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Radiator Type (Winter)

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The radiators typology is suitable for a home heated by wall-mounted radiators, 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. 4 Radiators (R1 - R4)
  • 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 Radiator and one Zone Thermostat)​

Room 1 has a radiator (R1) inside.

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 to the radiators (R1, R2, R3, R4).

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 area zone_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 on configuration.yaml, and has zone_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 Radiator and one Thermostat)​

Room 2 contains a radiator (R2) and 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 possibly present upstream of the R2 radiator

In order to convey hot water to the radiator R2.

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 area room_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 on configuration.yaml, and has the area room_2 (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 Radiator and/or more than one Thermostat)​

Room 3 contains two radiators (R3 and R4), 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 possibly present upstream of radiators R3 and R4

In order to convey hot water to radiators R3 and R4.

In this case Home Assistant must contain:

  • An area which represents the room “Room 3”, e.g. room_3
  • A climate entity that represents thermostat T2, and has the area room_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 on configuration.yaml, and has the area room_3 (e.g. sensor.t2_temperature)
  • A sensor entity that represents the current temperature of the T3 smart temperature/humidity sensor, and has the area room_3 (e.g. sensor.t3_temperature)

In this way Homsai is able to create and optimize the "Room 3" room correctly.