[FR] Countdown on items like HVAC

[icodesdeveloper]

A great addition would be to implement a countdown timer in the popups for things like the HVAC.

[matt8707]

Good idea! How should it work? I came up with this

timer:
  climate:
    name: Countdown
    icon: mdi:timer-outline

input_number:
  climate_timer:
    name: Shutdown time
    icon: mdi:timer-outline
    initial: 4
    min: 1
    max: 12
    unit_of_measurement: h

switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      climate_timer:
        friendly_name: State
        icon_template: mdi:timer-outline
        value_template: >
          {{ is_state('timer.climate', 'active') }}
        turn_on:
          service: timer.start
          target:
            entity_id: timer.climate
          data:
            duration: >
              {{ states('input_number.climate_timer') | int(0) * 3600 }}
        turn_off:
          service: timer.cancel
          target:
            entity_id: timer.climate

automation:
  - alias: climate_timer
    id: '3683394346277'
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: timer.finished
      event_data:
        entity_id: timer.climate
    action:
      service: climate.turn_off
      target:
        entity_id: climate.ac

popup

- type: entities
  entities:
    - type: custom:slider-entity-row
      entity: input_number.climate_timer
      hide_state: false
    - entity: switch.climate_timer
    - entity: timer.climate

[icodesdeveloper]

Wow i forgot this already, very busy in my last year secundairy school. Maybe now searching a fancyer slider that fits more in the ui and if it is possible making it universal, now it needs per AC unit in the home a timer, it is easier to make a system that generates a timer.

[icodesdeveloper]

A few hours is also way too long, it is much better per quarter hour.

I changed the timer to this:

  climate_bureau:
    name: Shutdown time
    icon: mdi:timer-outline
    initial: 0.25
    min: 0.25
    max: 6
    step: 0.25
    unit_of_measurement: h

Also for working per quarter hours you cant use an int so we need a float

- platform: template
  switches:
    climate_woonkeuken:
      friendly_name: Status
      icon_template: mdi:timer-outline
      value_template: >
        {{ is_state('timer.climate_woonkeuken', 'active') }}
      turn_on:
        service: timer.start
        target:
          entity_id: timer.climate_woonkeuken
        data:
          duration: >
            {{ states('input_number.climate_woonkeuken') | float * 3600 }}
      turn_off:
        service: timer.cancel
        target:
          entity_id: timer.climate_woonkeuken

Now it shows as small tip in the slider as .25 hours it would be better if we can change that it for example 01.00, 01.15, 01.45, 45m

Also i changed the popup to this:

      - type: custom:mod-card
        style: |
          ha-card {
            {% if is_state("climate.bureau", "off")%}
              display: none
            {% endif %}
          }
        card:
          type: entities
          entities:
            - type: custom:slider-entity-row
              entity: input_number.climate_bureau
              hide_state: false
            - entity: switch.climate_bureau
            - entity: timer.climate_bureau

That makes the timer controls disappear wen the HVAC is off

What still needs to be fixed:

• Showing minutes instead of .25 hours
• Styling the slider control to something that fits the design
• If possible, making the helpers autogenerated and the popup universal, we at home have multiple hvac units.

[Xitro01]

@icodesdeveloper I like your idea of not showing the timer when the AC is off, but I can't stand that it messes up the alignment. Any idea on how to solve that?