Floor Radiant (Winter)
The floor radiant typology is suitable for a home heated by a radiation system positioned under the floor, connected to a heat pump that produces technical hot water.
A house with various possible setups is represented by the diagram, in particular there are:
- no. 3 rooms (Room 1 - Room 3)
- no. 3 Thermostats / Smart temperature sensors (T1 - T3)
Each room schematizes a possible different setup that can be used as an example to adapt to your case, below is an explanation of the configuration and how it must be implemented on the Home Assistant in order to use Homsai correctly.
Room 1 (one Zone Thermostat)
Room 1 is heated by a radiant floor system.
The house has only one zone thermostat (T2) which manages the air conditioning, connected directly to the heat pump by consent. When the thermostat T2 requests heat, the following are automatically activated:
- Heat pump
- Recirculation pump
- Any solenoid valves present on the technical circuit
In order to convey hot water inside the coils of Room1, Room2, Room3.
In this case Home Assistant must contain:
- An
area
representing the climate zone covered by thermostat T2, e.g.zone_1
- A
climate
entity which represents the thermostat T2, and has the areazone_1
(e.g.climate.t2
) - A
sensor
entity which represents the current temperature detected by the thermostat T2, if not natively present, can be obtained by defining the template entity onconfiguration.yaml
, and haszone_1 as its area
(e.g.sensor.t2_temperature
)
In this way, Homsai is able to create and optimize correctly the "Room 1" room, and the entire climatic zone "Zone 1".
Room 2 (one Room Thermostat)
Room 2 is heated by a radiant floor system and there is a smart thermostat dedicated to the room (T1).
When the thermostat T1 requests heat, the following are automatically activated:
- Heat pump
- Recirculation pump
- Solenoid valve present upstream of the radiant coil in room 2
In order to convey hot water inside the room 2 coils.
In this case Home Assistant must contain:
- An
area
representing the room Room 2, e.g.room_2
- A
climate
entity which represents thermostat T1, and has the arearoom_2
(e.g.climate.t1
) - A
sensor
entity which represents the current temperature detected by the thermostat T1, if not natively present, can be obtained by defining the template entity onconfiguration.yaml,
and has theroom_2 area
(e.g.sensor.t1_temperature
)
In this way Homsai is able to create and optimize the room "Room 2" correctly
Room 3 (more than one Thermostat)
Room 3 is heated by a radiant floor system and there is a smart thermostat dedicated to the room (T2) and a smart temperature/humidity sensor (T3).
When the thermostat T2 requests heat, the following are automatically activated:
- Heat pump
- Recirculation pump
- Solenoid valve present upstream of the radiant coil in room 3
In order to convey hot water inside the coils of room 3.
In this case Home Assistant must contain:
- An
area
representing the room Room 3, e.g.room_3
- A
climate
entity which represents thermostat T2*, and has the arearoom_3
(e.g.climate.t2
) - A
sensor
entity which represents the current temperature detected by the thermostat T2, if not natively present, can be obtained by defining the template entity onconfiguration.yaml
, and has the arearoom_3
(e.g.sensor.t2_temperature
) - A
sensor
entity that represents the current temperature of the T3 smart temperature/humidity sensor, and has the arearoom_3
(e.g.sensor.t3_temperature
)
In this way Homsai is able to create and optimize the "Room 3" room correctly.