Show heating state on thermostat device dashboard?

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I’m developing a plug-in for the Heatmiser WiFi thermostat and I have a variable called HeatState which is set to 0 if the thermostat is not calling for heat, and to 1 if it is.

I’d like to display this on the dashboard of the thermostat, ideally by means of a changed icon. I’ve had a play with the D_xxx.json file, but it looks as though the variable which sets the icon to display is the current temperature. If I change this to the HeatState variable I can get the icon to change but then I lose the temperature readout and get a 1 or a 0 instead.

I don’t want to lose the temperature display and I don’t need to display the HeatState variable. Any guidance would be gratefully received.

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You might want to get in contact with watou the maker of the nest thermostat plugin. He ran into the same issue and I believe there is no way to get around this. If you look through his nest plugin thread, it might have some details in there.

Have a look here:

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,12700.0.html

Here:

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,10508.0.html

  • Garrett
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Thanks Garrett - I’ll drop him a line.

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@racarter. I’ve been thinking about getting a Heatmiser PRT-ETS WiFi for my underfloor electric heating. Will your plugin support this device? Thanks.

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@jtmoore - the plug-in is for the PRT-TS model but as far as I can see the main difference between my model and yours is the switching capacity. You’re very welcome to give it a try. If you let me have your e-mail address I’ll send you the files.