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Circulation binary sensor missing (binary_sensor.dhw_circulation)

Open kalatos86 opened this issue 1 year ago • 11 comments

Hello,

just migrated my Vaillant VR920 from multimatic to myVaillant app. From the first look the future which I was using was the binary sensor: binary_sensor.dhw_circulation. Is there any chance the same one will be available through the myvaillant integration? I need this to control the external electric heater. Thanks!.

kalatos86 avatar Mar 11 '24 13:03 kalatos86

I used the HACS mutimatic integration before and changed to HACS myVaillant as well and noticed that the sensor for circulation is missing.

My System is: ecoTec plus with VR921

I think Vaillant is playing around with the API as other sensors are unavailable at the moment.

PV-Joe avatar Mar 12 '24 17:03 PV-Joe

Definitely. Same for disabling the system. There is something in between like this away mode but this one not disabling hot water. Would be great if there will be possibility to re-create the service to disable the system. From the quick actions menu option is still available.

kalatos86 avatar Mar 12 '24 20:03 kalatos86

Could you describe what that sensor was doing? I don't have a circulation schedule in my setup. Was it just on when the circulation was active?

signalkraft avatar Mar 18 '24 13:03 signalkraft

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kalatos86 avatar Mar 18 '24 13:03 kalatos86

Could you describe what that sensor was doing? I don't have a circulation schedule in my setup. Was it just on when the circulation was active?

… I don’t have circulation in my Hardware setup but had the circulation sensor. It showed circulation active in the morning.

Maybe you’ll get a hint for your myVaillant integration from the multimatic integration: https://github.com/thomasgermain/vaillant-component/blob/master/custom_components/multimatic/binary_sensor.py

PV-Joe avatar Mar 19 '24 16:03 PV-Joe

Could you describe what that sensor was doing? I don't have a circulation schedule in my setup. Was it just on when the circulation was active?

Yeah indeed, the binary sensor was on when circulation was supposed to be active. I know circulation can have its own timeprogram. I never went any further because no one ever asked for something else than this binary sensor.

thomasgermain avatar Mar 20 '24 21:03 thomasgermain

https://github.com/signalkraft/mypyllant-component/releases/tag/v0.7.4b10 should have a calendar entity for the circulation pump schedule. You should be able to use that to trigger your external heater, or other automations. It's not a drop-in replacement for the switch entity, but it's more flexible when you want to react slightly before or after the schedule for example.

signalkraft avatar Mar 20 '24 21:03 signalkraft

Hello,

you mean the newest one? I am using mostly NodeRed for automation's and trying to get before the details from the entity: water_heater.kalatosy_domestic_hot_water_0 but the schedule is not readable in the logical way for me:

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Could you please advise how to dig into the details of circulation pump program schedule with the newest update?

Thanks! Lukasz

https://github.com/signalkraft/mypyllant-component/releases/tag/v0.7.4b10 should have a calendar entity for the circulation pump schedule. You should be able to use that to trigger your external heater, or other automations. It's not a drop-in replacement for the switch entity, but it's more flexible when you want to react slightly before or after the schedule for example.

kalatos86 avatar Mar 22 '24 10:03 kalatos86

I can't help with node red, in HA you would use calendar triggers: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/trigger/#calendar-trigger

I'm sure someone has written a template for turning this into a binary switch, too, in the HA forums!

signalkraft avatar Mar 23 '24 07:03 signalkraft

it's probably too much for me, I can't do it this way :) The question is whether the creators of this customization might consider adding such a binary switch in future versions

kalatos86 avatar Mar 25 '24 14:03 kalatos86