Venstar Thermostat
The venstar
climate platform allows you to control Venstar thermostats from Home Assistant.
Venstar thermostats feature a local API that allows for automation without the need for a cloud service.
Currently supported and tested thermostats:
- Color Touch T7900
Currently supported functionality:
- Setting heat/cool temperature when the thermostat is in the appropriate mode.
- Changing the operation mode of the thermostat (heat/cool/off/auto)
- Turning the fan on/off
- Setting the humidity level
Note - Please ensure you update your thermostat to the latest firmware. Currently tested on firmware 5.10.
To set it up, add the following information to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
climate:
- platform: venstar
host: IP_OR_HOSTNAME_OF_THERMOSTAT
Configuration Variables
- host
-
(string)(Required)Address of your thermostat, e.g., 192.168.1.32.
- username
-
(string)(Optional)Username for the thermostat.
- password
-
(string)(Optional)Password for the thermostat.
- ssl
-
(boolean)(Optional)Whether to use SSL or not when communicating.
Default value: false
- timeout
-
(int)(Optional)Number of seconds for API timeout.
Default value: 5
Full configuration sample
# Example configuration.yaml entry
climate:
- platform: venstar
host: IP_OR_HOSTNAME_OF_THERMOSTAT
ssl: True/False
username: OPTIONAL_AUTH_USER_HERE
password: OPTIONAL_AUTH_PASS_HERE
timeout: 5