Climate control status

[fredriklj]

Currently there is no way of figuring out wether climate control is active or not. However, this information seem to be available in the 'state' object (retrieved using the fingerprinting function).

For example, enabling the climate control gives me:

"climateControlState": { "activity": "HEATING", "remainingSeconds": 1790.846 }

(nice to know in the millisecond when it is done!)

And when it is off:

"climateControlState": { "activity": "INACTIVE" }

I assume "activity" can also be "COOLING" or something similar. But it doesn't matter too much, it would be nice if we could have 'climateControlState' reflecting 'activity' (and any additional information in the dict as attributes?) added to vehicle_status.py and a corresponding sensor for hass. Please :-)

[rikroe]

Thanks for the fingerprint! We surely should be able to include that!

How quickly does the value change in the fingerprint? Is it instant after the remote service has been executed?

[fredriklj]

Excellent! Yes, the update of the status it is seemingly instant.

[rikroe]

Just one more question: In addition to HEATING, is there also a state such as COOLING?

[fredriklj]

Yes, now when spring is finally here, I can confirm that "COOLING" is in fact also a state.

[rikroe]

Cool! Could you or maybe @kriscremers also check how the remote service differentiates between starting of COOLING or HEATING?

We currently have the {"action": "START"} in remote_services.py#L221 but there needs to be something more.

[kriscremers]

There's only "Start Climatization (pre-conditioning)" available on the iX. It automatically picks what to do depending on the weather conditions, afaik.

I'll check the functionality through HA tomorrow. Battery charge willing. 😅 (Long commutes and waiting for a cheap dynamic price here.)

[fredriklj]

I also believe there is only the start action, and cooling/heating is automatically selected depending on temperature in the passenger compartment.

[rikroe]

Implemented since HA 2023.7 ✔️