VRC720 and VR92 heating displayed as cooling

[zolakt]

So, I have the sensoComfort VRC720 central thermostat for one zone, and the VR92 room thermostat for another zone.

Controlling them both through this integration works fine, however the UI is a little weird.

When they are working, it displays them as "cooling_on", either "Heating - cooling_on" or "Idle - cooling_on", depending if they have reached the target temperature or not. Also, the color of the gauge chart is always grey, instead of being orange when it's heating.

It's not the end of the world, since they do work fine, but it doesn't look great, and it's a little hard to spot when you scroll through a lot of devices. I don't mind the "cooling_on" text that much (although it is misleading), but the orange coloring would be really helpful.

If it is relevant, I have them both set to manual mode currently. Maybe when I set them to scheduled mode this will change? Either way, it would be really nice if it displayed them correctly for all modes.

Also, I only have a gas ecoTec VUW boiler connected to the thermostats. So no cooling or ventilation at all.

[thomasgermain]

Hello,

indeed, this is pretty awkward, thanks for reporting.

I did some rework of preset and mode, can you check this beta version ? https://github.com/thomasgermain/vaillant-component/releases/tag/1.17.0b0

[zolakt]

If you don't have another way to test it, I'll give it a try. although I'm a little reluctant to experiment with betas in the middle of the heating season. I rely heavily on this integration, and basically don't touch the thermostats manually at all.

Also, in the meanwhile, I've switched to scheduled mode, where I don't have this issue. Also, there is the new climate card in HA, which is pretty much crap, and I'm waiting to see if they fix it.

[thomasgermain]

I already had a try myself with the beta, but my settings don't cover all the use cases.

Anyway, indeed, I don't want to tell my wife that heating is not working because a guy asked me to test his beta version 😅.

Beta version should also work better with the new climate card