CLEAR THE BROWSER CACHE, yeasterday after domtoicz update!
I believe that setpoint now is really useful!
Hoping that someone will introduce a bar indicator that shows the current setpoint position, as in viewtopic.php?t=40765 : I think that Domoticz UI will look "younger" and nice with bar indicators.

[ajongen70]

This weekend I updated from 2023.2 stable to 2024.3 stable version of Domoticz. All went well except one of my dzVents scripts didn't update my Thermostat sensors anymore. Took me a while to find out that the "devicetype" of the sensors changed form "Thermostat" to "Setpoint". So I needed to change my dzVents code from something like:

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if dz.devices(valuedevicelist[i]).deviceType == 'Thermostat' then

to something like:

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if dz.devices(valuedevicelist[i]).deviceType == 'Setpoint' then

I didn't find any reference to this change in the release notes... did I overlook it or wasn't this change mentioned? Might be usefull to put it explicitly in the release notes if not there already.

Implemented in Latest beta 2023.2 dd18/9/2023 thanks to @gizmocuz.

Every thermostat is converted into a general setpoint device.with the following options:

- user defined Unit (Like Amp/RPM/Watt/C/F)
- step size
- minimum value
- maximum value

Default is temperature C, min/max 200 and step 0.5

For python plugins you can use options to set the values on device create. Example

Code: Select all

Options={'ValueStep':'0.5';' ValueMin':'-200';'ValueMax':'200';'ValueUnit':'°C';} 

[waltervl]

This weekend I updated from 2023.2 stable to 2024.3 stable version of Domoticz. All went well except one of my dzVents scripts didn't update my Thermostat sensors anymore. Took me a while to find out that the "devicetype" of the sensors changed form "Thermostat" to "Setpoint". So I needed to change my dzVents code from something like:

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if dz.devices(valuedevicelist[i]).deviceType == 'Thermostat' then

to something like:

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if dz.devices(valuedevicelist[i]).deviceType == 'Setpoint' then

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It could have been in the releasenotes but not everything makes it there.....

But why do you want to check the devicetype in a Dzvents script for this? You know your thermostats/setpoint devices I suppose?

[ajongen70]

Because I get a bunch of information from a json call to my Open Therm GateWay (OTGW) which I want to pass to "Thermostat/Setpoint" devices using the updateSetPoint(value) method, but also to "Temp"(erature) devices using the updateTemperature(value) method, all in the same script. That is why I check the device type.

[waltervl]

You know what OTGW data should go to what Setpoint.

There is also the standard OTGW integration https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Opentherm_Gateway_OTGW which should give no need to run a dzvents script for this.

[ajongen70]

You know what OTGW data should go to what Setpoint.

There is also the standard OTGW integration https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Opentherm_Gateway_OTGW which should give no need to run a dzvents script for this.

Part one: Fair enough but then still I have to alter the update-method because of the devicetype change. (and I like to keep code compact )

Part two: that integration was broken at the time that I implemented my OTGW about 2 years ago (PS=2 issue if I remember correctly). So I could not make use of that one and was forced to do it this way. (After looking at the current implementation: it does not seem to expose the remoteroomsetpoint that I also use in some of my automations so I might still need a bit of dzvents scripts for that).

[aleph0]

Implemented in Latest beta 2023.2 dd18/9/2023 thanks to @gizmocuz.

Thanks @gizmocuz for having implemented that