Heating profiles
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Sorry, I agree with Silverwulfx. Having multiple heating profiles would be a game changer. I don't see how we already have three separate schedules. I see only two profiles, Home and Away; sure, you can set different schedules for different days, but that is not what the OP is requesting.
Use case
I work from home most of the time, and as such, I would prefer to have a profile which only heats the parts of the house I use regularly; the rest of the house can be on a set-back temperature until the rest of the family comes home from school.
During school holidays, when everyone is at home (my wife is a teacher, so she is also at home), I would prefer to have a different profile with different set-points for rooms I don't normally use.
I may also want a Summer schedule, which will predominantly control only the hot water, leaving the heating off.
Over Christmas, when we had guests, I overrode my normal profile by abusing the Away profile, which allowed me to set a higher temperature than I would normally have set. It was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut; I just had to remember to return it to the Home profile to restore the heating.
I have considered using integrations like IFTT to fake a profile by changing the set points on a schedule, but then I lose the early start functionality, which ensures my underfloor heating has time to reach its desired temperature.
I can't see the difference between having one profile and multiple inactive profiles, this could be implemented as a set of profile templates, allowing you to change all the rooms in the Home profile in bulk to a different template. Once set, you can make changes to the Home profile without affecting the stored template; you should also be able to save the Home profile as a new template or replace an existing template. There is already functionality to copy/paste individual and room schedules from one day/room to another, this could reuse much of that functionality.
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There are currently 3 schedules available for each room, indeed.
However, having a notion of heating profiles would take this a lot further:
- 1 click changes schedules in all rooms at once
- Even better if we can schedule it: a 2nd click/input sets the change of schedule for a set period of time, before going back to the standard / main profile.
- Clearly name what profile means what (Kids on Holiday profile: and you do not heat the kids' bedrooms & kitchen and lounge will heat later than usual, for example, or Autumn vs Winter profiles)
My opinion: having a notion of Profiles that can update all schedules at once would be a game changer!
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I agree, I too want profiles. Winter heating is different from spring/autumn and summer. I am forever changing my heating as seasons change. Using the days of the week profiles/schedules as some say is not practical as I use this feature to control heating depending on days.2