Thank you so much for this. I have been trying to find a project to push me into writing custom yaml configs and this is just the thing. I really like your style, keep up the great work.
in esphome config use: climate: - platform: thermostat (and for storing the fan setting) select: - platform: template and you'll have it all set. with some presets and a presence sensor toggling between them you won't have to touch it ever
I am also not a coder or programmer but your video is very inspirational. I have a floor unit air conditioner that i would love to do something like this with. Thanks for the great video.
Way to go. i would have used generic thermostat and made power a switch with state based on the sensor you have. however the colors and animations would disappear
In your color templating != means not equal, you should have == if you want it to be equal. ! in programming 9.9 times out of 10 will mean "not". So your solution that worked in the end was basically if the sensor is not off then return green. :)
Wow, I completely miss that. Appreciate your pointing that out I'm still an absolute novice when it comes to anything other than very light scripting. That helped a lot.
@@projecttimetech7022 Recently a new subscriber. LoL i was trying to tell you this through the video, but you weren't listening to me. I kept thinking, "he's gonna catch that this any second now!". You'll make that mistake once or twice then almost never again. Very informative video. The temp sensor addition somewhat solves not having feedback on the temp up/down commands. I was wondering how you planned to know if the temp controls were successful or not. I'm wondering if you'll notice the sensor value getting skew'd from being so close to the air output. I suspect you might not have ability to know the AC control temp is 68 or 70 etc, if you were going to try to be aware of that. Sometimes the unit itself will respond and transmit back a code for confirmation of a command. Not all units do though, but you might see if your flipper-zero will pick anything up after transmit. Then again that might just lead to an over complication of an otherwise simplified control process. Pretty fun little project and i enjoyed your elation upon successful completion. That to me is the fun part of automating actually. Happy Automating and i'm looking forward to your future project.
@@BlindGuyNAR Thanks for subscribing! My ability to overlook the obvious amazes even me.... I also wonder about the temp sensor's placement too, but I guess time will tell.
