Vaillant UI fail - Home Assistant to the rescue! 🛟

#vaillant #HomeAssistant #DIY #SmartHome #ecotecplus
The myVaillant app is driving me crazy! 😡 Navigating menus to control my heating is a nightmare. So, I built the ULTIMATE Vaillant dashboard in Home Assistant! 🤩 Now I can see everything at a glance, control my boiler with ease, and even automate my heating for maximum comfort and efficiency. 💪 Watch and learn how to ditch the frustrating myVaillant app and create your own awesome Home Assistant setup! 💯
Links discussed in the video:
00:43 A brief reason and example why the myVaillant app is rubbish - see a reference to a previous video - • HEATING CURVE setup an...
01:23 There is a brief example of accessing the heat curve via multiple menus, and I reference a previous video I made - • How to choose the righ...
02:29 - How to set up or install Home Assistant - See www.home-assis...
02:50 - HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) must be installed in your Home Assistant.
03:07 - What is an integration in HACS?
03:40 - MyVaillant is the Home Assistant component that interfaces with the myVAILLANT API (and branded versions of it, such as the MiGo Link app from Saunier Duval & Bulex).
03:54 - To find the integration go to Settings - Devices & Services.
05:40 - A device showing an entity and I provide an example of entity that is useful for your dashboard (thermostat).
07:00 A list of entities that are useful for the dashboard. (Current flow temperature, Heat curve, Indoor temperature, Outdoor temperature, Desired temperature).
07:27 Steps to create the blank dashboard.
08:34 Editing the dashboard.
08:56 A brief description of the types of buttons, cards, gauges, and history chart or graphs.
10:55 - Creating the first Entity button (adding an entity, making changes to the appearance and selecting the default interactions).
14:57 Adding a section to the dashboard, and adding a Gauge card to the section. (I also explain how to configure the Gauge, where I add a Water Pressure entity).
17:45 Adding another Gauge (Flow Control Temperature to the section on the dashboard).
19:35 Observing wasted space in the browser and mobile device, and explaining how to rectify this problem. (using a Horizontal Stack card).
20:45 Explaining what a Horizontal & Vertical Stack card are?
21:20 Using the Horizontal Stack card - Adding the same Gauges as before. (water pressure & flow control temperature).
23:36 A side-by-side comparison showing Gauge cards on their own versus in a Horizontal Stack card.
24:00 Setting up other smart devices such as smart lights, blinds, motion sensors. Again using the Horizontal Stack card, and then the lights card.
26:51 Adding a History Graph, which shows a timeline (heating status).
27:33 Adding another History Graph with multiple entities listed (flow control temp, outdoor, indoor and desired temp).
28:33 How to change the chart style from small to wide on the browser (full width card & section card equals 4).
29:05 How to change the time-frame from 24 hours to 60 hours. (Hours to show).
29:50 A brief overview on what can be seen in the app or browser now that the dashboard is complete.
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In the video I make use of a very cool tool called SCRCPY (Screen Copy). Check out my video on this useful tool - • scrcpy - mirrors Andro...

[@LookatBowen]

I had to remove the original video, and replaced it with this video.

[@ascot4000]

This video comes up as removed by the creator but if I persist I can get it to work. Not sure if RUclips is being helpful to you, which is a shame as it is very helpful.

[@LookatBowen]

Thank you, this video should be working.

[@ascot4000]

@@LookatBowen Yep, looks good to me.