Add new CURRENT_HVAC constants
ribbal opened this issue · 1 comments
Context
I am working on the Heatmiser climate integration. The Heatmiser devices can be put into a 'standby' mode, and they automatically active a 'preheat' mode to bring the home up to temperature for a scheduled daily time (e.g. the thermostat maybe scheduled to come on at 4pm, but the heating comes on prior to this time to ensure that the home is up to temperate by 4pm - this is the 'preheat' mode)
Proposal
Add the following constants to homeassistant/components/climate/const.py
CURRENT_HVAC_STANDBY = "standby"
CURRENT_HVAC_PREHEAT = "preheat"
Consequences
It would be better to use the above common constants in the Heatmiser integration, rather than creating bespoke Heatmiser values. I've already created a PR: home-assistant/core#64194 (Sorry, didn't realise this needed architectural approval beforehand).
I think we don't need CURRENT_HVAC_STANDBY
, as this can be represented by the existing CURRENT_HVAC_OFF
already.
CURRENT_HVAC_PREHEAT
is kinda interesting maybe; although, in general, this is comparable to CURRENT_HVAC_HEAT
in most cases for most heaters. Do we need this distinction even? If, so, why? Which other integrations make a difference between heating and preheating that could benefit from such a distinction?