I’m a bit out of my depth here and the plumber doesn’t know either. I have a combi boiler with OpenTherm support. What thermostat/controller should I get if I am a typical Mastodon user, i.e. don’t want to use some proprietary app, someone else’s cloud, or pay a subscription for my own hardware?
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@DenOfEarth Having it running all the time would not be economical, so it needs to at least have a programmable schedule.
@Gargron
I personally have an Ecobee, but I deliberately did not connect it to the internet. It still supports weekly or daily programming and separate programs for heat or cool.
@Gargron
The first gen Drayton Wiser stuff is capable of running over the LAN with their app, and has also been widely reverse engineered - I poke mine with an assortment of manky python scripts. They're onto 2nd gen now I believe which I know nothing about, but might be worth researching?
@Gargron Here's a great thread on that:
@Gargron imo, browse Zigbee2MQTT's support list and pick the one with the highest amount of community support. don't bother with anything that has an app, just work on bare metal zigbee. easy to route, and easy to connect into homeassistant.
@Gargron
Respectfully:
https://mas.to/@DenOfEarth/117323499974301581