Add an hvac_action attribute

[blueflame66]

It would be useful in charting the setpoint and actual temperature over time to add a third series to a graph that would show the state of the system (heating/cooling/drying) etc. I have looked at the current attributes for my system and none of them seem to show the current operational state.

PS. Really nice integration though...

Glenn

[ohshazbot]

I'm looking at the information on the trend log for one of my device's climate entities, I'm seeing this

which seems to have enough context to provide the information you're asking for if I'm reading your question correctly. I'm not super familiar with HA's core to know how to get at that data though. But seems like a good question for the HA forums / discord?

[blueflame66]

Hi ohshazbot, thanks for the reply. It is not exactly what I am looking for. Yes the current temperature and the setpoint temperature are being shown correctly. However the "Mini Split Heating" is simply showing that your device is always in the heating mode. What I am looking for is a indicator to say when it is actively heating. For example it looks like you turned down the thermostat at midnight Dec 9th and the temperature fell accordingly. But I would like to be able to chart when the unit cycled heat and when it didn't. For in your example at 9am the setpoint was set back to 25. But I doubt your unit was activly heating that entire time. It probably cycled on and off occasionally to maintain that temprature. This is actually what I am after... it helps one understand the efficiency of the system.

I have some nest thermostats in my other house and they have an indicator called HVAC_ACTION... which actually says if the unit is actively heating, cooling, fan-only.

[ohshazbot]

That requires the real time operation status to be reported back from the units which I'm not seeing as a known parameter from the airstage parameters. There's an iu_demand key present, but it doesn't seem to ever engage, so I don't think that's it. So I'm gonna keep this around to look, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[awfvantets]

Hi,

First of all: great integration and really happy that I can use HA to control my AC's from Fujitsu.

I also would very much welcome a hvac_action attribute. I am using HA together with Apple HomeKit and HomeKit does not show when the AC is actively heating or cooling, which does not allow me to directly see in HomeKit what the AC is doing.

Hopefully the hvac_action attribute can be added.

Many thanks,
Adriaan

[ohshazbot]

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/fujitsu-air-conditioning-integration-airstage-dongle/589679/168 makes me think iu_onoff could be used for this purpose

EDIT: nm, iu_onoff is just power mode, not actual use