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 their Skyport cloud service.
Currently supported and tested thermostats:
- ColorTouch T7900
- ColorTouch T7850 (No Humidity control)
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
- Reading and setting the humidity level and limits (T7900 only)
- Turning on away preset
- Turning on hold mode preset
The following values are supported for the preset_mode state attribute:
-
none
: Enables the scheduling functionality. -
temperature
: Disables the schedule and holds the set temperature indefinitely. -
away
: Places the thermostat in away mode
Note - Please ensure that you update your thermostat to the latest firmware. Initially tested on firmware 5.10 and currently VH6.79.
Local API mode needs to be enabled via the thermostat’s Menu > WiFi > Local API Options > Local API - ON
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
-
(integer)(Optional)
Number of seconds for API timeout.
Default value:
5
- humidifier
-
(boolean)(Optional)
Report humidity and expose humidifier setpoints.
Default value:
true
Full configuration sample
# Example configuration.yaml entry
climate:
- platform: venstar
host: IP_OR_HOSTNAME_OF_THERMOSTAT
ssl: true
username: OPTIONAL_AUTH_USER_HERE
password: OPTIONAL_AUTH_PASS_HERE
timeout: 5
humidifier: false